Bank of England (Picture credit: AP) The Bank of England on Thursday trimmed its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 4 per cent, marking the fifth reduction since August 2024, as it seeks to support Britain’s slowing economy amid concerns over rising US tariffs and domestic tax hikes.The latest cut brings borrowing costs…
Shares of Intel tumbled down on Thursday after US President Donald Trump called for the company’s chief executive to resign, citing alleged conflicts of interest involving ties to China.The INTC was trading at $19.77, down 0.6 points or 3.1% at 10:53 PM IST.“The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump wrote…
Rani Mukerji received the National Award for Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. Director Ashima Chibber discussed a powerful scene involving breast pumping. Rani’s courage to portray the scene was commendable. Chibber admired Shah Rukh Khan’s National Award win for Jawan. She called Khan a director’s dream. Both Rani Mukerji and Shah Rukh Khan won awards in…
UP ACS adrressing the event Uttar Pradesh’s additional chief secretary and in-charge of state’s renewable energy and technical education department, Narendra Bhooshan said on Thursday that Uttar Pradesh is the “new growth driver of India.”He was speaking at the TOI Dialogues – Infrastructure Chapter, in his address he highlighted that the energy sector is one…
File photo: Ex-Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant (Picture credit: PTI) Former G20 Sherpa and ex-Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has called the steep hike in US tariffs on Indian goods a “once in a generation opportunity” for India to push forward with long-pending economic reforms.Reacting to US President Donald Trump’s decision to double duties on…
Lucknow: Soulful echo of ‘sozkhwani’— reciting elegiac poetry to mourn Karbala martyrs—is growing faint. Once the heartbeat of Muharram rituals and a vibrant thread in the region’s cultural tapestry, the unique blend of literature, music and devotion is now on the edge of extinction.‘Sozkhwani’ combines Persian/Urdu words ‘soz’ (lament, burning, or inner pain) and ‘khwani’…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party leader Sonia Gandhi, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, his daughter and party leader Supriya Sule during INDIA bloc dinner meet (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the INDIA bloc gathered for a dinner meeting hosted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday evening to discuss the ongoing Special Intensive…
NEW DELHI: Biocon on Thursday reported a 95 per cent decrease in its consolidated net profit at Rs 31 crore in the June quarter. The Bengaluru-based firm posted a net profit of Rs 660 crore in the April-June quarter of the last fiscal. Total revenue declined to Rs 4,022 crore in the June quarter as…
Lucknow: Two brothers wanted for the murder of Sitapur-based journalist Raghvendra Vajpayee were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) and the local police near Dulhapur Tiraha in Sitapur early Thursday.Vajpayee, 36, a resident of Vikasnagar in the Maholi area of Sitapur, was shot dead on March 8,…
FICCI president Harsha Vardhan Agarwal on Thursday called for urgent and bold economic reforms to strengthen India’s industrial base and services sector, In response to the US imposing an additional 25% import tariff on Indian goods.The latest move from Washington takes the total tariff burden on Indian imports to 50%, sparking concerns across domestic export-facing…
