Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, has allocated shares worth about Rs 52,750 cr to an endowment under the Azim Premji Foundation. This means that the economic benefits of the shares — such as the money that can be obtained by selling or pledging them —...
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Jubilant wants to do a Dominos on Chinese food in India
Jubilant FoodWorks Limited (JFL), which operates the Dominos and Dunkin brands of fast food in India, has entered the Chinese food segment with an aim to make it affordable to the average customer. The company opened its first Hong’s Kitchen outlet today in Eros mall,...
WATCH LIVE: Rahul Gandhi clears stand on terrorism, love, gender equality and Hindi-focused governance
Congress President Rahul Gandhi promised to reserve 33% of all government jobs in India to women if the Congress Party comes to power and said his government would correct the North-Indian focus of the current government. Interacting with females students at Chennai’s Stella Maris College,...
Crowds chant ‘Indira! Indira!’ as Priyanka Gandhi takes stage in Gujarat
Crowds at a poll rally in Gandhinagar in Gujarat chanted ‘Indira! Indira!’ when Priyanka Gandhi was called to address the crowd, perhaps for the first time outside the Congress pocket borough of Amethi. It was not clear if the chanting was being done by Congress...
18-year-old girl booked under POCSO for sexual assault on 16-year-old girl
An 18-year-old woman from Kerala has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act or POCSO, based on the complaint of a 16-year-old. The police complaint by the family of the 16-year-old says that the girl confided in them, and accused the...
Ujjwala LPG scheme crosses 7 cr customers
The government’s ‘free LPG connection’ scheme, Ujjwala scheme has crossed the 7 crore-target, making it one of the most successful programs of the current government. The scheme launched on May 1, 2016 with a target of providing LPG connections to 5 crore low-income households, and...
Cabinet okays incentive scheme for battery manufacturing in India
The government of India today approved a scheme to give incentives to companies that want to manufacture batteries in India. Briefing media after a cabinet meeting, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “We have taken a big step to give incentives under the Make in...
Delhi Unauthorized Colonies: Centre sets up committee to study regularization feasibility
The central government has set up a committee under the Lt Governor of Delhi to study the feasibility of ‘regularizing’ the unauthorized colonies of Delhi. There are many areas in Delhi, particularly on the eastern and southern sides, where people have constructed shanties, and in...
Abhinandan Varthaman can fly again if he’s fit – IAF chief
The head of Indian Air Force today said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman can join back his old unit immediately if he’s declared fit by the doctors. Addressing a press conference, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said the IAF won’t make any changes to his...
India smells a trap in Imran Khan’s ‘offer for talks’
Even as Pakistan President Imran Khan wants to talk peace with India, diplomatic experts on this side of the border see the offer as a ruse meant to allow Pakistan’s ISI to continue to use terror groups against India. Khan has been at pains over...
Indian fighters downed after chasing Pakistani jets across the border
The official spokesperson for Pakistani Armed forces confirmed that the Pakistani Air Force crossed over into Indian territory today morning, were pursued by Indian jets across the border, and that two of these were shot down. At least one Indian pilot has been arrested, he...
BEL in deal with Israel’s ELOP to make advanced target-finding system
Public sector company Bharat Electronics Ltd said it will manufacture and export $33 million (Rs 230 cr) worth of optical and infrared imaging systems to Israel’s Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd (ELOP). The systems are being manufactured under license from, and using the technology supplied...
Infosys pays Rs 34.35 lakh to SEBI over severance to Rajiv Bansal
Infosys said it has paid Rs 34.35 lakh to settle the investigation into the incident of the company paying over Rs 17 cr as severance pay to Rajiv Bansal, who resigned as its finance head in October 2015. There have been allegations, including from the...
Harvest TV to be renamed ‘Tiranga TV’ after TDSAT order
Harvest TV, led by journalists like Barkha Dutt and Karan Thapar, has got permission from an industry disputes settlement body to use the name ‘Tiranga TV’. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has overruled the objection by the government of India that Tiranga referred...
Prepoll survey predicts sweep for Congress in Kerala as Sabarimala hurts Left
One of the biggest and first pre-election surveys held in Kerala has pointed to strong gains made by the United Democratic Alliance led by the Congress, and the National Democratic Alliance led by BJP due to the Sabarimala controversy. Even as the Left Front was...
BS-VI to hurt sales of diesel cars, boost electric vehicles – M&M
The introduction of BS-VI fuel standard a year from now is expected to make small diesel engines too expensive to be of practical use and push the market for smaller vehicles towards petrol, CNG and electric vehicles, automaker Mahindra & Mahindra said. Managing Director Pawan...
TRAI gives extra time for selecting new packs; creates confusion among cable, DTH operators
The Telecom Regulatory Authority has given time till Mar 30 for those subscribers who have not exercised their choice under new TV channel plans. The cable and DTH providers have been told to move customers who fail to exercise their choice to a ‘best fit...
Akhilesh Yadav tears into Yogi after being blocked from visiting Allahabad University
Akhilesh Yadav has laid into Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath after he was stopped from attending a function at Allahabad University. “Today, I was stopped from boarding a flight to attend a student union program at Allahabad University. I haven’t been given a reason...
2018 was a good year for Delhi’s pollution levels – Met data
Annual meteorological data has revealed that 2018 was yet another year of improvement for Delhi’s air quality. In 2018, the number of ‘Good’ to ‘Moderate’ days — based on air pollution levels — jumped to 159 from 152 in the previous year and only 108...
Sharp drop in Indians going to the Gulf for employment
The number of Indians going to the Gulf region for employment has seen a sharp decline in the last three years, according to statistics from the ministry of external affairs. A total of 3.4 lakh Indians obtained emigration clearance in 2018 to go to the...