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Entrepreneur body shames Prithvi Shaw, who is defended by netizens
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Indian-American entrepreneur makes racist jibe, body shames cricketer Prithvi Shaw, gets schooled on X

Prithvi Shaw body shamed: Netizens pointed out that cricketers who would not be traditionally deemed fit have gone on to win matches and score centuries. 

Optimistic outlook: Half of VC investors foresee a rebound in start-up funding in 6-12 months
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Optimistic outlook: Half of VC investors foresee a rebound in start-up funding in 6-12 months

Report by Redseer says number of deals is expected to rise in 2024 to 1,000–1,200

The retail prices of onions are around Rs 30 a kilo, which are expected to touch Rs 60-70 a kilo by early September.
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Hike in onion prices: Centre to release stocks from onion buffer of 3 lakh metric tonnes

Onion prices jumped from Rs 1,200 per quintal on August 5 to Rs 1,900 on August 7. They stood at Rs 2,500 a quintal on August 9 in key markets, according to reports.

Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal recently met entrepreneur and actor Ryan Reynolds (Image: Twitter)
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

'Met everyone's favourite superhero': Vedanta's Anil Agarwal meets Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds; see post

Sharing a picture with Reynolds, the industrialist mentioned that the Canadian actor took a keen interest in knowing about "Nand Ghar", Vedanta's flagship programme aimed at transforming the lives of women and children.

Amendments to GST Act aim to tackle money laundering
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Amendments to GST Act aim to tackle money laundering

Pending passage, this new tax framework is slated to take effect on October 1, in accordance with the decisions reached at the recent GST council meeting.

CMD Sanjiv Puri said the demerged entity will have a 'royalty-like' arrangement for use of the other ITC brands and assets.
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Hotel business demerger to sharpen capital allocation for ITC: CMD Sanjiv Puri at Annual General Meet

Speaking at the 112th Annual General Meeting, ITC CMD Sanjiv Puri said the continued interest of ITC in the demerged entity will provide long-term stability and instill a sense of assurance among partners, investors and employees.

Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday (Image: Reuters)
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

'Wishes for Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 missions to achieve their goals': ISRO congratulates Russia

ISRO took to X (formerly Twitter) to congratulate its Russian counterpart Roscosmos for the successful launch of Luna-25, Russia's moon mission

India skipper Rohit Sharma
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

No. 4 remains a worry for India captain Rohit ahead of World Cup

Since all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's retirement in 2017, India have tried a dozen players at that spot with only Iyer and stumper-batsman Rishabh Pant batting more than 10 times.

Virat Kohli third-richest athlete on 2023 Instagram Rich List
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Virat Kohli is the third-richest athlete on Instagram, commands Rs 11.45 cr per post

2023 Instagram Rich List: Virat Kohli is third only to Cristiano Ronaldo who has topped the list with 596,848,846 followers, and Lionel Messi who has 479,268,484 followers.

Coach's parent firm Tapestry
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Coach owner's Michael Kors deal creates US giant to take on European luxury rivals

Thursday's deal will also bring under one roof Tapestry's more affordable luxury brands Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman and Capri's Jimmy Choo and Versace labels.

BRICS Nations-led New Development Bank
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

'BRICS bank' looks to local currencies as Russia sanctions bite

South Africa will host leaders of the other BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - as the bloc aims to widen its influence at a Johannesburg summit later this month.

Recently, BCCI had asked companies to bids for media rights to its international and domestic matches.
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

BCCI earned Rs 27,411 crore revenue during FY18-22: MoS Finance tells Rajya Sabha

BCCI has its earnings from media rights, sponsorships, and revenue shares from International Cricket Council (ICC).

The IMD has also issued a yellow alert for several districts of Himachal Pradesh for the next four days.
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

IMD predicts extremely heavy rainfall in six districts of Uttarakhand till Aug 14

The IMD has issued a 'red' alert for Dehradun, Tehri Garhwal, and Pauri Garhwal, and an 'orange' alert has been issued for Nainital, Champawat, and Udham Singh Nagar for Friday.

The Opposition had moved moved the no-confidence motion demanding a statement from PM Modi on the situation in Manipur
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

'In 2 hours and 13 minutes speech, he had 3 minutes of empty platitudes on Manipur': Opposition slams PM

The MPs from the newly formed Opposition bloc INDIA staged a walk-out amid PM Modi's reply to the motion of no-confidence. The Opposition was demanding PM Modi's speech on Manipur

Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Maui wildfire death toll hits 53 and may rise; recovery to take years

Governor Josh Green said the inferno that reduced much of Lahaina to smoldering ruins was the worst natural disaster in the state's history, turning thousands of people homeless and leveling as many as 1,000 buildings.

Trial of former US President Donald Trump
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

US proposes January start for Trump election trial

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's office asked a judge in a court filing on Thursday to start the trial on Jan. 2 in part due to the public's interest in a speedy trial.

'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani' witnessed an overall occupancy of 14.83 per cent on Thursday
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ box office collection day 14: Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh starrer earns over Rs 120 cr

While the film has had an uninterrupted run so far, from Thursday onwards, there is a big lineup with Rajinikanth’s Jailer, Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel’s Gadar 2, Akshay Kumar and Arun Govil’s OMG 2 and Chiranjeevi’s Bholaa Shankar

Earlier this month, Vanguard Group slashed the value of their holdings in ANI Technologies, which is the parent firm of Ola
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Ola's revenue doubled in FY22, losses widen over 36% to Rs 1,522.33 cr

In FY22, Ola’s consolidated operating revenue rose to Rs 1,970.4 crore from Rs 983.2 crore from the year before. However, it was still lower than Rs 2,662.3 crore in the pre-covid year of FY20.  

Zerodha increases allocation to Rainmatter, says Nithin Kamath
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

‘Ability to stay invested forever’: Zerodha allocates Rs 1,000 cr to Rainmatter to back startups

Nithin Kamath said that they believe Zerodha grew as much as it did because they had the freedom to build what they thought was right without any pressure to grow quickly.

China says uncovers alleged CIA spy, Chinese national recruited in Italy (Photo: Reuters)
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

China says uncovers alleged CIA spy, Chinese national recruited in Italy

Zeng, who was regarded as a classified person, was sent to Italy to pursue further education and while there became acquainted with a US embassy official, said the CCTV report.

Germany will own NATO's 2nd largest helicopter fleet after Chinook purchase, air force chief says
Updated : Aug 11, 2023

Germany will own NATO's 2nd largest helicopter fleet after Chinook purchase, air force chief says

Almost 50 Chinook helicopters would be stationed at the Holzdorf/Schoenewalde site in eastern Germany, where 1,000 additional soldiers will be also stationed, Gerhartz added.