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Registration for women, elderly welfare schemes to start tomorrow: Kejriwal

Ahead of the upcoming 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that registration for 'Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana' and 'Sanjeevani Yojana' will begin across the national capital from tomorrow.

2:48 PM

Akasa Air expects to add more planes to its fleet by March 2025: CEO

Amid concerns in certain quarters about virtual duopoly in the Indian aviation market, Akasa Air chief said the airline does not have the luxury of being concerned by things that it does not control.

2:36 PM

Venture capital investments hit $16.7 billion, up 14.1% till November

Venture capital activity in India between January and November 2024 recorded a total value of $16.77 billion across 888 deals, a 14.1 per cent increase in value and a 21.8 per cent rise in deal count compared with $14.69 billion across 729 deals during the same period in 2023, according to Bloomberg data.

2:21 PM

Bihar receives record Rs 1.81 trillion investment proposals, says minister

"Ab humara samay hai" - The time for Bihar has come, said state's Industries and Tourism Minister Nitish Mishra after it received a record Rs 1.81 lakh crore worth of investment proposals in its only second investor meet. Mishra said the focus will now shift to providing all the promised support to the investors so that the units could start quickly.

2:16 PM

Leather exports likely to grow by over 12% to $5.3 bn this fiscal: CLE

CLE Chairman Rajendra Kumar Jalan said several global companies, including from the US, are showing keen interest in setting up manufacturing bases in India.

2:15 PM

Nita Ambani to lead India's global influence at Harvard India Conference

The India Conference at Harvard is one of the largest and most influential student-led India-focused conferences in the US. An annual event hosted jointly at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kenned

2:14 PM

SC asks HC, Maharashtra govt to ensure accused appear before trial courts

In its order passed on December 18, the apex court noted that material placed on record revealed that in the last six years, out of 102 dates, the accused was not produced before the court.

2:14 PM

Delhi Police verification drive identifies 175 illegal B'deshi immigrants

The city police launched a drive for the identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in Delhi on December 11, a day after the LG Secretariat ordered a crackdown on such persons

1:18 PM

Sharad Pawar urges Maharashtra CM to address Beed, Parbhani cases

NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday had a telephonic conversation with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis about the murder of a sarpanch in Beed and the death of a man following violence in Parbhani.

1:03 PM

EAM Jaishankar honoured with Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award for public leadership

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was awarded the Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award for Public Leadership by the South Indian Education Society (SIES). His remarks were streamed on X. In his comments, he thanked the SIES for the exceptional honour by one of the oldest educational societies of the country.

12:43 PM

Who is the Saudi-born suspect behind Germany Christmas market attack?

German police arrested a 50-year-old Saudi immigrant doctor for the deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg on December 20. The man claims himself to be an ex-Muslim and his social media activity shows his leaning towards far-right in Germany.

 

On December 20, a speeding car rammed into crowds at a Christmas market in Saxony-Anhalt state's Magdeburg, leaving at least five people dead and nearly 200 injured. The same evening, state premier Reiner Haseloff said the suspect was a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who had been living in Germany since 2006 and had likely acted alone.

 

While Haseloff did not name the suspect, the German media identified the man as Taleb A and and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. According to a report in DW, Taleb was practicing in Bernburg, about 40 kilometers south of Magdeburg, where the attack happened.

12:22 PM

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurates advanced facility for Pashmina Certification

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday, inaugurated the Advanced Facility for Pashmina Certification and Next Generation DNA Sequencing Facility at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, an official release said. Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh was also present at the occasion. As per a release, these new facilities are built on the foundation laid last year, when the Minister inaugurated the Pashmina Certification Centre (PCC) and issued its first unique ID barcode and certificate.

12:20 PM

West Bengal, Bihar most impacted by arsenic contamination: Centre tells NGT

West Bengal and Bihar are impacted the most by arsenic contamination of groundwater, the Centre has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The tribunal is hearing the issue of rice being susceptible to arsenic contamination because it absorbs more of the toxic semi-metallic element from water and soil. Earlier, it sought a reply from the Centre on it.

12:14 PM

Zakir Hussain's family shares first Instagram post after his death

Days after Zakir Hussain was laid to rest at a San Francisco cemetery, the family of the tabla maestro shared a moving post on his official Instagram account on Sunday. It marks the first post on the social media page of Hussain since his death at a San Francisco hospital early last week due to complications arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. He was 73.

11:49 AM

IPO boom: Record Rs 1.6 trillion raised in 2024; bigger gains expected in 2025

Fundraising via IPOs in India hit another landmark as economic growth, favourable market conditions and improvements in the regulatory framework helped companies raise a record Rs 1.6 trillion in 2024, while the pipeline for the next year holds out bigger promise.

This exceptional year not only reflected the confidence of issuers but also highlighted investors' eagerness to seize listing-day gains or back companies with strong long-term growth potential.