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Bengaluru: Sonata Software is delighted to announce that Roshan Shetty is joining the company as Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for sales of its services business, globally. Roshan will be based out of the UK. In executing its aggressive growth strategy, Sonata has been investing in senior talent, especially located in its major markets to serve […]
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Mumbai: Ten-minute delivery platform Zepto on Tuesday said it has raised $200 million, taking its valuation to around $900 million. Just nine months after launching, Zepto posted a record 800 per cent revenue growth in the last quarter. “We maintained a phenomenal 88-point NPS (net promoter score) and 60 per cent ‘month-1 buyer retention’ at […]
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New Delhi: India on Tuesday reported 2,568 fresh Covid-19 cases, a decline against the 3,157 infections registered previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, the country reported 20 new Covid fatalities, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,23,889. The active caseload declined to 19,137 cases, accounting for 0.04 per cent of […]
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Berlin: Germany has made an advance commitment to provide 10 billion euros of new and additional developmental assistance in India until 2030 under the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) on Green and Sustainable Development Partnership signed between the two countries on Monday, MEA informed. Addressing a press briefing at the conclusion of the first leg […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya and Parshuram Jayanti. “Many congratulations to the countrymen on the occasion of Parshuram Jayanti. Lord Parashurama is revered for his valour along with mercy and compassion,” tweeted the Prime Minister in Hindi today. In another tweet, the Prime […]
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New Delhi: The celebration of Akshaya Tritiya is in its full fervour across the country on Tuesday. Starting the day with a holy dip on this occasion, people took a holy dip at the sacred rivers. In Varanasi, people worshipped Lord Vishnu, Goddess Lakshmi and paid obeisance to the deities after taking a holy dip. […]
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New Delhi: As the devotees across the country celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan, President Ram Nath Kovind and a number of political leaders extended wishes on the occasion. Taking to Twitter, Rashtrapati Bhavan, on behalf of President Ram Nath Kovind, wished all “Eid Mubarak” and requested Indians to pledge […]
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Hyderabad: The history of Modern Indian Art is etched with celebrated oeuvres of several famous artists who received tremendous recognition on a global scale. However, the discourse also bears the names of many artists whose memories have been blurred in mass consciousness due to the rarity of their works and lack of recorded history. One […]
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New Delhi: India on Monday welcomed its 100th unicorn, which is Bengaluru-based neobank platform Open, that raised fresh funds as part of its Series D round, taking its valuation to $1 billion. The new round was led by Mumbai-based investment firm IIFL and existing investors Tiger Global, Temasek and 3one4 Capital also participated in the […]
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Seoul: With the world facing multiple crises including, Covid-19, conflicts, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, the forests can help recover from their impact, but only “if we step up action to unlock their potential”. In a key report launched on Monday, the State of the World’s Forests Report 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) […]
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Bengaluru: A conversation between a father and fintech Co-founder daughter regarding the latter’s matrimonial match has gone viral on social media. What getting disowned from father looks like. pic.twitter.com/nZLOslDUjq — Udita Pal 🧂 (@i_Udita) April 29, 2022 The post has got more than 12,000 likes and generated 921 retweets till Monday morning. The screen shot of […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has stayed a March 25 order of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine on Snapdeal and directed a recall of non-standard pressure cookers which were listed for sale on the platform. Issuing a notice to the respondents, Justice Yashwant Varma said there […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay seeking directions for a uniform education system, common syllabus, and common curriculum in the mother language, up to Class 12 for all students in the country. Issuing […]
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New Delhi: After his talks with the top brass of the Congress party failed, political strategist Prashant Kishor on Monday hinted that he is set to take a political plunge with a tweet in which he said that he would be ready to go to the people’s court, starting from his home state Bihar. “My […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that no individual can be forced to get vaccinated and added that the current Covid-19 vaccine policy of the government is not arbitrary. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai said that restrictions imposed on the unvaccinated people by different organisations, institutions, and governments […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has once again trained his guns at the Narendra Modi government, this time over the coal shortage. Listing out shortage of various essentials during BJP rule, he said the root cause of all problems is Prime Minister Narendra Modi lacking vision. KTR, as Rama Rao […]
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Berlin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Berlin-Brandenburg airport in Germany on the first leg of his visit to three European nations on Monday. During his three-day visit, PM Modi will hold his first in-person meeting with the newly appointed Chancellor Olaf Scholz. PM Modi and Olaf Scholz will also co-chair the 6th India-Germany Inter-Governmental […]
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New Delhi: India’s Covid case positivity rate went past one per cent again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections and 26 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The rise reported on Monday pushed the overall Covid tally of the country to 4,30,82,345 […]
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Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices continued to remain weak on Monday, with the Sensex tumbling over 648 points in early trade, tracking selling in index majors Infosys, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank along with muted global trends. The 30-share BSE benchmark was trading 648.25 points lower at 56,412.62. The NSE Nifty declined 185.3 points to 16,917.25. […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 76.44 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday amid a pullback in global crude prices. However, a weak trend in domestic equities and a strong dollar in the overseas market capped the rupee’s gains, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened strong […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said that it banned over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of March in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform had banned over 14 lakh such accounts in the country in February. The company said that it also received 597 grievance reports in the […]
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Durgapur: At least 13 passengers have sustained serious injuries after a SpiceJet flight operating from Mumbai to Durgapur in West Bengal encountered severe turbulence while landing on Sunday evening, sources said. The Boeing B737 aircraft operating as SpiceJet flight SG-945 were provided with immediate medical assistance upon arrival in Durgapur, and the airline said that […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have formed seven teams to nab the man who threw acid on a woman for refusing his marriage proposal, said officials on Monday. The police had formed three teams earlier which was increased to five. The accused, identified as Nagesh, has been absconding since April 28 — the day the attack happened. […]
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Chandauli: Violence erupted in Manrajpur village under the limits of Saiyyedraja police station in Chandauli district late on Sunday night after a 21-year-old girl Nisha Yadav died due to alleged thrashing by police during a raid. The incident led to violent protests by villagers who indulged in brick batting and tried to block national highway-2 after […]
