The Statesman Kolkata - October 29, 2021

Vani Kapoor ends three-year title drought, wins 7th leg of WPGT

Vani Kapoor carded a crucial birdie on the very last hole to card 3-under 69 and twith a three-day total of 2-under 214 won the 7th leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour, title here on Thrusday.

Swiss Open: Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy advance to second round; Lakshya bows out

Indian badminton players PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, and HS Prannoy advanced to the second round of Swiss Open 2023 but compatriot Lakshya Sen crashed out in the opening round of the tournament, here.

Rohit Sharma defends team's aggressive batting approach

India's aggressive batting style yet again proved to be their undoing as they fell to a 21-run loss to Australia

Cash use declines as UPI to drive India's e-com market to reach $150 bn in 2026

As unified payments interface (UPI)-based transactions continue to break all records, India's e-commerce market is projected to grow from $83 billion in 2022 to $150 billion in 2026, as cash transactions decline further, a report showed on Thursday.

Global IT services firm Accenture slashes 19K jobs, tech mayhem deepens

Global IT services firm Accenture, which has a large presence in India, on Thursday announced to lay off nearly 19,000 employees amid the challenging global macroeconomic conditions and slow revenue growth.

FM Sitharaman to meet public sector banks chiefs on 25 March

Amid the failure of banks in the US and the liquidity crisis being faced by Credit Suisse, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to meet chiefs of public sector banks on March 25.

Agriculture minister launches 'DigiClaim' for claim disbursal through National Crop Insurance Portal

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today launched a National Crop Insurance Portal's digitised claim settlement module, called DigiClaim, under the ambit of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

Indian stocks close in red on continued US Fed's interest rate hike, Global shares mixed

During the day, the Sensex and Nifty for a while pared some of its early losses but could not hold on to it

Missing stork recovered in Uttar Pradesh

In a respite to the Uttar Pradesh government, the forest department officials have found out the confiscated stork which went missing after it was released in the Samaspur bird sanctuary.

Immediate disqualification unlikely, say legal experts

A district court in Gujarat's Surat on Thursday convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case against him over his alleged \"Modi surname\" remark in 2019 and the verdict led to questions over his status as a MP from Kerala's Wayanad.