Plan logistics: MoE to CBSE on two board exams a year

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, according to sources.

Rushdie at the cutting edge

I began my review of Victory City thus: \"Rejoice, for Salman Rushdie,.

Most SC/ST candidates fight with no backing from political party

ANOUSHKA SAWHNEY New Delhi, 26 April The participation of political contestants belonging to the ☐ scheduled caste and scheduled tribe has shown a declining trend over the years.

INDIA'S GAMBIT

What is behind the explosion of chess talent in the country, and what does it augur for the game?

Innovation funds: High-risk bets that are apt for seasoned investors

Failure rates among innovators tend to be high; concentrated portfolios make these funds volatile

Bajaj Finance sinks 8% amid rising NIM pressure

Brokerages bearish, anticipate NIM compression in FY25

Strong execution key for Tech Mahindra to achieve 3-year targets

The market could not make a clear assessment of Tech Mahindra with the stock swinging wildly in the last two sessions.

Mkts wrong to hope worst of geopolitical crises over: Wood

Global financial markets are wrong in hoping that the worst is over in geopolitical crises such as the Iran-Israel conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war, wrote Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, in a recent note to investors called 'GREED & fear'.

Post-LS elections gaining streak: Will Nifty IT do it again?

Usually, general elections cast a spell of sorts on Dalal Street.

BSE to shell out regulatory charge to Sebi more as

Move follows clarity on turnover fee paid by bourses

Indices snap 5-day winning run

Sensex tumbles over 600 points as FPIs yank out ₹3,405 crore

Odisha example before Andhra

\"Alliance talks are based on statesmanship,\" observed Biju Janata Dal (BJD) heir apparent and former bureaucrat V K Pandian, in an interview just before the arrangement between the BJD and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) collapsed and died ahead of the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Odisha (being held simultaneously on May 13).

Central banks in a cashless world

Economics has always had a strange and much-debated relationship with money.

Al edition of books

It is a curious fact that the last remaining form of social life in which the people of London are still interested is Twitter.

D&I in Indian advertising

D&I? Diversity & The Inclusiveness.

Frontrunner & elusive poll theme

Excitement is often highest in 'wave' elections. There is a sense of anticipation, a better future, even vengeance. For these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly themeless election

Microsoft, Google ride high on the AI wave

Microsoft Corp and Google parent Alphabet Inc sent a clear message to investors: Our spending on artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing is paying off.

Huawei's smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales

It's taken Huawei just four years to become a force in smart car technology, navigating the devastation of trade sanctions on its smartphones business while simultaneously developing a driver assistance system that is the darling of the Beijing auto show.

Xi warns Blinken against engaging in 'vicious competition'

President Xi Jinping told top US diplomat issues remain in the bilateral relationship, as the world's largest economies held talks aimed at resolving thorny disputes on trade and China's ongoing support of Russia.

US to probe Tesla's recall of 2 mn vehicles over Autopilot

US auto safety regulators said on Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is adequate.

Bajaj Finserv Q4 profit rises 20% to ₹2,119 crore

Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BFL) on Friday reported a 20 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to 2,119 crore for the March quarter.

CSB Bank net dips 3%

Private sector lender CSB Bank on Friday reported a 3 per cent decline in its net profit to ₹151 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2024, mainly due to a rise in bad loans.

Shriram Finance logs 57% rise in Q4 profit

India's largest non-banking financial company Shriram Finance on Friday reported a 57 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) jump in its consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter of 2023-24.

SBI Card sees 11% profituptick

The net profit of SBI Cards and Payment Services increased 11 per cent to ₹662 crore in the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24 (Q4FY24) from 596 crore in the year-ago period.

Fall in costs boosts SBI Life numbers

The net profit of SBI Life Insurance Company increased to 811 crore during the quarter ended Q4 FY24, 8 per cent higher than the ₹776 crore in the year-ago period on the back of a decline in expenses.

Basmati exports rose 22% till Feb FY24 on West Asia demand

Exports increased to 4.68 MMT in April-February, from 4.1 MMT during the same period, rising 14% in volume

Bank of Maharashtra net profit jumps 45%

Bank of Maharashtra's profit increased 44.95 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to ₹1,218 crore for the March quarter (Q4) of FY24 on the back of a steady rise in net interest income (NII) and uptick in fees and commissions.

RBI seeks transparency with digital view of loans

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with draft guidelines for 'Digital Lending Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders.

SC's EVM verdict 'tight slap' to Cong-led Opposition: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the Supreme Court judgement on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS) was a \"tight slap\" to the Congress-led opposition which must \"apologise\" for committing the \"sin\" of creating distrust against EVMs.

Scindia looks to reclaim lost glory in former bastion Guna

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is again in the electoral fray from Madhya Pradesh's Guna, a parliamentary constituency he has won on four occasions as a Congress candidate, including on his electoral debut in a bypoll in 2002, after his father Madhavrao Scindia, the incumbent Lok Sabha member of Parliament (MP) from the seat, had passed away.