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HDFC Bank's CEO succession race is heating up, with Kaizad Bharucha emerging as a strong internal contender alongside senior bankers from ICICI, Tata Capital and CSB Bank

Nayyar speaks about the vulnerabilities in India's reform journey and what needs to be done to realise its demographic dividend and avoid the middle-income trap

Deal value grows 5% against a 161% global surge in the first seven months

The RSS chief's engagements with diaspora in the US draw sharp reactions back home. Archis Mohan writes

The Congress leader's communication team is experimenting with informal interactions, youth-driven content and post-hoc virality analysis. Anushka Bhardwaj explains

After 18 years at the helm, K N Radhakrishnan's exit marks the end of an era at TVS Motor, which he helped transform into a global two-wheeler powerhouse

Ukraine's new defence minister plans to seek an early release of EU loan funds as Kyiv faces a $27 billion military budget deficit amid its war with Russia

Source said Jagdishan told the bank's board on Saturday that he had had a great time over the last 35 years

India's R&D spending has hit a record 0.84% of GDP, but reaching the global technology frontier will require much higher private-sector investment and smarter public funding

Sarvam AI co-founder Vivek Raghavan has been named among TIME's 100 most influential AI leaders as the company builds India's sovereign LLM ecosystem

Google Maps will show Lake Ontario as Lake America to US users after a US government geographic naming change ordered by President Donald Trump

According to media reports, UEFA has launched legal proceedings in the US and Switzerland over Infantino's handling of a controversial proposal to bring private-equity investment into FIFA

The answer keys for the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) were announced on Friday, the National Testing Agency said. The Final Answer Keys of UGC-NET 2026 have been officially released for 84 subjects, the agency said in a post on X. The National Testing Agency (NTA) had ordered fresh examinations for candidates who appeared for the English, Commerce and Sociology papers in June this year after an expert committee found factual, typographical, translation and language-related errors in the qu

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday said courts must search for solutions that protect the environment without losing sight of the legitimate needs of development. Speaking at the high-level Commonwealth Policy Dialogue on Climate Justice organised by the Commonwealth of Nations and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) at the Commonwealth Secretariat in Marlborough House in London, CJI Kant said both environment and development need not always be cast as choices in which o

Mumbai recorded 5.3 per cent annual rental growth in H1 2026, followed by Delhi-NCR at 5.2 per cent and Bengaluru at 4.4 per cent, according to Knight Frank

Landmark off-Carter Road development to offer expansive ocean views, private terraces and a differentiated luxury amenity ecosystem

The offer received bids for 61.76 lakh shares as against 32.02 lakh shares on offer.

India is sending more relief material, rescue and medical teams to Nepal, while 96 Indians stranded on the Chinese side have safely crossed into Nepal

The Shanghai Composite fell 0.11% to 3,952.2, while the Shenzhen Component dropped 0.68% to 13,953.1. Concerns grew after US President Donald Trump indicated that Chinese banks could face sanctions. Reports of a possible 7.5% US tariff on Chinese goods also added to the pressure.

A taxpayer's death does not end pending tax matters. Here is what heirs need to know about notices, returns, dues and inherited assets

China on Friday said the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal may have triggered the massive flash flood disaster that engulfed the Tibet-Nepal border, killing hundreds and causing widespread damage. The death toll from Wednesday's flood-related devastation climbed to 469 in Nepal, while three people were killed in Tibet. We noted that experts and official institutions of China and Nepal have made preliminary assessments on the cause of the disaster, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

High-resolution satellite imagery shows a 20.25-hectare water body at the avalanche origin in the Lhende Khola region, raising concerns over another downstream outburst

The flash flood tore through Nepal's mountainous border region with China on Aug. 26, engulfing villages and washing away roads and bridges

The Nepal flash floods have disrupted cross-border trade between India and the neighbouring country, with the movement of goods vehicles to Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal via Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, affected by damaged and flooded roads. A queue of around 16 km of cargo vehicles has formed on the Indian side of the Sonauli border in Maharajganj as trucks wait to enter Nepal. Besides vehicles bound for Kathmandu, cargo trucks heading to other parts of Nepal are also facing delays as tra

He said that while these tools are designed to reduce repetitive work, they do not determine judicial outcomes

HSBC Global Investment Research initiated coverage on Manipal Hospitals with a 'Buy' rating and a target price of 1,000 per share.

