Category: Events

Jio IPO gets Sebi approval MUMBAI: Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, has secured Sebi clearance for an initial public offering (IPO) expected to raise up to $4 billion, setting the stage for what could be India’s largest-ever stock market debut.In a stock exchange filing on Friday, RIL said Jio Platforms...

An aerial view of damaged structures covered in thick mud and debris following the flash floods at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot NEW DELHI: The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) disaster in Nepal Wednesday has renewed discussion on India’s own strategy and preparedness to mitigate such risk with the presence of approximately 200 high-risk glacial lakes...

A £3 million mega-mansion in Bath has sparked fury, with more than 100 residents calling for the seven-bedroom property to be demolished. (Photo: SWNS) A £3 million mega-mansion under construction on the outskirts of Bath has sparked a bitter planning dispute, with more than 100 local residents objecting to the property and some calling for...

FSSAI agrees to red hexagonal warning labels on junk food packages for high salt, sugar and fat content. NEW DELHI: Junk foods will soon carry warning labels highlighting high levels of salt, sugar and fat, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) telling Supreme Court on Friday that it has agreed to...

Controversy erupts as Penguin Random House India reportedly pulls out of Sonia Gandhi memoir deal, Congress calls it “murder of democracy.” NEW DELHI: A controversy has erupted over the Indian publication of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir ‘Belonging’, with Penguin Random House India (PRHI) reportedly pulling out of the deal following differences with the former Congress president...

‘Organiser’ termed NAC as marking the “classic takeover of the ‘dimagi Naxals’ of governance” NEW DELHI: The RSS has joined the campaign against “dimagi Naxals” which PM Modi launched on Aug 15, with its affiliated weekly ‘Organiser’ arguing that the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) under UPA allowed Maoist-influenced thinking to enter policymaking.In an...

At least 105 Indian tourists are among 384 travellers reported missing after flash floods swept through Nepal’s Rasuwa district, which borders Tibet Waves of distressing visuals and reports from flood-hit Nepal have spooked travellers, upended puja and winter holiday plans, sparked cancellations and left tour operators counting losses. Nepal is popular among Indian travellers for...

Nepal-Tibet disaster death toll reaches 584 with 2,482 missing; India says 320 nationals uncontactable in Nepal. NEW DELHI: At least 584 people were dead and 2,482 missing across Nepal and Tibet by Friday evening after the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli disaster, with Nepal accounting for 579 deaths and 1,924 missing and Tibet reporting five dead and 558...

Bombay HC raps Nagpur civic body officers for claiming ignorance of SC’s ‘Bulldozer judgement’, noting even laymen know about it. NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Friday expressed surprise at Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials claiming they were unaware of Supreme Court’s ‘Bulldozer judgement’, observing that “even a layman has got the...

Excavations for the second phase of the 2,000-year-old Buddhist site at Zehanpora in Baramulla to begin on Saturday ZEHANPORA (BARAMULLA): Excavations will begin Saturday on the second phase of Zehanpora, a Buddhist site in north Kashmir’s Baramulla. J&K chief secretary Atal Dullo will inaugurate the project.The presence of a 2,000-year-old Buddhist civilisation at the site...