LIVE: Farm laws were brought and withdrawn in interest of nation, says PM

Wherever BJP has been given the opportunity to work with stability, there you will find an atmosphere of pro-incumbency and not anti-incumbency, says PM Modi

11:15 AM

Karnataka | High schools, colleges closed for 3 days, as per the directions of CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka | High schools, colleges closed for 3 days, as per the directions of CM Basavaraj Bommai

11:10 AM

SC issues notice to Future Group on plea of Amazon against HC order

SC issues notice to Future Group on plea of Amazon against HC order staying arbitration on FRL-Reliance merger deal

10:36 AM

Instagram account of the Indian Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps re-activated

The Instagram account of the Indian Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps has been activated today after being suspended for more than a week. Facebook and Instagram accounts of the Corps had been suspended more than a week ago: Army officials

10:19 AM

Budget session 2022: MPs from Kerala protest in Parliament premises

MPs from Kerala protest in Parliament premises, alleging discrimination in Budgetary allocation to their state.

9:45 AM

Power outage in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad

A power outage was observed in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad on Wednesday morning after the breakdown of 400 KV high capacity power substation at Mahavitaran's Lonikand.

 

Due to the power outage, the supply of NMC pumping station and water purification center was also disrupted.

9:40 AM

India reports 71,365 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,72,211 recoveries in the last 24 hours

India reports 71,365 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,72,211 recoveries and 1,217 deaths in the last 24 hours. 

Active cases: 8,92,828 (2.11%)

Death toll: 5,05,279

Daily positivity rate: 4.54%

Total vaccination: 1,70,87,06,705

9:22 AM

West Bengal: BJP writes to state EC demanding deployment of CAPF for municipal elections

West Bengal: BJP writes to state EC demanding deployment of CAPF for municipal elections

9:21 AM

Rain lashes parts of Delhi

IMD has predicted moderate intensity rain & winds with a speed of 20-40 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi, today.

7:36 AM

FPI selling nears $6 billion in 2022 as interest rate hikes loom

This is the worst start to a year when it comes to sell-off from foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).

 

After a brief respite at the year’s start, FPIs have dumped shares worth more than $5.7 billion (Rs 42,596 crore), taking the cumulative net outflows since October to $10.5 billion (Rs 78,466 crore), and adding to the volatility on the bourses. The figure would have been a lot worse had it not been for net purchases to the tune of $5.7 billion in the primary market from October to date. Read on...

7:23 AM

Kashmir post: From KFC to Toyota, global firms scramble for damage control

The South Korean Foreign Minister, Chung Eui-yong, dialled his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, in New Delhi on Tuesday. His government, he said, “regretted the offence caused to the people of India”. A day earlier, India had summoned the South Korean ambassador to express its “strong displeasure" over “an unacceptable social media post”.

 

As the storm stirred up by a social media message (now deleted) from an unverified account by a Pakistan distributor of Seoul-headquartered Hyundai, which indicated support for separatists on the so-called Kashmir Solidarity Day, takes a diplomatic overtone and triggers calls in India for a boycott of the brand, image consultants say the auto major has driven itself into a tricky corner. READ ON...