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Renuka Thakur Singh's five-wicket haul powered India Women to a commanding 211-run victory over West Indies Women in the first ODI of the series at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday. Having secured a 2-1 win in the preceding T20I series, India Women extended their dominance in white-ball cricket. The emphatic win on Tuesday gave the Women in Blue an early lead in the ODI series. West Indies, led by Hayley Matthews, won the toss and opted to field. However, Harmanpreet Kaur's team set a daunting target for the visitors in the first innings.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Accenture Plc’s renewed hiring—it added 49,000 people globally in the last six months—suggests technology services companies expect a much better growth in the coming months, according to analysts. The Dublin-headquartered company’s hiring spree paints a sanguine outlook for homegrown IT services companies that are expected to record better growth in the coming quarters, the analysts said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Uttar Pradesh government is working to unveil a new export policy for 2025-30, aiming to significantly enhance the state’s contribution to India’s overall exports. In an interview, UP’s minister for industrial development and export promotion Nand Gopal Gupta said the proposed policy targets increasing the state's share in India’s total exports to 7.5%, up from the current share of about 5%, by focusing on key sectors, including agricultural products.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has fined two IAS coaching centres a total of ₹9 lakh for issuing misleading advertisements related to the results of the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2022, two people said. It fined Vajirao & Reddy Institute ₹7 lakh and Shubhra Ranjan IAS Study ₹2 lakh.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India recently surpassed 5 million electric vehicles (EVs) on its roads. As 2024 draws to a close, we have a milestone to celebrate and a better growth trajectory to anticipate in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last month I reached out to Dona Aideau who hosts tea and chocolate pairings, not something one hears about often. It turned out that we were practically neighbours in Puducherry and so, I walked over one Saturday afternoon for tea.

ALSO READ: Why applying for a Schengen visa is 'humiliating' for Indians The year marks a Jubilee Year, also known as the Holy Year – a momentous occasion for Catholic worshippers who flock to Rome and Vatican City to seek forgiveness for their sins, says a Condé Nast Traveller report. During this time, Rome becomes a “focal point” for Catholic faith and traditions, the report adds. Held once every 25 years, the upcoming Jubilee Year will commence on Christmas Eve 2024 and conclude on January 6, 2026. Pilgrims will have a unique chance to walk through the Holy Doors of four papal basilicas—St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, Saint Paul Outside the Walls, and Saint Mary Major—which are opened solely for this sacred occasion.

RBI under former governor Shaktikanta Das resisted pressures to cut interest rates through 2024 as it kept its 'Arjuna's eye' trained on inflation, but the central bank under a new detail-oriented head will soon have to take a call if it can continue sacrificing growth. Das, a career bureaucrat who in 2016 oversaw Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly disruptive demonetisation move, left a lasting legacy as he demitted office towards the end of 2024 after expertly navigating monetary policy for six years, the highlight of which was steering India's recovery through the pandemic. Sanjay Malhotra, another civil servant, was named as Das' successor barely 24-hour before the latter's second three-year term came to an end.

Indian badminton champion and Olympian PV Sindhu is set to marry her fiancé, Venkata Datta Sai, a businessman from Hyderabad, in an intimate ceremony on Sunday, December 22, 2024. The couple, who announced their engagement on December 14 with a heartwarming Instagram post featuring them holding rings and beaming with joy, will exchange vows at the luxurious Raffles Udaipur Resort in Rajasthan.

In absolute terms, the jump to 1.78 million from 1.16 million active companies is the highest for any five-year period, with officials and analysts attributing the surge to the country’s robust economic growth prospects over the medium-to-long term and greater ease of doing business. The decriminalisation of dozens of minor offences under the Companies Act since 2019 also helped, they added.

cargo handling this year. V O Chidambaranar Port has handled a cargo volume of 29.70 million tonnes including 5.62 lakh TEUs of containers till December 19, 2024 this is an overall growth of 1.87 per cent and 6.74 per cent, respectively. «With the ever-increasing trend in cargo handling, the Port has initiated several strategic capacity augmentation and cargo evacuation initiatives to increase cargo throughput, enhance handling efficiency and expand its market share in the region,» a press release said on Sunday.

