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New Delhi: All central government employees part of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) will now be eligible for retirement and death gratuity benefits available under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Wednesday. Responding to this long-pending demand by a large section...

Kolkata: Leading ratings agency ICRA, in its latest outlook, has projected that India's real GDP growth for 2025-26 financial year will exceed 6.5 per cent. The agency also said the country's real Gross Value Added (GVA) growth will surpass 6.3 per cent during the same...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower Wednesday as soaring tensions in the Middle East and caution ahead of the US Fed interest rate decision hit investor sentiment. Surrendering its early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 138.64 points or 0.17 per cent...

New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday said the government will introduce a FASTag-based annual pass for private vehicles, priced at Rs 3,000, effective from August 15, in a step towards hassle-free highway travel. In a post on X, Gadkari said the pass is valid...

Mumbai: Former Civil Aviation Minister and senior NCP leader Praful Patel Wednesday questioned the "silence" of Singapore Airlines over the horrific crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad last week. Singapore Airlines is a 25.1 per cent stakeholder in Tata Group-run Air...

Washington: President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he would likely extend a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app. Trump had signed an order in early April to keep TikTok running for another 75 days after a potential deal to...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower Tuesday amid profit-booking after a sharp rally in the previous session as investors turned cautious in view of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. Besides, investors preferred to stay on the sidelines due to rising global...

New Delhi: Oil prices rose sharply Tuesday after US President Donald Trump called for the evacuation of Tehran, raising fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East. The prices jumped initially but later eased as the market stayed cautious about any major disruption in...

Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to Odisha's industrialisation, the state government Monday approved eight mega projects worth an investment of over Rs 1.51 lakh crore, which will create over 62,000 job opportunities, officials said. The industrial projects were approved at the High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA)...

New Delhi: WhatsApp Monday announced that it will soon introduce advertisements and other paid features in a major shift for the messaging app, which has mostly remained ad-free since its launch. The move marks WhatsApp’s most significant step toward monetisation since it was acquired by...