NEW DELHI: Government has ratified the interest rate of 8.25% to be paid to over 7 crore subscribers of the retirement body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). Sources said now the interest rate for 2024-25 would be credited to the account of the subscribers soon.In February, the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) had recommended a…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is a key NDA ally, was among several opposition-ruled state leaders who skipped the 10th Niti Aayog governing council meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. His absence has fueled political speculation, especially with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday batted for cooperation between the Centre and states to achieve the national goals, as he chaired a meeting of Niti Aayog. “If Centre and states work together like Team India, no goal is impossible,” Prime Minister Modi said at Niti Aayog governing council meeting.He also said, “Viksit…
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has officially returned from retirement, working “pretty much every day now” at the tech giant to help develop its artificial intelligence products as the company races to dominate the generative AI landscape.Speaking at Google’s I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Brin made a surprise appearance alongside DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, where he…
KOLKATA: India has announced closure of airspace over an area around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea for three hours each on May 24 and May 25 for a planned air activity, which includes military exercises and weapons tests.A NOTAM stated no civilian aircraft will be allowed…
BAREILLY: An 80-year-old woman was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her son-in-law, who was a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan, in Phoolbehad area of Kheri district 17 years ago.The court of ADJ Devendra Nath Singh on Thursday found Nisaar Jahan guilty of setting Aqeel Ahmad, 28, on fire with the help of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday reiterated that trial courts should not be referred to as “lower courts,” saying that such terminology goes against the ethos of the Constitution.A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih, while acquitting two life convicts in a 1981 murder case, said, “Before we part with…
Apple Inc.’s shares plunged 4% to a low of $193.46 on Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a new 25% levy on the iPhone maker if it continues manufacturing devices outside the United States.The warning came amid escalating trade tensions, as Trump also proposed a sweeping 50% tariff on goods from the…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar expressed his surprise at the retirement of batting stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from Test cricket, admitting he expected the duo to step away after the upcoming tour of England, which begins on June 20.Rohit and Kohli, who announced their…
The investigating authority is specifically examining transactions over the previous 14 months. (AI image) India cracks down on suspected goods trade with Pakistan! The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of India is investigating approximately 20 export houses suspected of engaging in illicit money transfers with Pakistan through the UAE corridor.These export houses are being suspected for…