The sector, which is poised to contribute USD 1 trillion to India's economy by 2047, however, is looking up to the government for policy interventions, such as unified licensing, workforce upskilling, and targeted infrastructure investments to enable the vertical meet demand generated by India's drive towards becoming the world's third largest global economy. «India aims to become the third-largest economy by 2047, and the hospitality sector is set to play a pivotal role in achieving this goal. The sector's multiplier effect on the economy surpasses that of manufacturing and agriculture,» Hotel Association of India (HAI) President KB Kachru told PTI.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian farmers get only one-third of the final selling price, with the rest being enjoyed by the traders, wholesalers and retailers among themselves." Having worked closely with the agrarian economy for over two decades now, I found the conclusions of this research paper published by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to be an affirmation of my frequent observations and pre-suppositions about general practices in the country’s agriculture sector. Creating essential market linkages and consolidating farmers under umbrella bodies should have helped solve much of that problem.

Arguing that current Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) like SIDBI and NaBFID (National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development) have their roles cut out as they have earmarked sectors to finance, the chamber also suggested setting up of a high level committee to look at the revision of PSL norms and explore the need for any new DFIs to cater to some of the new and emerging sectors. Priority Sector Lending is a policy tool aimed at ensuring that key sectors crucial to the nation's development receive adequate financial support. Mandated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), PSL obligates banks to allocate a specified proportion of their loans to sectors such as agriculture, education, housing, and small industries.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has begun a probe into allegations of a US speciality chemicals firm bribing its officials 15 years back to obtain contracts to supply catalysts, according to a company's regulatory filing. Albemarle Corporation, a global speciality chemicals supplier that develops and sells catalysts used in the operation of oil refineries, allegedly «paid approximately USD 1.14 million in commission to India intermediary company relating to Indian Oil Corporation business and obtained approximately USD 11.14 million in profits on that business between approximately 2009 and 2011,» according to a US SEC order dated September 28, 2023. Albemarle was caught for bribery by the US authorities in 2017 and then settled the case in September 2023 by paying a hefty fine of more than USD 198 million to avoid prosecution. In a filing, IOC said it is «neither party to nor is there any allegation against the company in relation to the proceedings» in the US SEC.

United States and Pakistan have escalated recently following revelations that Pakistan is developing long-range nuclear missiles capable of reaching major US locations. This includes efforts to build intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), a move that has raised alarms in Washington. US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer disclosed that Pakistan had falsely presented its space programme as a cover for its missile development, a strategy that was eventually uncovered by the US. In response, Washington imposed strict sanctions on companies linked to Pakistan's missile programme.

sustainable aviation fuel by utilising its ethanol supplies and availability of lipids feedstocks like non-edible industrial oils, according to a senior official at the global airlines' grouping IATA. With decarbonisation in focus, efforts are being made to reduce emissions and over the years, Indian carriers have operated some flights with a blend of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and traditional Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). Hemant Mistry, Director of Net Zero Transition at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the ecosystem for SAF has developed but there is more work to be done.

Revanth Reddy slammed ‘Pushpa 2’ star Allu Arjun for being “inhuman” to the family of Revathi, the victim of the stampede at Sandhya Theatre, another politician has chastised the superstar. Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy criticized Allu Arjun, accusing the actor of “forgetting humanity.” Reacting to Allu Arjun’s recent press conference, Reddy claimed the actor appeared to be reading scripted notes, suggesting he was acting off-screen as well.

Indian Army on Sunday extended condolences to the family of Tashi Namgyal, the Ladakhi shepherd who is credited with alerting Indian troops about Pakistinfiltration during the 1999 Kargil conflict. Namgyal passed away yesterday in central Ladakh's Aryan Valley. In a post on X, the Fire and Fury Corps official handle said the Indian Army shall remain indebted to his contribution to the nation, and his selfless sacrifice shall forever be remembered.

New supply in Delhi-NCR is set to increase 59 per cent to 11,223 units in the current December quarter from 7,072 units in the corresponding period of the previous year. Among nine major cities across India, Delhi-NCR is the only market where sales and new supply are estimated to rise during the current quarter, real estate data analytics firm PropEquity's data showed.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb. They refuse, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.—Petyr ‘Littlefinger’ Baelish The previous part of this article discussed how many economic miracles have been midwifed amid the chaos of global geopolitics.