With 90% of the inventories sold out, JioStar expects to ring in more than a 58% increase over last year's IPL, when it clocked Rs 3,900 crore.
The glimpses of the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, January 13, 2025.
The value of contracts awarded by the MoD in 2024-2025 is the highest ever and double the previous record set in 2023-2024.
If I were to explain stealth to a layperson, I'd ask them to think of the game chupan-chupai (hide and seek) we played as children, explains Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
A Rs 23,000-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for electronic components may boost margins and enable a broader product mix.
Glimpses from a counter-terrorism exercise conducted by the Pakistan navy's special forces in Karachi, November 21, 2024.
77 per cent of all transactions in the January-March 2025 period took place digitally, indicating continued preference for online car purchases.
'Choose an FD tenure that provides a balance between returns and the horizon for which you can invest.'
The video shows Dhanush running through dark alleys with a Molotov cocktail in his hand.
Call centres, once the engine room of India's BPO exports, are evolving too. Depending on the complexity, 30 to 50 per cent of voice and chat volumes are now handled by conversational AI.
'If in our cities, all urban bus transport services are free, then the taxpayers are paying for it, or if electricity were to be made free, that's a huge cost to the rest of the people'
The annual Pushkar Camel Fair in Rajasthan begins on Saturday, November 9, 2024.
Since October, FPIs have offloaded Indian equities worth Rs 2.1 trillion.
'I don't see 88 per dollar now.'
'Reciprocal tariffs are not going to affect India except specific sectors and there are opportunities to capture.'
As we continue our climb, I meet 59-year-old Pushpa Devi from Banaras. I stare at her in wonderment when she tells me this is her 45th visit to the temple. She is equally bewildered to hear this is my first visit!What is it that draws her here each year? 'Bas ek shabd hai. Shraddha. (There is just one word. Faith.)'
The sales of company shares by 5 senior executives have come under scrutiny as IndusInd shares declined over 30 per cent due to losses incurred by from its derivatives exposure.
LIC said USTR's views are based on an incomplete understanding of Indian insurance regulation and LIC's functioning.
One should avoid keeping excessive funds in one's savings account.
The visitor returns not just with the jewel-like beauty of the country imprinted on the mind, the body rejuvenated by hot stone massages, but also with the captivating stories and myths that are built into every important structure -- whether a tourist magnet or an off-the-beaten track spot.
Children below the age of 15 years account for about 10 to 12 per cent of India's overall TB burden.
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Mumbai, infamous for its voter apathy, stepped out to exercise its franchise on Wednesday.
'What signal would we be sending -- that we don't stand by our friends?'
'Investors should continue with their SIPs, especially during market corrections.' 'For those looking to start new SIPs, beginning with large-cap funds is a prudent strategy, followed by flexi-cap and value-oriented approaches.'
Some major contracts coming up for renewal include TCS' deals with Star Alliance, a consortium of airlines based in Germany, and Nielsen; Infosys' deals with GE Appliances and Daimler; HCLTech's with UK-based life insurer Chesnara; Wipro's with German electric utility company E.ON and Petrobras of Brazil; and Tech Mahindra's with Circle Health.
Skincare gift combos, de-tan kits, makeup face palettes, healthy chocolate combos, scent hampers, books and bookmarks, silver bands, rings, gold pendants...
'We have to be wary because if an uncontrolled transmission happens, random mutations may lead to something which could be virulent and then that could land us in a problem.'
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Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
And while delegates from all over China attended the National People's Congress, all eyes were on one man, the anointed-by-personal-diktat ruler for life, Xi Jinping.
Glimpses of the iconic NSE Bull and the newly renovated atrium at the National Stock Exchange headquarters in Mumbai.
An hour-long disruption could affect around 40 million UPI transactions.
'Pick up momentum and find opportunities from an intelligence-sharing standpoint.'
'We will never recognise any part of territories occupied by the Russians.'
Jorhat has many attraction to offer for the discerning and offbeat traveller.
'Indian players in the digital market should not be dominated by global players, and they should not dominate the smaller players -- these discussions are on.'
In September last year, India received financial information from over 108 countries regarding foreign accounts and income in the form of interest and dividend earned outside India.
The subscriber count made JioHotstar one of the largest OTT platforms in the world.