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Nitish Kumar takes a veiled dig at Home Minister Shah ahead of Bihar visit

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took an indirect dig at Home Minister Shah ahead of his proposed visit to the state to attend a BJP function for the celebration of Emperor Asoka's birth anniversary

AFSPA to be extended in 8 Assam districts for another 6 months from April 1

It will be extended for Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, according to a notification issued by the state home and political department

US: TikTok ban pushed by Missouri's Josh Hawley blocked in Senate

His bill would block and prohibit US transactions with TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., within 30 days

Why does this ex-deputy guv of RBI want India's biggest firms dismantled?

Part of his reasoning was that consumers could not fully benefit from input price declines as Big 5 companies control manufacturing of all major sectors as well as retail trade and telecommunications

Netflix working to bring its video-game service to TVs for the first time

The idea is to supplement Netflix's shows and movies and help retain customers as the company raises subscription prices

Punjab govt has given 27,042 govt jobs to youth, says Bhagwant Mann

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said 27,042 government jobs have been given to the youth during past one year

Rs 6,828-crore aircraft contract sanctioned for HAL in Maharashtra's Nashik

The Union government has sanctioned Rs 6,828 crore worth of contract to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) at Ozar in Nashik district for manufacturing 70 HTT-40 aircraft

Air India secures Rs 14,000 crore from State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda

The loans are benchmarked to SBI's six-month marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) and are priced 50 basis points (bps) above it

Stock markets closed today: Check full list of 2023 market holidays here

Share market holiday: According to the list of trading holidays on the website of BSE, apart from today's holiday, the stock market will remain closed for 12 more days in 2023

During UPA regime, CBI was 'putting pressure' on me to 'frame' Modi: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the CBI was putting pressure on him to frame PM Narendra Modi in a alleged fake encounter case in Gujarat when he was being questioned by the probe agency

Delhi govt launches drive to send overage vehicles for scrapping

The Delhi government on Wednesday kicked off a drive to send overage vehicles directly for scrapping

With death of MP Bapat, BJP loses 3rd sitting lawmaker in Pune since Dec

The death of Girish Bapat, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha MP from Pune city, on Wednesday has come as a big blow to the national outfit which has now lost three of its sitting lawmakers

G20 Science Advisers agree to work on draft document: Ajay Kumar Sood

The G20 Science Advisers' Roundtable first meeting here on Wednesday agreed to work on a draft document incorporating inputs of all participating countries

Indian pharma firm Granules opens packaging facility in US' Virginia

India has the largest number of FDA-approved plants outside of the US, Sandhu said

Biden admin backs international court for Russia's war crimes in Ukraine

supports the development of a special tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine in the form of an internationalized court that is rooted in Ukraine's judicial system

Indian stock market to remain closed today on account of Ram Navami

Stock market holiday: The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will open for trading in the evening session at 5 PM

Twitter removes tweets on Trans Day of Vengeance, says protest not peaceful

We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them. 'Vengeance' does not imply peaceful protest. Organizing or support for peaceful protests is ok: Twitter

Yellen rejects World Bank capital increase; no challengers to US nominee

"We do want to see better mobilization of private resources alongside World Bank investments as well, but we're not requesting a capital increase at this time," she added

Biden's World Bank pick, Banga poised to win job as sole expected nominee

The former Mastercard Inc. chief executive was tapped by President Joe Biden last month after current president David Malpass announced plans to step down almost a year early

Meghalaya Cong starts 'Jai Bharat Satyagraha' over Rahul's disqualification

"Rahul Gandhi has been targeted because he asked PM Modi ji about the Adani group," the Congress leader said