From ornate European-style interiors and spiral staircases to vintage lighting and a trove of luxury items, the Enforcement Directorate’s raid on the Lucknow home of a dismissed police constable arrested in the codeine-laced cough syrup case has left officials stunned. The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested constable Alok Pratap Singh,…
Railways is implementing focused cost-cutting initiatives across maintenance, procurement and energy sectors to fortify its financial position before dealing with increased wage expenses anticipated from the Eighth Pay Commission recommendations.Established in January 2024, the Eighth Pay Commission must submit its recommendations within an 18-month timeframe.The previous Seventh Pay Commission led to wage increases of 14-26%…
1 min read Last Updated : Dec 13 2025 | 10:35 PM IST About 90 per cent of IndiGo’s flight operations have returned to normal, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday. He was speaking to reporters in the city, where he attended the inauguration of the Pune…
SpaceX is moving forward with an insider share sale that values Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker at about $800 billion, setting up what could be the largest initial public offering of all time. In a company message seen by Bloomberg on Friday, SpaceX said it’s preparing for a possible public offering in 2026 that…
There is a heavy cloud hanging over Labour’s Christmas celebrations. The most recent figures show the economy is going backwards and worse, the slide is prompting recession talk in the corridors of City banks. If there is a recession, it will only be slight, but with unemployment rising and businesses reluctant to invest, the economy…
CARACAS: Venezuela’s oil exports have plummeted since the US seized an oil tanker off the country’s coast this week and imposed new sanctions on shipping companies doing business with the embattled Latin American country, Al Jazeera reported.Oil tanker movements into and out of Venezuelan waters have almost come to a standstill, Al Jazeera’s sources stated,…
Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar on Saturday told the legislative council that the state government was “not happy” with Union minister Jitendra Singh’s remark made last month on not changing IIT Bombay’s name to IIT Mumbai. The state government is not just unhappy, but it has written a letter to the Centre expressing its…
The global carbon market is at an inflection point as discussions during the recent COP meeting in Brazil demonstrated. After years of negotiations over carbon market rules under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, countries are finally moving on to the implementation phase, with more than 30 countries already developing Article 6 strategies. At the same…
GST reforms could lower retail inflation by up to 35 basis points in 2025-26, with the impact already visible in recent months, according to a report by SBI Research.The report, cited by news agency ANI, estimated that Consumer Price Index (CPI) or retail inflation declined by around 25 basis points during the September–November 2025 period…
The raccoon that barged into a Virginia liquor store, smashed bottles of booze and passed out drunk in a bathroom this past Black Friday has at least two other break-ins under his belt, a local government official has revealed. Before burgling the Ashland ABC store on 29 November, the raccoon had separately broken into a…