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Delhi elections dates announced, voting on February 5

Posted On January 7th, 2025, 11:00:00 PM IST

The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections at 2pm on Tuesday. The elections are going to be held in a single phase on February 5, before the current assembly's term ends on February 15, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said. Counting is scheduled to take place on February 8. The announcement also triggers the Model Code of Conduct, marking the start of a fierce electoral battle in India's capital.

Indian tech firms secure 20% of US H-1B visas: Report

Posted On January 5th, 2025

Why Reliance Retail wrote off its $200M investment in Dunzo?

Posted On January 5th, 2025

What did Modi give Jill Biden, dubbed 2023's costliest gift?

Posted On January 3rd, 2025

Rural poverty in India falls below 5% for first time

Posted On January 3rd, 2025

'450km in 1hr': China unveils world's fastest high-speed train prototype

Posted On January 1st, 2025

Sports

India suffer new low in FIFA Rankings

Posted On November 29th, 2024, 12:00:00 AM IST

The Indian men's football team has dropped two places to 127 in the latest FIFA Rankings, published by the global football governing body on Thursday. India were ranked 125th, placed above Rwanda and Cyprus. However, they have now dropped two places. Overall, defending FIFA World Cup champions Argentina as are on top, followed by France and Euro winners Spain in second and third positions.

Asian Champions Trophy: Indian women's hockey team wins 3rd honor

Posted On November 20th, 2024

Algerian Olympian Imane Khelif's medical report sparks new row

Posted On November 6th, 2024

India officially bids to host 2036 Olympics, Paralympics: Report

Posted On November 6th, 2024

IPL 2025 mega auction: 1,574 players register for 204 slots

Posted On November 6th, 2024

NZ win their first Test in India since 1988

Posted On October 20th, 2024

Politics

Delhi elections dates announced, voting on February 5

Posted On January 7th, 2025, 11:00:00 PM IST

Russia ends gas exports to Europe via Ukraine

Posted On January 1st, 2025

Trump becomes oldest living former US president after Carter's death

Posted On December 30th, 2024

'Space will be allocated...': Centre amid tussle over Manmohan's memorial

Posted On December 28th, 2024

Former PM Manmohan Singh passes away

Posted On December 26th, 2024

Centre tables one nation, one election bill in LS

Posted On December 17th, 2024

Technology

Indian tech firms secure 20% of US H-1B visas: Report

Posted On January 5th, 2025, 10:20:00 PM IST

Indian-origin tech companies have bagged nearly 20% of all H-1B visas issued by the US, a recent analysis of data from the US immigration department has found. The report notes that Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) lead the pack. Between April and September 2024, 24,766 out of a total of about 130,000 H-1B visas granted to various employers went to Indian-origin firms.

'Stakes are high': Pichai urges employees to prepare for 2025

Posted On December 28th, 2024

Apple proposes $100M investment in Indonesia to reverse iPhone ban

Posted On November 19th, 2024

Japan launches world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat

Posted On November 6th, 2024

Apple, Goldman Sachs fined $89M for misleading Apple Card users

Posted On October 24th, 2024

'Sub-Earth' exoplanet discovered around nearest single star to solar system

Posted On October 3rd, 2024

Entertainment

Anurag Kashyap took up acting jobs to fund daughter's wedding

Posted On January 1st, 2025, 03:00:00 PM IST

Acclaimed Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap recently revealed that he took on extra films and acting roles to fund his daughter Aaliyah Kashyap's wedding. He candidly confessed that as an independent filmmaker, it was difficult for him to pay for such a grand affair. The director compared the wedding expenses to the budget of his smaller films.

Honey Singh's sister accuses ex-wife of 'forcing' him to work

Posted On December 20th, 2024

'Never involved in pornography': Raj Kundra breaks silence after 3yrs

Posted On December 17th, 2024

'Rupali Ganguly threatened...cornered me': Stepdaughter stands by her 2020 claims

Posted On November 29th, 2024

Prince Narula-Yuvika Chaudhary welcome baby girl

Posted On October 21st, 2024

Why Liam Payne's death has been categorized as 'suspicious'?

Posted On October 18th, 2024

Business

Why Reliance Retail wrote off its $200M investment in Dunzo?

Posted On January 5th, 2025, 10:20:00 PM IST

Reliance Retail, the biggest backer of hyperlocal delivery start-up Dunzo, has written off its $200 million investment. The move comes as Dunzo continues to struggle financially and has exited the quick commerce space in the last two years, according to an Inc42 report. Reliance Retail is not involved in any talks to extend further funding or to acquire Dunzo in a distress sale.

Sensex crashes again, down over 3,500 points in 5 days

Posted On December 20th, 2024

NRIs can transfer money to India using UPI

Posted On November 28th, 2024

RBI launching cloud service to rival AWS, Azure in 2025

Posted On November 19th, 2024

Elon Musk-backed Dogecoin soars 25% as Trump wins historic election

Posted On November 7th, 2024

Singapore government is now the largest foreign investor in India

Posted On November 7th, 2024

Miscellaneous

Rural poverty in India falls below 5% for first time

Posted On January 3rd, 2025, 03:50:00 PM IST

Rural poverty in India has witnessed a sharp decline, dropping below 5% for the first time in FY 2023-24. The finding comes from a recent SBI Research study. According to the report, the rural poverty ratio fell to 4.86% in FY24, a significant drop from last year's 7.2%. The improvement is largely due to a rise in rural spending and government measures like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).