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12:36 PM

Karti Chidambaram demands joint parliamentary probe into allegations against Gautam Adani

Labelling the allegations as "very serious," Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram  said that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) must come out clean about these investigations, accusing them of "stonewalling" the same. The Congress leader further said that this cannot be hidden "under the carpet" while demanding a report by the joint parliamentary committee.

12:24 PM

Exposition of scared relics of St Francis Xavier begins in Goa today

The 45-day-long exposition of the holy relics of St Francis Xavier began in Goa on Thursday. The exposition will conclude on January 5, 2025.

 

 

12:17 PM

India always advocated, practiced dialogue for resolving issues: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday attended the 11th Asean Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR. During the meeting, Singh underscored India's commitment to dialogue in resolving complex issues and emphasised that India firmly believes in constructive engagement among nations to achieve genuine, long-term solutions to global problems.

12:14 PM

US charges on Adani Group chief are credit negative: Moody’s

“Our main focus when assessing Adani Group is on the ability of the group’s companies to access capital to meet their liquidity requirements and on its governance practices,” Moody’s said, following the US indictment of Adani Group’s chairman and other senior officials on bribery charges.

12:02 PM

K Sanjay Murthy sworn in as comptroller and auditor general

Former Higher Education Secretary K Sanjay Murthy was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday. Murthy, a 1989 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, succeeds Girish Chandra Murmu.

11:52 AM

Recruitment via outsourcing under BJP designed to snatch constitutional right of reservation: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav shared on social media platform X a newspaper clipping and an advertisement that said the posts of Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar, Revenue Inspector and Lekhpal were being filled through outsourcing. This was a move to snatch the constitutional right of job reservation, he said in a post on X. "It would be better if the BJP outsources the entire 'government' so that all its commissions come from one place. By doing this, the BJP will not have to take the great trouble of giving a small number of jobs while ending reservations under its pretext," he posted in Hindi.

11:48 AM

Delhi air quality: Delhi's AQI improves but remains 'very poor'

After a week of "severe" pollution levels in Delhi, the city's air quality improved slightly but still remained "very poor", as it recorded the season's lowest temperature on Thursday morning. At 9 am, the national capital recorded an AQI of 376, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). 

11:36 AM

GQG Partners stock tumbles 20% after US bribery charges against Gautam Adani

US-based investment firm GQG Partners share price fell as much as 23 per cent following US SEC allegations that Gautam Adani was involved in a $250 million bribery scheme to secure solar energy contracts in India. 

11:32 AM

Adani Green calls off US-bond fundraising post criminal indictment

After Gautam Adani's indictment in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, Adani Green Energy on Thursday announced it has decided not to proceed with the earlier proposed dollar-denominated bond offering. 

11:18 AM

Lokayukta raids on four govt officials in Karnataka

The raids are underway in Bengaluru, Mandya, and Chikkaballapura, officials said. Searches are on at many locations linked to these officials, as part of investigations into disproportionate assets cases. Lokayukta officials are verifying documents, assets and valuables, they added.

11:15 AM

BJP leader Manohar Tahsildar passes away

BJP leader Manohar Tahsildar died at a private hospital here following prolonged illness, party sources said. The 80-year-old is survived by four sons, two daughters among others, they said. Manohar Tahsildar breathed his last at the hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, on Wednesday night. His mortal remains will be taken to Hangal in Haveri district, the constituency he had represented, later in the day, for his followers and well wishers to pay their last respects. The body will later be shifted to his native village for the last rites, sources close to the family said.

10:59 AM

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

US regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the US Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from favouring its search engine.

10:22 AM

Fiscal-monetary coordination crucial for India's economic resilience: RBI governor

At a high-level policy conference of central banks, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das asserted that  macroeconomic stability is a shared responsibility of monetary and fiscal authority. Das stated that effective fiscal monetary coordination was at the core of India's success in the face of series of adverse shocks.

10:13 AM

News update: Cloud of uncertainty on horizon, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Central banks need to work with synergy to achieve desired outcomes,  RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said today.

10:09 AM

Adani stocks down up to 20% after Gautam Adani charged in US in $250 mln bribery case

Adani Enterprises, Adani Green Energy and Adani Energy Solutions lost as much as 10-20 percent in the opening trade after US federal prosecutors filed bribery charges against founder Gautam Adani.