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42% rain deficit: This June is set to be India’s 3rd driest in 100 years NEW DELHI: This month is set to end as the third driest June India has seen in last 100 years. With just a day to go in the month, the countrywide rainfall deficit stands at 42%, indicating that El Niño...

Quick commerce race intensifies as Amazon, Flipkart level up MUMBAI: Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart have made it clear that they are not going to play on the sidelines in India’s quick commerce battlefield. Big money, aggressive dark store expansion, discounts, cashbacks—everything is on the table.Listed players Eternal—which owns Blinkit—and Swiggy are jittery despite sitting on...

In clean-up drive, ex-CEC Rajiv Kumar named HDFC chairman MUMBAI: The HDFC Bank board has appointed former chief election commissioner and ex–finance secretary Rajiv Kumar as chairman of the bank, subject to RBI approval. Starting June 30, the board has proposed a four-year term.The appointment ends uncertainty over the next chairman, following the sudden resignation...

India to push FATF to put Pak on terror list NEW DELHI: : India is likely to cite video and other evidence of Pakistan continuing its support to terror outfits, seeking to bring back Islamabad under the ‘Grey List’ of Financial Action Task Force at the Oct meeting of the Paris-based antimoney laundering (AML) and...

Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans become top landing spots for $120M San Francisco 49ers’ star.(Image via X) The San Francisco 49ers’ star player Brandon Aiyuk has found himself in a mess as the team voided his $27 million in contract guarantees and placed him on the reserve list. While the Washington Commanders have been...

Petrol, diesel retail sale curbs for commercial users lifted NEW DELHI: Rolling back yet another emergency measure introduced to ensure equitable distribution of fuel during West Asia conflict, govt Monday decided to lift restrictions on sale of petrol and diesel to commercial users from retail pumps from July 1. The temporary restrictions on the sale...

HC order on ethanol allocation will hit national policy, SC told NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea by an oil marketing company (OMC) claiming that the Karnataka high court’s recent order directing the reopening of ethanol allocation for 2025-26, which has already been concluded and implemented, would destabilise...

99.7% Class XII re-evaluation cases cleared: CBSE NEW DELHI: CBSE Sunday said it has declared outcomes in over 99.7% of applications received for verification and reevaluation of Class XII 2026 results, even as it rejected a student’s social media claim on marks revision as “factually incorrect” and a “blatant lie”, reports Manash Gohain. CBSE officials...

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has advanced its meeting to July 6, where the resignations of General Secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra are expected to be finalized. LUCKNOW/AYODHYA: The next meeting of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has been advanced to July 6 from July 11 where the fate of...

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei rejects Donald Trump’s claim of planned US-Iran talks in Doha Iran on Monday said that no negotiations with the United States are scheduled at any level in the coming days, contradicting US President Donald Trump’s claim that the two sides would meet in Qatar to discuss the Strait of...