Category: Events

PUNE: The Supreme Court of India on Monday granted bail to 3 men accused of allegedly tampering with blood samples following the May 2024 Pune Porsche crash that killed 2 young software engineers.A Bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, observing that A Sood and 2 others, Ashish Mittal and Santosh Gaikwad, already spent...

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) – the philanthropy organisation founded by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Prisicila Chan has cut roughly 8% of its workforce, reports Fortune. The job cut, impacting around 70 employees, comes as the company plans to expand its biomedical and science focus through Biohub. The move “underscores how big...

BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday said it fully agrees with the International Cricket Council’s stance on sportsmanship following Pakistan’s decision to boycott its T20 World Cup 2026 group-stage match against India, scheduled for February 15. BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said the...

MUMBAI: Parth Pawar, the elder son of late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, was overcome with emotion during ceremonial prayers held at the party office on Sunday, where his father’s ashes were brought for rituals. Visibly distressed, Parth was seen holding and hugging Ajit Pawar’s empty chair, breaking down as he paid tribute to his father.The...

Sanjay Raut (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday raised serious doubts over the sudden and “suspicious” death of NCP chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, saying “something is dubious” and calling for a thorough investigation into the plane crash that killed the leader last week in Baramati.Drawing...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-127853232,imgsize-1244004,width-400,resizemode-4/images-16.jpg" alt="Does India risk getting old before it gets rich?" title=" Photo used for representational purpose only ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Photo used for representational purpose only Starting with 15th Finance Commission, states were rewarded for curbing population growth. Lower fertility meant a higher share in the divisible pool of taxes, reflecting the long-held belief...

Police are investigating if the firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence is linked to his upcoming film projects or his recent acquisition of rights to a book on the underworld. MUMBAI: Police are probing whether the firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s Juhu residence was linked to his upcoming film projects, as investigators examine multiple angles,...

Rupee began February on a stronger note, rising 18 paise to 91.75 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday. The gain comes after last week’s weakness, when the currency had slipped to the 92 mark against the greenback.Earlier on Friday, rupee had hit an all-time low of 92.02 before recovering to close 6...

How Criteria for Sharing Central Taxes Have Evolved NEW DELHI: The yardsticks used to determine how central tax revenues are shared among states have undergone significant changes over the years, with successive Finance Commissions shifting weight from population and poverty-based indicators to broader measures such as fiscal capacity, demographic performance, forest cover and, most recently,...

Keep calm and carry on Like every Union Budget, this year’s budget brings a mix of gains and pains for different sections of the economy. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented a budget aimed at balancing growth, stability and reform.While the budget offers several compliance-friendly measures and targeted tax tweaks, it also tightens the...