New Delhi: Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal Wednesday said the ride-hailing platform's entire workload has now been shifted from Microsoft Azure cloud service to his own Cloud 'Krutrim'. This comes after Aggarwal had a frustrating experience with the Microsoft-owned professional network LinkedIn. "Done. As committed, Azure spend is now 0. All workloads on @Krutrim cloud. Within a week,"...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday struck down the OBC status of several classes in West Bengal, finding such reservations under an Act of 2012 to vacancies in services and posts in the state illegal. Passing judgment on petitions challenging the provisions of the Act, the court clarified that the services of citizens of the struck-down classes,...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Wednesday approved the highest-ever dividend payout of Rs 2.11 lakh crore to the central government for 2023-24, a decision which will help better manage the fiscal deficit. The dividend or surplus transfer by the RBI to the Centre was Rs 87,416 crore for the fiscal 2022-23. The previous high was Rs 1.76 lakh...

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Wednesday informed that the annual Plus II examination-2024 results will be announced May 26. The council informed that the results of Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams will be declared on the same day. Students can access their results by visiting the official website at www.orissaresults.nic.in. Students can also...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices ended with gains Wednesday amid buying in blue-chips Reliance Industries and Infosys amid mixed cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 267.75 points or 0.36 per cent to settle at 74,221.06. During the day, it jumped 354.48 points or 0.47 per cent to 74,307.79. Similarly, the NSE Nifty advanced 68.75 points...

New Delhi: Ahead of the IPL 2024 Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Virat Kohli has revealed that he is "not a big stats guy" and never really watched the analysis of any bowler instead he trust his own instinct and reacts to the ball. The right-handed batter has been in scintillating...

Raipur/ Bhubaneswar: A 25-year-old medical student hailing from Odisha has allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room on the campus of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, police said Wednesday. A preliminary probe suggested the deceased, Ranjeet Bhoyar, who was an MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) PG intern,...

Karachi: Young Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Azam Khan has landed himself in controversy after he was seen wiping his eyebrows with an US dollar note on social media. The video, also featuring Pakistan captain Babar Azam and some other players, has drawn a backlash with fans criticising Azam for his insensitivity, given the country's economic situation. The video captures...

A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticising Sam Pitroda, the former chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, over alleged racist remarks, has been altered and shared to falsely claim that Modi called President Droupadi Murmu dark skinned. In a May 2, 2024, interview with The Statesman, Pitroda while trying to give an analogy for India's diversity said that...

New Delhi: From zero presence in the global supply chain 10 years back, India now has a significant role to play in the supply chain ecosystem across industries, creating huge investment and job opportunities, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said. The minister reacted to a commentary piece in Forbes which mentioned that for supply chain leaders, India...