Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday blamed Odisha's high retail inflation on the BJP government, accusing it of "failing to control the prices of essential commodities". In a statement, BJD media coordinator Lenin Mohanty said the state's retail inflation stood at 7.17 per cent in October 2026,...
New Delhi: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd, which operates the ride-hailing platform Ola, for soliciting additional payments from customers before completing their trips. According to the regulator, the pre-ride 'tip' or 'add-on'...
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Friday, snapping a three-day rally amid anticipation of a policy rate hike by the RBI next month after retail inflation surged to 6.09 per cent in October. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 318.56 points, or 0.39 per...
New Delhi: India's exports increased 29.9 per cent to USD 89.99 billion in October while the trade deficit narrowed to USD 20.09 billion, government data released Friday showed. The country's exports -- including merchandise and services -- stood at USD 69.27 billion in the same...
New Delhi: US-based technology giant Microsoft Friday admitted that its fixes are not "working as expected" as a mega outage hit millions of users across Microsoft 365 services globally. In a statement on X, the company said it had monitored the status of the changes...
Chicago: A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms, including Outlook, Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps. Nearly 1,30,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook just after 1 pm local...
Bhubaneswar: Commuters in Odisha will have to pay more to travel by bus, with the state government announcing a fresh hike in passenger fares across stage carriage services Thursday. According to the Commerce and Transport Department, the maximum fare for ordinary buses has been increased...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday signed an agreement to set up a seawater desalination plant at Gopalpur in Ganjam district, the state's first project of its kind under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, with an estimated cost of around Rs 1,000 crore, an official said....
Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Anu Garg Thursday directed departments to expedite budgetary expenditure and ensure timely execution of development projects while reviewing the state’s fiscal performance and key administrative initiatives at a high-level meeting at Kharavela Bhawan. The meeting, attended by Development Commission er-cum-Additional Chief Secretary...
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has forwarded to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development a representation raising concerns over the reported financial association between UNICEF and Meta, apprehending that such engagements could undermine independent child-protection initiatives and ongoing efforts to...
The infidelity of the Nvidia co-founder, Jensen Huang, the AI tech giant company’s CEO, who recently admitted he had been...
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The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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