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Expleo Solutions Limited on Monday announced to bolster its workforce by hiring 5,000 skilled tech professionals by 2025 in India. Expleo's newly appointed tech professionals will be stationed across the company's prominent development centres in key Indian cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Pune, and Mumbai.

Check IMD weather forecast here -Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Himachal Pradesh on 13 and 14 August; over Uttarakhand during 13- 17 August; over Punjab and Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh on 13 and 14 August; over East Uttar Pradesh on 13th August, 2023. -Isolated heavy rainfall activity very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during 13-15 August; over Gangetic West Bengal on16th & 17th August; over Odisha and Jharkhand during 15th to 17th August and over Andaman & Nicobar Islands during 14th-16th August.

Many bank holidays differ from region to region and from bank to bank. State-wise holidays include Tendong Lho Rum Faat, Independence Day, Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi), Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva, First Onam, Thiruvonam, Raksha Bandhan, Raksha Bandhan/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi/Pang-Lhabsol.

Himachal rains: A cloud burst have been reported at Jadon village of Kandaghat sub division in Solan. Two houses and one cowshed washed away, news agency ANI has reported.

Narendra Modi. The clip shows two women being paraded naked in Manipur as part of a sexual assault against them. For many weeks before it went viral online, most of India was unmoved by the communal violence in Manipur.

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. Between this day and that day, Rohit Sharma and Co. will partake in a maximum of nine ODI games – six in the Asia Cup if India qualify for the final and three against visiting Australia. The Asia Cup, starting August 30, would provide a lot more clarity as to who will be burdened with the responsibility of bringing the Cup home. (Err! The World Cup is being held in India, but, hopefully, you got the drift.) But before that, Indian team management has a lot of important questions to address.HOLE IN THE MIDDLE Three players – KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant — who would have been a guarantee in the playing XI, have been injured for a while and are at different stages of recovery. Rahul and Iyer have good chances of getting fit in time for the World Cup, but will they be in prime shape, both physically and form-wise, to be trusted for such a big tournament? Pant, on the other hand, needs a miracle to make himself available for the World Cup. Even if he manages to perform the miracle, will he be ready? This has left Indian team management with a giant task of filling giant holes in the batting line-up.SURYA NOT SHINING BRIGHT Indian team management seems desperate for Suryakumar Yadav to bring his menacing 360-degree play, with which has taken the T20 cricket by storm, to the ODIs.

PTI said. The 47-year-old DMK politician was arrested by ED on 14 June and is lodged in Puzhal central jail in Chennai. In its chargesheet, the central agency included documents seized, and purported cash receipts recovered.

Housing prices in Kolkata have increased by 15 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in the April-June quarter of 2023. It was the highest increase in residential prices among the eight cities, according to the report. «Housing prices in the city have been on the rise over the past seven quarters. The recent surge in housing prices is owing to the rising demand boosted by positive government incentives such as extension of 2 per cent reduction in stamp duty and extension of 10 per cent reduced circle rates till September 2023,» the report said. Delhi-NCR came second as housing prices in the northern region have risen by 14 per cent YoY in Q2. Hyderabad witnessed a rise of 13 per cent in housing prices in the last year during the second quarter, said the report. At the micro-market level, Golf Course Road and Dwarka Expressway witnessed the highest rise in housing prices at 46 per cent and 40 per cent, respectively, on a YoY basis during Q2 2023. «Housing prices in Golf Course Road continue to surpass the prices of Delhi in Q2 2023 attributed to its improving connectivity and proximity to commercial office hubs in Gurugram, which have sparked a surge in demand for residential properties,» the report added.Pan India residential prices Q2 2023 (in Rs /sq ft) –

IndusInd Bank, the financial creditor whose application the NCLT order was based on has also received notice at the same time. The interim order stay has been passed Friday morning. "Since, we have found that there are arguable points involved in this appeal, therefore, we issue a formal notice to the Respondents who is already on caveat, enabling it to file its reply.

“As per inputs received from ministry of power, preliminary studies carried out for nine cities having 4 million plus population, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata indicate a requirement of 18,000 nos. of Public EV Charging Stations by the year 2030,” Pandey said. According to a statewise breakup, as of July, Maharashtra had the highest number of EV charging stations followed by Delhi and then Karnataka.

