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The Supreme Court on Monday asked a court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya to complete its investigation expeditiously and take it to a logical conclusion. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed the SIT to file its status report in a sealed cover on the progress made in the investigation into the donations theft case. The bench also asked the SIT to consider object

A day after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia, rescue teams recovered six more bodies Sunday, raising the death toll to 53, while many of the thousands displaced spent the night outdoors in fear of aftershocks. Rescuers dug through debris looking for anyone buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in the Muslim-majority country. They focused on three regencies that remained inaccessible -- hardest-hit Mangg

As the government plans the next phase of PM Surya Ghar, industry leaders seek battery storage integration, differentiated support and policy continuity to sustain growth

NSRCEL plans specialised sector centers and AI tools to expand its entrepreneur network toward one million

A large number of employees across sectors see poor implementation of well-being policies at the workplace as key to rising stress level, pointing to a widespread gap between having a formal policy and real-life experiences, said a report released on Sunday. The report, 'Beyond the Policy: Lived Experience and Micro-Rituals in Employee Wellbeing', said that 42 per cent of employees find their employers, despite having a policy for workers' well-being, fail in effective execution. The report by w

Manchester City have won the Community Shield seven times. They will be looking to add another title when they face Arsenal in Cardiff.

The gold loan-focused NBFC, which has filed its DRHP with Sebi for a Rs 3,000 crore IPO, doubled its total income to Rs 3,158.83 crore during the quarter

Meta's payments service processed 167.89 million UPI transactions worth Rs 12,957.07 crore in July, making it the eighth-largest UPI app by volume

OFS fundraising has hit a record high in 2026, led by LIC's mega stake sale, but more than half of issuers have delivered negative returns over the past year

The Arsenal vs Manchester City FA Community Shield match will be available for live streaming on Sony LIV.

Gold and silver prices are expected to remain positive next week, although elevated volatility is likely to persist amid developments in West Asia and key global economic data, analysts said. Market participants will track US housing and trade data, inflation figures from the UK, Eurozone, and Japan, as well as China's economic indicators for cues on industrial metals. The minutes of the Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting will also be watched for signals on the US Central bank's monetary policy outl

The Pool D clash could prove crucial to India's campaign, with England and South Africa also in the group.

Recent measures have targeted Iran's shadow oil fleet; shipping insurers; freezing an estimated $500 billion in Iran-linked cryptocurrency

Delhi airport plans to increase its annual passenger handling capacity to 125 million from the current level of 106 million under the proposed ten-year master plan, according to a source. As part of the expansion under the master plan, DIAL also proposes to build Pier E at Terminal 3 (T3) with a capacity of 10 million by April 2030. For now, no decision has been firmed up on having Terminal 4 or building the Automatic Passenger Mover (APM). The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the n

The decision to reintroduce on-tap licensing for urban cooperative banks signals the regulator's growing confidence that governance reforms have created sufficient safeguards

First-half direct investments plunged by nearly two-thirds year-on-year to 4.3 billion ($5 billion), the lowest level since 2023, according to calculations by the German Economic Institute

Bharti Airtel's decision to scrap select prepaid packs could lead to a hike in average revenue per user (ARPU) in a broad range of Rs 4-12, brokerages have estimated as the telco turned to targeted plan changes to drive premiumisation and monetisation. Some viewed the changes as selective plan rationalisation rather than an across-the-board or formal tariff hike, but said it would aid Airtel's premiumisation strategy by prompting customers to upgrade. Recently, Bharti Airtel withdrew four prepai

Realty firm Lodha Developers Ltd plans to launch 21 housing projects by March next year with an estimated revenue potential of Rs 24,000 crore, as it looks to expand business amid strong demand. During the first quarter of this fiscal year, Lodha Developers launched only one housing project in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) comprising 4 lakh sq ft area and revenue potential of Rs 330 crore. According to its latest investors presentation, Lodha Developers has a strong launch pipeline for the re

India are placed in Pool D alongside China, England and South Africa, with all four teams yet to play their opening matches.