PwC's latest outlook sees India's media and entertainment market expanding rapidly, with digital advertising, gaming, streaming and connectivity among key growth areas

Dollar index is holding near a one-week high on Friday as investors cautiously awaited Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warshs speech at the annual Jackson Hole symposium later in the global day for clues about the outlook for US interest rates. DXY is holding above 99 mark on higher than expected inflation levels. Recent July PCE inflation metrics arrived higher than anticipated at 3.7% on year, fueling bets of an additional interest rate hike by December. Escalating economic sanctions aimed at isol

Incorporated in 2007, Priority Jewels is involved in the designing, manufacturing and sale of a variety of lightweight, diamond-studded gold and platinum jewellery.

Nepal authorities on Friday issued a fresh flood warning after the water level increased at the site where a devastating flash flood occurred earlier this week, urging people and rescue workers in the area to move to safer locations. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the rise in the water level at the same site raised the risk of another flood in the area. The warning comes after a massive flash flood swept through Rasuwa and other parts of central Nepal

The gloves can deliver painful electric shocks on direct contact and are intended for arrests, detainee transport and civil disturbances

At the bourses, meanwhile, investors sought refuge in realty, pharma and the metal pack. Their respective indexes on the NSE gained up to 17 per cent thus far, ACE Equity data shows.

A hawkish signal from Warsh could trigger further correction in gold towards the $4,500-$4,520 support zone, although downside may remain limited ahead of next week's US nonfarm payroll data.

The new protections will first apply in participating US states and territories, subject to judicial approval. Meta has not announced these measures as a global rollout

Chinese officials on Friday said more than 1,000 people, including 555 tourists, have been evacuated from Gyirong County near the Tibet-Nepal border after devastating flash floods that caused heavy casualties. The flash floods struck Gyirong Port in the Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, sweeping through villages and towns near the China-Nepal border area. Three people were killed in Tibet and 469 in Nepal, while hundreds of others remain missing. A total of 499 villagers and construction wor

SIP, insurance, emergency fund: The money checklist every salaried Indian needs

Delhi-NCR is likely to receive light to moderate rain on Raksha Bandhan, while an active monsoon is expected to bring widespread showers across several parts of India

PCB has complained to Sky Sports over Michael Atherton's interview with Imran Khan's sons during the Lord's Test, and reportedly considered keeping Pakistan players off the field in protest

Powered by the Exynos 2500 processor, the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE comes with camera upgrades and new editing tools, along with updates to several Galaxy AI features

Anthropic has opened a research preview of its Model Hardware Standard, allowing AI agents such as Claude to control scientific equipment, automate experiments and manage workflows across labs

The Ministry of External Affairs has said 290 Indian nationals remain uncontactable, while the Centre is making urgent efforts to ascertain their whereabouts and coordinate their rescue

At least 469 people have been confirmed dead, a toll that's expected to rise in the coming days after fast-moving waters swept through villages, wiping out bridges, roads and entire settlements

Shares of Tempsens Instruments will list on the stock exchanges today. The IPO received bids for 279.44 crore shares as against 1.51 crore shares on offer. The issue was subscribed 184.07 times. The price band of the IPO was fixed between Rs 285 and 300 per share.

Hegseth's unprecedented move, which blocked Anthropic from certain military contracts, followed Anthropic's refusal to allow the military to use its Claude AI models for US surveillance

China has sounded a Level-IV alert following the devastating flash floods at the Tibet-Nepal border, warning that a newly formed barrier lake at the confluence of two rivers faces a high risk of breaching and flooding downstream areas. China's Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday night sounded an emergency in the Tibet Autonomous Region, cautioning of a threat posed by the barrier lake, which formed near the confluence of Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo rivers. These rivers originate in Tib

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs said she spoke with Nepal's Foreign Minister about the ongoing search-and-rescue efforts, including urgent efforts to locate missing US citizens

A fire broke out at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Russia's Far East earlier this week, killing 15, the plant's management said Thursday. Video shared on social media showed crowds of workers fleeing for safety when the fire began at the complex on Tuesday. All of those killed were employees at the plant, the Amur Gas Chemical Complex wrote in a statement. It said that one Russian citizen and 14 foreigners were among the dead, but did not provide further details. It previously announced on Wed

Brent crude futures were down 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $89.45 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 22 cents, also 0.3%, to $83.31

As rescue teams searched Thursday for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. The flooding killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Many more are still missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Geomorphologists Kristen Cook and Dan Shugar said initial images from Nepal on Wednesday were obscured by clouds and dust from the debris, so

The administration has sounded a high alert in Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh and stepped up monitoring of the Gandak and other water bodies downstream of rivers in Nepal, following devastating flash floods in the neighbouring country that have killed at least 177 people and left thousands missing. The administration in UP, which shares its northern borders with Nepal, is focusing on river monitoring, alerting vulnerable villages and keeping relief-and-rescue teams ready.