Rajinikanth's latest movie minted around ₹44.50 crore net in India for all languages, while the gross collection crossed the ₹50 crore mark on the opening day, according to a report available on Sacnilk.com. As per early estimates by Sacnilk, Jailer collected ₹52 crore on Thursday including ₹23 crore from Tamil Nadu, ₹11 crore from Karnataka, ₹10 crore from Andhra Pradesh, ₹5 crore from Kerala, and ₹3 crore from other states, HT reported. Rajinikanth's much-awaited Jailer movie has hit the big screens today, August 10.

Rajinikanth fans at Freshworks are having the time of their lives. The Chennai-based global software company reportedly booked no less than 2,200 tickets of the Rajinikanth film ‘Jailer’ for its employees! Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham took to Twitter to share the news. “2,200 tickets, 7 screens, Freshworks employees only,” tweeted the entrepreneur. The post went viral, amassing more than 434K views and 8289 likes. Many Twitter users gushed at the generous gesture. Trade analyst Ramesh Bala wrote, “#Freshworks — Best place for #Thalaivar fans to work..” A former staff of the organisation, was all praises for the software company. “As a former employee of Freshworks, it's not hard to see why the company was so beloved. One memory that stands out is the company's love for Rajini movies — entire theatre screens were booked for employees to watch together! Nostalgic for those days and grateful for the memories,” they wrote. Some however, were less than impressed with the gesture and indicated that such initiatives can have a negative impact on the work culture. “Do all this, spoil the work ethics and then cry when losses mount up. fire the same guys to salvage the company. Many new startups are doing these things — reason — easy money ?

₹515 crore over the next five years. The proposed unit to be located in Thiruporur Taluk, Chengalpattu, near Chennai, will provide the maker of soaps and hair colours greater access southern markets. The plant will manufacture the company’s core brands such as Cinthol, Godrej Expert Rich Crème, Godrej Selfie shampoo hair Colour, and Goodknight.

₹9,960 crore for the June ended quarter (Q1FY24). Pre-sales were, however, fell 33% sequentially in the absence of new project launches during the period. The June quarter saw the rollout of a single commercial project by Brigade, with residential projects taking a backseat.

‘Jailer’ movie has reportedly minted more than ₹19 crores in advance bookings, according to a report published by Sacnilk.com. In India alone, the film has earned ₹12.8 crore, while it has collected ₹6.64 crore by selling 37,000 tickets in the United States, said trade analyst Manobala Vijayan.

Jailer movie is now on the big screens today, August 10. The film marks the grand comeback of Rajinikanth after two years. Fans of superstar Rajinikanth were seen celebrating outside theatres across Chennai, on the release of his film 'Jailer'.

Unicommerce. Growth in gross merchandise value (GMV) also slowed to 23.5% from 73.6%, the company, which helps merchants and brands sell online and manage their inventory, said in a report. Unicommerce chief executive Kapil Makhija said the slowdown in growth was a sign of stabilisation in the ecommerce industry after a couple of years of tailwind gains from Covid-19.

India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by a margin of 4-0 in their final round-robin league match to enter the semifinals of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament on an unbeaten note at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, in Chennai on Wednesday. Akashdeep Singh scored the final goal for India at 55th minute of the game through a field play. Caption Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners (15th, 23rd minutes), while Jugraj Singh (36th) netted from another set piece.

PVR Inox Ltd. According to Bijli, around 20 films across languages have been screening concurrently across theatres, with a minimal impact on the box office performance of one over another. Ashish Saksena, chief operating officer, cinemas, BookMyShow said so far Jailer has seen around 900,000 bookings on the platform, leading with the original Tamil version in south India including Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.

The much-awaited encounter between India and Pakistan in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 has been rescheduled to a different day, along with this eight other matches of the tournament have also been changed. The clash between India and Pakistan was originally slated to take place in Ahmedabad on Sunday, 15 October, but this has been moved a day earlier and will now be held at the same venue on Saturday, 14 October.

Jailer. As the movie gears up to hit theatres on August 10, the charismatic actor's loyal followers sought divine blessings for its success in a special ceremony held at the revered temple in Madurai. Marking their dedication to the superstar, fans carried out distinctive acts of worship, including a unique penance known as 'Man Soru', aimed at invoking blessings for the triumphant outcome of the upcoming film.