At a time when the Election Commission pledges to leave no stone unturned to bring eligible voters to polling stations to exercise their franchise, not many electors are aware of their right to refuse to vote even after registering their identities before the presiding officer. That right, which is separate from the provision […]
TMC leader Mahua Moitra has said she will campaign in her Krishnanagar constituency on Thursday, giving a miss to the Enforcement Directorate summons that asked her to appear for questioning at the ED office in New Delhi. I will be out for campaigning in the Krishnangar constituency in the afternoon, she told reporters. […]
India’s currency is likely to appreciate to 81 per dollar by end-December from around 82.9 on Tuesday. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg The rupee turned flat at 83.33 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid a strong American currency and higher crude oil prices. Forex traders said the positive equity markets and […]
By David Fickling and Ruth Pollard Forget everything you’ve heard about how electric vehicles are running out of charge. In the biggest car market, they’re on the brink of victory — and the rest of the world will soon follow. Battery metals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt are down […]
Premium Citadel: Honey Bunny and new season of Suzhal-The Vortex will soon be up for streaming on Amazon Prime. Two hundred years after the Apocalypse, people who live in luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind. They are shocked to discover a complex and […]
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveils a special limited edition of Business Standard as it enters its 50th year, on the first day of Business Standard Manthan in New Delhi on Wednesday From tariffs and Centre-state relations to how she unwinds, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman covered vast ground on the inaugural […]
AeroSpace Services India is the “sole authorised OEM’s Technical Representative for the entire Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) system,” it said. Aerospace and defence company, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has opened its Indian subsidiary in New Delhi, according to an official statement. IAI made the announcement at an event held here. The […]
Ahead of the elections, the central government has announced a 3-10 per cent increase in the wage rate of MGNREGA workers in nominal terms for the financial year 2024-25. The increase is similar to the hike announced for the current financial year. The new wage rates will come into force from April 1, […]
Tuesday’s downgrades come a year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which heightened investor sensitivity about the health of US regional banks. Ratings agency S&P Global on Tuesday downgraded its outlooks for five regional U.S. banks to due to their commercial real estate (CRE) exposures, in a move likely to […]
Sonam Wangchuk (Photo: X) Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Wednesday announced the agitation to demand statehood for Ladakh will be intensified and a ‘border march’ will be held on April 7 in the eastern part of the Union territory to highlight ground realities, including alleged encroachments by China. Wangchuk, who is part of […]