New Delhi, 7/8: India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) informed employees that it will roll-out wage hikes for about 80 per cent of workforce, covering mid to junior levels. The wage hikes comes at a time when TCS is set to lay off about 12,000 employees this year. The wage hikes will…
New Delhi, 7/8: The Election Commission issued a notification on Thursday for the September 9 election to the vice president’s post, kickstarting the nomination process. According to the notification, August 21 is the last date for filing nominations, while the documents will be scrutinised on August 22. August 25 is the last date to withdraw…
Washington DC, 6/8: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to impose additional 25% tariff on India, making it a total of 50%. Earlier, on Tuesday the US President had said India has not been a good trading partner and announced that he will raise the tariffs on New Delhi “very…
New Delhi, 6/8: Opposition on Wednesday cited Jagdeep Dhankhar’s ruling and previous instances of debates on electoral issues in Parliament to insist on a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls even as the government once again made it clear that it cannot take place owing to constraints put by rules as also…
Jhargram, 6/8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission (EC) for suspending four state government officers and a data entry operator over alleged lapses in preparing the electoral rolls,questioning the legality of the move and accusing the poll panel of acting at the behest of the…
Chaibasa, 6/8: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. Gandhi appeared before the court around 10.55 am. “Rahul Gandhi ji appeared before the court…
New Delhi, 6/8: About 150 people have been rescued from Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, struck by flash floods a day ago, even as 11 army troops remain missing, an NDRF officer said on Wednesday. Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Mohsen Shahedi told reporters that three teams of the federal contingency force were en route to the Dharali village,…
New Delhi, 6/8: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot stand up to US President Donald Trump despite his repeated threats due to “the ongoing US investigation into Adani”. The Leader of Opposition’s remarks came after Trump said India has not been a good trading partner and announced that…
New York/Washington, 6/8: President Donald Trump has said that he doesn’t know anything about the US imports of Russian uranium, fertilisers and chemicals. Trump made the comments on Tuesday while responding to a question on India’s statement on American imports of these commodities.
Mumbai, 6/8: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key repo rate steady at 5.50 per cent on Wednesday, in line with expectations, as policymakers waited to see the impact of recent rate cuts amid rising global trade uncertainties. The six-member rate-setting panel held the policy rate with a unanimous vote and decided to…
