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NEW DELHI : Short-video platforms such as ShareChat, Chingari and Instagram Reels are immensely popular in India's small towns and non-metro cities, where users spend more than half an hour a day watching content on travel, food, and festivals. A recent Ficci EY report has captured these trends on content consumption, geographical concentration of the audiences, and their demographic profile.

Kolkata port as they eye a new Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) that will allow US warships to access repair services at the port, according to persons aware of the matter. This is part of attempts by New Delhi and Washington to make India a major hub for maintenance and repair of US Navy ships in the Indo-Pacific. Ehe US navy signed MSRA deals with Larsen and Toubro as well as Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd last year.

Delhi Police have revealed that the email used to threaten over 80 Delhi-NCR schools in the early hours of Wednesday contained the word 'Sawaraiim', which is an Arabic word used by the Islamic State since 2014. According to the sources, the email ID from which Delhi NCR schools were sent the threat letter is '[email protected].' The investigation so far has revealed that 'Sawariim' (clashing of the swords) is an Arabic word, that has been used by the Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.

100 schools in Delhi-NCR have received bomb threats, as per ANI. While the complete list of schools has not yet been released, here are the names that have been revealed so far, as per various media reports. ANI reported, citing officials, that the schools in the Delhi-NCR region received the bomb threats via mail on May 1.

Here is what we know so far:

NEW DELHI : Services sector raced ahead in company registrations in the just-ended financial year, reflecting the rapid formalization of a segment with few entry barriers. While services accounted for 71% of the 185,300-plus new companies registered in FY24, industry made up less than a fourth, while the farm sector accounted for about 6%.

NEW DELHI : The storied Godrej group that took birth as a lock-maker 127 years ago is finally dividing its assets, as its descendants choose to split the businesses to align with their differing visions for the future. The third-generation siblings, Adi and Nadir, children of Burjor, late on Tuesday reached an agreement to separate from their cousins Jamshyd and Smita, children of Naval, a family statement said. Godrej & Boyce Mfg.

Nintee, backed by investors such as Peak XV Partners and Cred founder Kunal Shah, has shut shop as of Tuesday, its founder Paras Chopra said. “Our original hypothesis was to use Al for helping people build better habits to transform their lives. This attracted a passionate niche, but we couldn't build conviction that it could be a VC-scale business,” Chopra said across announcements on X, LinkedIn, and the official website of Nintee.

Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who specializes in communication and electronic warfare, took charge as the 26th Navy chief in New Delhi on Tuesday following the retirement of incumbent R Hari Kumar. Admiral Tripathi, an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa, was previously serving as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff before assuming command of the force. Admiral Tripathi was born on May 15, 1964 and joined the executive branch of the Indian Navy on July 1, 1985. He is a specialist in communication and electronic warfare, and has served with distinction for almost 39 years.

Indianexpress.com, “I still cannot believe that people are saying he was depressed. He is not that kind of a person, but then you cannot predict how human consciousness works sometimes. Whenever we spoke, he was very kind and sweet, he was keeping alright, and he would continuously check on me.

₹5,000 crore may be offered for developing the ecosystem for building inland vessels in the country to support movement of cargo on national waterways. Capital support may also be considered for producers of sea bound vessels at a later stage. At present 14 PLI schemes with an outlay of ₹ 1.97 trillion are under implementation for five years from FY22.

Mint, Deloitte said that given the implementation of the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules in these countries from 1 January, Indian headquartered multinational business groups with a presence there will be required to comply with the GloBE rules even if New Delhi is yet to implement it. Accordingly, Indian multinational groups will have to provide for top-up tax, if applicable, in their financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024, Deloitte said in its analysis.

NEW DELHI : Indian hotel companies booked record profits in the just concluded financial year riding the long tail of revenge tourism. But this summer’s delivered a reality check. Large hotel chains including Hyatt, Marriott and Taj face a double whammy this year as they navigate a scorching summer as well as seasonal lulls amid the ongoing Lok Sabha election.

India's dependence on Chinese industrial goods like telecom, machinery and electronics, Beijing's share in New Delhi's imports of such goods rose to 30 per cent from 21 per cent in the last 15 years, a report said. According to the report by the economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), the growing trade deficit with China is a cause of concern, and the strategic implications of this dependency are profound, affecting not only economic but also national security dimensions. From 2019 to 2024, India's exports to China have stagnated at around USD 16 billion annually, while imports from China have surged from USD 70.3 billion in 2018-19 to over USD 101 billion in 2023-24, resulting in a cumulative trade deficit exceeding USD 387 billion over five years. The Indian government and industries must evaluate and potentially recalibrate their import strategies, fostering more diversified and resilient supply chains, GTRI founder Ajay Srivastava said.

₹8.46cr. It is noteworthy that New Delhi Television had declared a profit of ₹0.58cr in the previous fiscal year same period.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, on Saturday set out to campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Saturday's roadshow is her maiden political apperance. «Your Chief Minister is a sher, nobody can break him or make him bow down,» Sunita Kejriwal said at the roadshow. She said the Delhi Chief Minister was jailed because he built schools, provided free electricity and opened Mohalla Clinics.

Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal held her maiden Lok Sabha poll roadshow in support of the AAP's East Delhi candidate on Saturday evening. Standing through the sunroof of a vehicle, Sunita Kejriwal greeted voters in the Kondli area of East Delhi constituency with folded hands.

‘Arvind Kejriwal is only interested in power,’ HC raps Delhi govt Delhi CM is currently lodged at the Tihar jail. he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. Sunita Kejriwal is slowly emerging out of the shadows to assume a bigger role to give a fillip to the AAP's campaigning which has been affected by the chief minister's arrest in a money laundering case in March.

India and Oman will sign a trade deal in the coming months, two Indian government officials said, as New Delhi seeks to expand its ties in the Middle East, where rising tensions are putting major shipping routes at risk. «It will help India with a strategic partner and access to key trade routes in a volatile region,» one official told Reuters. India and Oman have annual trade of less than $13 billion, but the relationship is important for New Delhi as the Gulf nation is a gateway to the narrow Strait of Hormuz between Oman and Iran, a major transit point for global oil shipments.

Lok Sabha elections 2024. Meanwhile, YES Bank is scheduled to announce its quarterly and financial year results for the period ending March 31, 2024. Find below the top events today: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to hold a campaign rally in Maharashtra's Latur district on Saturday to support Dr.

NEW DELHI : The fervour for Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches is undeniable, but the love for movies and shows remains strong too. Thus, it comes as no surprise that despite the T20 matches being streamed free on Jio Cinema, entertainment-focussed platforms haven't experienced a significant fall in viewership and engagement.