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School boys walk along a road on the backdrop of a wall mural in New Delhi on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 4,23,127

The daily COVID-19 cases have been recorded less than one lakh for nine consecutive days

15 Feb 2022 10:20 AM IST

Bombay Stock Exchange

Stocks succumb to global headwinds

Barring TCS all other Sensex and Nifty-50 stocks closed with sharp declines running up to 6.50 per cent

15 Feb 2022 9:33 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman gestures during a news conference after the 46th GST Council meeting, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec 31, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

ABG fraud detected relatively faster: FM

Nirmala Sitharaman defended the five years taken to file the first fraud complaint in the Rs 22,842 crore loan default...

15 Feb 2022 9:31 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India announced a slew of measures to maintain market stability. (PTI Photo)

RBI Deputy Governor calls for outright cryptocurrency ban

Crypto-technology is underpinned by a philosophy to evade government controls, says deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar

15 Feb 2022 9:29 AM IST

The notification form is being filed in relation to Jaadhus proposed acquisition of a minority, the non-controlling shareholding of approximately 9.99 per cent of the fully diluted equity share capital in Jio Platforms, which is worth USD 5.7 billion.

Blackstone buys majority stake in ASK

Blackstone acquired 70 per cent stake from promoters and employees valuing the company at $1 billion

15 Feb 2022 9:27 AM IST

While the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation rose from 4.23 per cent in April to a six-month high of 6.3 per cent, food inflation soared from 1.96 per cent to 5.01 per cent in May. (Representational Photo:AP)

Inflation breaches RBI band in January

The RBI, which mainly factors in the CPI-based inflation, has been tasked to keep the inflation at 4%, with margin of 2%...

15 Feb 2022 9:25 AM IST

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel pay tribute to those who were killed in the 2019 suicide bombing attack by militants in Pulwama, at a memorial in Lethpora, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. 40 CRPF personnel were killed in the attack. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)

'Sacrifice moved Indians': PM, nation hail martyrs

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the sacrifice of the CRPF jawans martyred in the Pulwama terror attack will not go in...

15 Feb 2022 8:51 AM IST

The bench, comprising Karnataka high court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice J.M. Khazi, thats hearing petitions challenging the state governments rule on dress code in schools, did not pass any interim order. (PTI)

'Allow us to wear headscarf that matches uniform'

Kendriya Vidyalayas permit girls to wear a headscarf of uniform colour

15 Feb 2022 7:01 AM IST

omen holding their identification cards, stand in a queue to cast their votes, during the Uttarakhand Assembly polls, at a polling station, in Dehradun, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (PTI Photo)

61-62 per cent vote in UP Phase-2, Uttarakhand; Goa sees record...

The elections were conducted for a single-phase election in 40 ACs in Goa, 70 ACs in Uttarakhand

15 Feb 2022 3:11 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Aakar Patel | Let women wear the hijab or not: It's not the job of...

The hijab issue has again brought what India is doing to its minorities to the notice of the world

15 Feb 2022 1:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | What has led to failure of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?

We not only spit everywhere, we piss everywhere, we shit wherever and dump our garbage anywhere

15 Feb 2022 1:30 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

FM defends time taken to file fraud complaint in ABG Shipyard

The Minister said that the time taken to detect the fraud was less than normal

14 Feb 2022 11:18 PM IST