Month: November 2024

NTPC, ONGC green arms form 50:50 JV for renewable energy play

November 4, 2024 admin

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) NTPC Limited and ONGC Limited have announced the formation of a 50:50 Joint Venture Company (JVC) through their green energy subsidiaries NTPC Green Energy Limited and ONGC Green Energy Limited respectively to further promote their interest around renewable and new energy. NTPC shares…

Business

8 New Defendants To Take Stand As France Mass Rape Trial Resumes

November 4, 2024 admin

The trial of a Frenchman who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his drugged wife at their home resumes on Monday, with the cases of eight new defendants to be examined in court. The case of Dominique Pelicot, 71, and 50 other co-defendants aged 26 to 74 years old has caused outrage and sparked protests…

World

Government invites applications for RBI Deputy Governor

November 4, 2024 admin

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo | Photo Credit: Reuters The Finance Ministry has invited applications for the post of RBI Deputy Governor in the place of Michael Debabrata Patra, whose extended term is coming to an end on January 14, 2025. This position of RBI Deputy Governor is for economists. The selected candidate…

Business

Government invites applications for RBI Deputy Governor

November 4, 2024 admin

Business

India To Africa, Calls For Britain To Pay Reparations Are Growing

November 4, 2024 admin

The most memorable moment of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s recent royal tour of Australia and Samoa was Australian indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe’s insult to the monarchy. She was escorted out of Canberra’s Parliament House after she heckled the King and accused him of genocide. The British media was incensed, calling her “outburst” simply “rude”…

Nation

Maharashtra Top Cop Rashmi Shukla Transferred Days Before Polls, Opposition Had Alleged She Tapped Phones

November 4, 2024 admin

Two weeks before Maharashtra votes in Assembly polls, the Election Commission has ordered the transfer of Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla, according to sources. The Opposition, led by the Congress, had alleged that the senior IPS officer was biased towards the ruling Mahayuti alliance and that fair polls wouldn’t be possible if she was in the…

Nation

Prithvi Shaw Given ‘Shubman Gill’ Reality Check As India Star’s Career Hits New Low Day By Day

November 4, 2024 admin

File photo of Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill© BCCI/IPL Former New Zealand cricketer turned broadcaster Simon Doull had made heads turn when he said in 2018 that Shubman Gill will have a longer career playing for India than Prithvi Shaw. Cut to now, and Doull’s prediction has come true so far, as Gill…

Sports

India’s manufacturing growth accelerates in October: PMI

November 4, 2024 admin

Photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Manufacturing activity in India’s private sector recovered in October, breaking a three-month streak of deceleration after hitting an eight-month low in September, as per the survey-based HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) which inched up to 57.5 from 56.5 in the previous month. A…

Business

Stock Market News: Sensex, Nifty plunge in early trade dragged by Reliance Industries

November 4, 2024 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Monday (November 4, 2024) dragged down by Reliance Industries and cautious investors’ sentiment ahead of the U.S. presidential elections and Federal Reserve interest rate decision. Relentless selling by foreign investors also dampened the sentiments…

Business

Model by Chennai, Pune team predicts birth weight from routine scans

November 4, 2024 admin

Researchers from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) and Seethapathy Clinic and Hospital, both in Chennai, and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, have developed a model that can predict a newborn’s birth weight using routine scans during pregnancy. Accurate information about birth weight is crucial for maternal and foetal health….

Science