LUCKNOW: A deadly accident unfolded at Mirzapur’s Chunar railway station on Wednesday morning when several devotees were run over by the Kalka Mail Express while attempting to cross the railway tracks, leaving six dead. The incident occurred around 9:30 am.How the incident unfoldedInstead of using the foot overbridge to move toward Platform No. 3, a…
Ilamparthi AR became India’s 90th Grandmaster at the age of 16. NEW DELHI: The year was 2022. The Tamil Nadu Chess Association had organised a camp in Pollachi for the state’s strongest junior players, those who had qualified for the junior nationals. Ilamparthi, then only 13, wasn’t one of them. Yet, clutching his grandfather’s hand,…
The real bottleneck is benchmarking and adjusting the NAV for expenses. (AI image) Sebi’s proposal for expense ratios to be charged on the basis of the performance of a scheme is interesting but experts are not impressed. They feel it is difficult to implement and could even be unfair to certain investors. The real bottleneck…
Spotify legal battles against Drake’s streaming numbers. Image: X In a major development shaking the digital music world, Spotify is at the center of a federal class-action lawsuit filed in California, accusing the streaming giant of allowing billions of fraudulent streams to artificially boost rapper Drake’s numbers.The lawsuit, brought by rapper RBX and his legal…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dropped the ‘H-bomb’, alleging a large-scale voter fraud during the Haryana elections. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged that 1 in 8 voters in Haryana are fake, pointing to unexplained differences between postal and booth votes.The presser was held at Congress headquarters in…
AI image used for representative purposes Following improved India-China relations, the authorities, including the International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA), are evaluating a banking sector proposal to enable International Banking Units at Gujarat International Finance Tec City (GIFT City) to conduct transactions in offshore renminbi (CNH).GIFT City operates as a global financial services hub, serving…
The glamorous world of the film industry and those who have formed it have repeatedly been accused of running a charade. Recently, famous writer Chetan Bhagat, whose novels like ‘2 States’ and ‘Half Girlfriend’ were converted into movies, shared his thoughts on the subject and said that the industry is packed with fake people and…
NAVI MUMBAI, INDIA – NOVEMBER 02: Radha Yadav (L), Smriti Mandhana (C) and Sree Charani (2nd R) of India celebrate after team mate Deepti Sharma takes the wicket of Chloe Tryon of South Africa (not pictured) during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup India 2025 Final match between India and South Africa at Dr. DY…
US President Donald Trump‘s political foe Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday won the New York City mayoral election, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.34-year-old Mamdani will be New York City’s youngest and first Muslim mayor. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his re-election bid in September but remained on the ballot….
Morgan Stanley MD Ridham Desai (File photo) Morgan Stanley’s MD Ridham Desai, one of India’s most closely watched equity strategists, says his bullish stance on Indian markets is rooted in structural changes that have transformed the economy’s fundamentals over the past decade.Speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Summit, Desai — who has now been bullish…
