New Delhi: Bypolls to five assembly seats in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland, and Tripura will be held on April 9 and in another three constituencies of Gujarat and Maharashtra on April 23, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gynaesh Kumar announced on Sunday. Addressing a press conference for the announcement of the poll schedule, Kumar said the counting…
New Delhi: Air India and Air India Express will operate 80 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the West Asia region on March 14. The ongoing conflict in the region, involving the US, Israel and Iran, has significantly disrupted flight operations. According to a statement, both airlines will operate their respective scheduled services to…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Rs 1 lakh crore Economic Stabilization Fund will help in dealing with the impact of an unanticipated crisis like the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Replying to a debate on the second batch of supplementary demands for grants in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman lashed out…
New Delhi: The government on Friday said uninterrupted LPG supply to households has been ensured, and there is no need for panic booking for cylinders. Briefing the media, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said the domestic production of LPG has already increased by 30 per cent since March…
Mumbai: IndiGo has the lowest pilots-to-aircraft ratio at 7.6 compared to other domestic airlines, the Civil Aviation Ministry informed Parliament on Thursday. SpiceJet has the highest at 9.4 pilots per aircraft, followed by Akasa Air having 9.33 pilots per aircraft, according to data presented by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol, in response…
Imagine waking up one day to find that someone has quietly redeemed your mutual fund units without your knowledge. It sounds alarming, but this is exactly the kind of fraud that has been targeting investors in recent years. To tackle this, India’s market regulator SEBI has introduced a simple but powerful new tool A “Debit Freeze” for your…
New Delhi: People queued up at petrol stations and domestic LPG outlets amid panic buying across the country over a perceived paucity of fuel, even as the government told Parliament on Thursday that there was no shortage of petrol, diesel and kerosene due to the West Asia crisis and it was not the time for…
MS Shanker For decades, cricket in India was famously described as a religion. The metaphor captured the passion of millions who worshipped their heroes and filled stadiums with chants and tricolours. But in today’s India, the game has quietly evolved into something even bigger — an economic powerhouse. A fascinating insight shared in a WhatsApp…
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Wednesday after a day’s breather amid the ongoing tensions in West Asia and sustained foreign fund outflows. Selling in blue-chip bank stocks also dragged the markets lower. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 96.12 points to 78,109.86 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty…
Washington: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Indian energy giant Reliance Industries was backing a deal to build the first new major oil refinery in the United States in half a century. Trump made the announcement via his Truth Social platform, saying the company America First Refining would construct the new facility at the Port…