Public sector lender Punjab & Sind Bank is exploring raising funds through various means, including the QIP route to dilute the government's stake to meet Sebi's minimum public shareholding (MPS) norms. As per the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), all listed companies must maintain an MPS of 25 per cent. We have got board approval for fundraise through qualified institutional placement (QIP) and others means as part of effort to bring down the government holding in a phased manner,

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday asserted that the successful Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar last year had led to a significant rise in voter turnout in the assembly polls that followed. Speaking to reporters at Patna airport, the CEC, who is on a two-day tour of the state, said the voting percentage in the 2025 Bihar assembly polls was higher than turnouts witnessed in advanced countries such as the US, the UK and France. Bihar is the land

The day's men's action begins with Australia taking on Ireland at 3 PM IST at the Belfius Hockey Arena.

Government departments are constituting Quick Response Teams (QRT) to ensure a timely response to misleading or fake contents on social media, an official said. There is a need to engage with people through social media in a constructive manner and to ensure that responses to rumours, misinformation, fake content, and misleading posts are issued in a timely manner, the official said. The objective is to promptly scrutinise, coordinate and respond to such content, while effectively monitoring mat

Proving that artificial intelligence can find goofy solutions to routine problems, a Goa-based man used ChatGPT to resolve every temple visitor's challenge: finding one specific pair of shoes in a sea of footwear. Shubhang Borkar turned his phone into a scanning device outside the Mahakal Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain, sharing snapshots of footwear with the chatbot until it flagged his missing pair. Borkar shared a video of his AI experiment titled Used ChatGPT to find my lost clogs on Insta

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination. In a post on X, the NTA said the challenge window is open and it will remain open from August 16 to 18 till 11:59 PM. Candidates will have to pay a processing fee of Rs 200 per question challenged, with the last date for fee payment being August 18 till 11:59 PM, it said. For the three remaining subjects -- English, Commerce and Sociology -- a committee was const

From medieval hoods and sportswear to hip-hop, street culture and political protest, the hoodie has evolved into a garment shaped by race, power, policing and identity

Bar Council of India (BCI) chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra has apologised to law students after facing criticism over a now-withdrawn order to state bar councils not to enrol any of the current batch of graduating NALSAR students as advocates. In a statement issued on Independence Day, Mishra said recent developments had caused concern among students and expressed regret if any of his words or communications had hurt their feelings. If anything connected with the present controversy, any of my wo

Electronics manufacturing services firm Amber Enterprises India expects to start manufacturing Chinese smartphones under Oppo, OnePlus and Realme brands from the March 2027 quarter and double the output in the second year, a top company official said. Amber Enterprises India Executive Chairman and CEO and whole-time director Jasbir Singh, during the company's earnings call, said that the firm expects to start with production of 8 million units of Oppo group smartphone brands and scale it twofold

Packaging major EPL Ltd expects its beauty and cosmetics business to emerge as the key growth engine going forward, even as its oral care segment continues to deliver steady growth, said its Global CEO Hemant Bakshi. EPL sees the growth momentum continuing in July after reporting 25 per cent topline growth in the June quarter, and has raised its revenue guidance for the near term to 16-18 per cent and has retained its margin guidance at 20 per cent. On the proposed merger of EPL with Indovida, w

Bangladesh completed a stunning nine-wicket victory over Australia in the first test on Sunday, securing its first win on Australian soil and only its second victory over the top-ranked Australia. After making a vital half-century in Bangladesh's first innings, Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five wickets in Australia's second innings to restrict the hosts to a lead of just 56 runs, before Australia was bowled out for 284 midway through the afternoon session at Darwin's Marrara Oval. Cameron Green score

AI is eroding traditional entry-level roles as companies cut graduate hiring, leaving young workers to turn to unpaid work, internships and costly career coaching to gain experience

