Washington DC,16/7: Larry Ellison is the world’s second-wealthiest person for the first time ever, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as a red-hot rally in Oracle Corp.’s share price has catapulted his net worth to $251.2 billion. Oracle has been a key winner as investors have piled into artificial-intelligence stocks. The company’s shares have nearly…
Oval, 4/8: India won the fifth and final Test at The Oval by six runs as they drew level the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-2 . Resuming at the overnight score of 339 for six, the hosts agonisingly fell short of the victory target of 374 by six runs with Mohammed Siraj taking five wickets. England…
Mumbai, 22/3: Food-delivery giant Zomato Ltd is facing a backlash on social media for its plans to roll out a 10-minute food service that critics say raises road-safety risks for delivery riders. CEO Deepinder Goyal said in a post late on Monday the service ‘Zomato Instant’ would rely on a densely located network…
New Delhi,15/9: In what came as a surprise to AAP workers, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that he will resign in two days and vowed to return only after people “give him a certificate of honesty”. He demanded that Delhi elections, due in February, be held in November along with Maharashtra. Addressing…
New Delhi, 23/8: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has an audio recording of the BJP’s “offer” to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia that all cases against him will be dropped if he switched sides, sources in the Arvind Kejriwal-led party said on Monday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will make the audio…
Washington DC, 24/7: United States on Thursday imposed a 10 per cent tariff on goods imported from India and 16 other countries over concerns of use of forced labour in the production of such products. Last month, after the US had proposed tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act, India was bracketed among countries…
Thiruvananthapuram, ,29/10: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday called for an all-party meeting here on Monday in the wake of a blast at a convention centre at Kalamassery in Kochi. One woman died and over 36 others were injured in the explosion at the convention centre this morning during a gathering of the Jehovah’s…
Chennai,3/4: Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Thursday said it will challenge before the Supreme Court the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed by Lok Sabha with a 288-232 vote in the wee hours. Wearing a black ribbon in protest against the passage of the Bill which he termed was against Muslims, Chief Minister…
Kolkata, 12/2: There are no assembly elections in West Bengal, but at this time the political temperature is high in the politics of the state. Tension is increasing with Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of ruling party TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and general secretary of the party. The situation has become so serious that there are…
Kathmandu: The death toll from the Rasuwa floods has reached 1,385, while 5,130 people remain missing, according to the latest Search, Rescue and Relief update issued by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).The update, issued at 11:00 am on Friday, reported casualties across several districts. Chitwan recorded the highest number of deaths…
