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Power distribution companies are estimated to have suffered a loss of Rs 90,000 crore in FY21, according to Niti Aayog. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Power Ministry asks states to utilise unallocated power from central...

15 per cent power from CGS is kept as 'unallocated power' which is allocated by the central government to needy states

12 Oct 2021 12:02 PM IST

The company did not give a reason for its action. (PTI)

Adani Ports to stop handling containers from Iran, Pakistan,...

The decision comes weeks after Indian officials seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan

12 Oct 2021 10:56 AM IST

A BMC health worker takes swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India logs 14,313 fresh COVID cases, lowest in 224 days, 181 new...

The active cases have declined to 2,14,900 comprising 0.63 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

12 Oct 2021 10:27 AM IST

Activists of Youth Congress hold placards during a silent protest in New Delhi on October 11, 2021, days after at least eight people died in an incident involving protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Congress observes 'silent protests' demanding resignation of MoS Ajay...

More than 200 people were detained by Mumbai Police on Monday in connection with Maharashtra Bandh-related violations

12 Oct 2021 8:28 AM IST

The state administration on Monday announced night curfew in both the cities from 8 pm to 5 am till October 20. (Representational image: Twitter)

Odisha capital turns COVID hotbed, night curfew back

Khurdha district continued to report the highest single-day cases with 208 persons contracting the virus in the last 24...

12 Oct 2021 7:36 AM IST

Jewellery spends accounted for 15 per cent of the total volume of transactions and 22 per cent of the value of transactions through credit and debit cards, as per the data from payment processing company Worldline India.

Discretionary goods see rise in festive demand

The demand for discretionary categories has improved month-on-month even in August and is now closer to 2019 levels

12 Oct 2021 7:24 AM IST

As the Sensex and Nifty-50 traded at an all time high on Wednesday before some profit taking, further profit taking could continue on Friday and may well set a reversal after sharp gains in the first half of August. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Nifty Retreats after hitting 18K

The index finally closed at 17,945.95 up 50.75 points or 0.28 per cent

12 Oct 2021 7:19 AM IST

Rupee depreciated 31 paise to 76.10 against the US dollar in opening trade. (PTI Photo)

Re, bonds come under pressure

The rupee finally settled at 75.36 a dollar, a level not seen since July 14, 2020

12 Oct 2021 7:15 AM IST

It appears that terrorism is not going down because we have de-operationalised Article 370. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | How has ending Art. 370 helped Kashmir, or India as a...

That Article 370 was the root of separatism, terrorism, nepotism and corruption

12 Oct 2021 2:47 AM IST

Mr Arya and his son, who represents the Nainital Assembly seat, joined the Congress in the presence of senior party leaders Harish Rawat, K.C. Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala in New Delhi and also met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence. (Twitter)

Jolt for BJP in Uttarakhand: Mantri, MLA son return to Cong

Mr Arya, a prominent Dalit leader, who along with his son joined the Congress, said the party is a 'scared temple'

12 Oct 2021 2:43 AM IST

The Chinese propaganda nevertheless speaks of creating a beautiful place by preservation of ecology and [providing] livability, health, charm, and happiness. Representational Image. (AFP)

Claude Arpi | Stop China from erasing the heart of the world'

Unfortunately, we can't expect an atheist regime in Beijing to understand the meaning of the word 'sacred'

12 Oct 2021 2:22 AM IST

(From Left to Right) David Card, Joshua D Angrist and Guido W Imbens. (Twitter/NobelPrize)

3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the three have 'completely reshaped empirical work in the economic sciences'

11 Oct 2021 3:59 PM IST