The notice says the Vimal elaichi advertisement may create an association with the pan masala brand, whose manufacture and sale are prohibited in Maharashtra

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has secured a licence from the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), allowing it to resume full operations in Venezuela after years of limiting activity because of sanctions-related risks, a senior company official said. The US approval removes a key hurdle for ONGC's Venezuelan investments and could pave the way for the state-run explorer to expand production, sign new agreements and take over operatorship of some projects from Venezu

The Standing Committee on Finance has flagged the crippling 43 per cent vacancy in the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), and recommended setting up a task-force to ensure the early filling of all 38 vacant positions. Lamenting that o tangible progress has been made in resolving vacancies at DIPAM since the Committee's report presented in March, the panel said, for a department overseeing a public asset portfolio exceeding Rs 42.76 lakh crore, routine administrative c

The government has for the first time fixed maximum cooking gas LPG production targets for individual public- and private-sector refineries and upstream companies, as it seeks to build a domestic supply buffer after the West Asia conflict exposed the country's vulnerability to disruptions in imported cooking gas. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, in an order issued on August 13, has specified maximum LPG production levels for 21 refineries and upstream companies, with combined production p

Bangladesh scripted history in Darwin with their maiden Test win in Australia as Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Hasan Mahmud starred with the ball.

Six companies, including Blackstone-backed Horizon Industrial Parks and Lalithaa Jewellery Mart, will launch IPOs next week, seeking to raise nearly 5,600 crore collectively

New research suggests the ancestors of modern crocodiles were active, warm-blooded land dwellers before their metabolism slowed and they adapted to an ambush-predator lifestyle in water

Former deputy speaker of West Bengal Assembly, Ashis Banerjee, was found hanging at a TMC party office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police sources said. A purported suicide note was also recovered from the party office located near his residence in Hattala Para in Rampurhat, they said. Police reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem examination. The exact circumstances leading to his death are yet to be ascertained, and police are examining the contents of the purported suici

India will resume Day 2 at 288 for two, with Devdutt Padikkal unbeaten on 131 and Rishabh Pant on 27. Play will begin early at 9:45 am IST, with live streaming available on Sony LIV

India has around 440 space technology startups, while private investment in the sector rose nearly six-fold to $618.5 million by March 2026, government data show

The IMD has forecast widespread rainfall across several regions over the coming days, with heavy to extremely heavy rain likely in parts of Odisha, West Bengal and northwest India

Searchers dug through collapsed buildings and landslide debris Sunday in eastern Indonesia as they searched for bodies and possible survivors a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least 47 people, injured more than 100 and displaced thousands. At least 24 people died in Manggarai regency and 17 in neighbouring East Manggarai, with additional fatalities reported in Sikka, Ngada and Ende regencies, the National Disaster Management Agency said. Rescuers were still searching for villagers fear

The draft rules say financial security for nuclear power plants must remain in place until all spent fuel has been removed from the concerned storage pool

By pressing countries to choose sides the US hopes to starve China of resources in a race to make the most sophisticated AI, which could be used for military or economic dominance

With its latest move, Nvidia is poised to provide potentially tens of billions of dollars of what's called esidual value support for debt deals tied to the artificial intelligence build out

The proposed investment is part of Nvidia's talks with OpenAI and SB Energy on providing around $100 billion in credit support for the planned Ohio data centre campus

Data on Wednesday are set to show inflation accelerating for the first time in four months, with the median economist estimate in a Bloomberg survey predicting a 2.9% jump in July

Apollo Hospitals and Max Healthcare beat June-quarter expectations, but Apollo stood out on hospital revenue growth, operating metrics and stock returns

The Indian athletics team will undergo a short acclimatisation camp at the University of Tsukuba near Tokyo ahead of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in Japan in September-October. In June this year, the Sports Authority of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Tsukuba to facilitate participation of Indian athletes, coaches, and sports scientists in specialised training and exchange programmes in Japan. Tsukuba is around 80kms from Tokyo and 420km from Nagoya whe