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Gerard Butler recently shared his experience visiting Varanasi, India, from a decade ago. In a recent interview, the Hollywood actor described the city's chaotic yet loving environment and the peace he found by the banks of the Ganges River. Butler visited Varanasi with friends and performed a private puja during his trip. He recalled the memorable moment of taking a boat ride and participating in the city's famous Ganga Aarti. He said, “I came to Varanasi 10 years ago when I was travelling with seven friends and it was very tough because everybody wanted to do something different. We had this plan to go all through India.”

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Nitin Gadkari on Thursday, said that India has 360 proposals of rope way and cable cars worth USD 7.93 billion. He was addressing the event ,«Financing of cutting-edge product's from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the national capital. Gadkari said that apart from ropeways and cable car projects India is building more than 300 tunnel projects and invited companies from Germany, Switzerland and Austria for Joint Venturing in these projects.

“A young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams” is how a 19-year-old Halifax Walmart employee is being remembered, as her friends and family struggle with the devastating details of her death.

Also read | Nvidia’s partnership with Reliance, Tatas to boost India’s AI infrastructureHuang said that computer hardware technology today has reached its limit in terms of how many transistors can be crammed into a chip, and by extension how powerful processors can be.“We can no longer afford to do nothing in software and expect to improve computing experience," he said. “We started our company to improve software."Nvidia makes high-end graphics processing units (GPU) that coupled with the firm’s CUDA software handle multiple simpler tasks simultaneously rather than handling complex calculations that conventional processors do.

World's Best School Prizes 2024. Ryan International School in Delhi, CM RISE School Vinoba in Ratlam, and Kalvi International Public School in Madurai were each honored with awards. CM RISE School Vinoba received the prize in the Innovation category. Ryan International School won the Environmental Action category. Kalvi International Public School received the Community Choice Award after securing the most public votes among 50 shortlisted schools. The awards are presented by T4 Education, a London-based organization, in collaboration with Accenture, American Express, and the Lemann Foundation. Jill Huntley from Accenture praised the winners, saying, “Your innovative solutions will inspire countless others across the world to take the action necessary to safeguard the future of our planet.”

Radha Yadav, drove India to a comfortable 59-run victory over New Zealand in the first women's ODI here on Thursday. India now lead the three-match series 1-0, after bowling out the Kiwis for 168 who were chasing a gettable 228. Left-arm spinner Yadav (3/35) was India's lead act in bowling. Debutant pacer Saima Thakor inflicted the first blow in only the second ball of her international career, removing Suzie Bates (1). Bates feathered an away-swinger to Yastika Bhatia behind the stumps.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government plans to restrict development of inland waterway terminals (IWTs) near major ports to protect the economic interests of these ports. From now on, such development will need a no-objection certificate (NoC) from the major port authority involved.

LinkedIn's lead privacy regulator in the 27-nation EU, the Dublin-based commission conducted an investigation that concluded the professional networking site lacked a lawful basis for collecting user data intended for targeted online advertisements, added the AP report. This violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a serious infraction of the right to data protection within the EU.Reportedly, Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle emphasised the severity of the situation, stating that processing personal data “without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation" of established privacy rights.

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Equifax Inc. is launching a program to allow newcomers to transfer their foreign credit history to Canada.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, the flagship company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group specializing in infrastructure, engineering, and construction, is set to launch its much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on Friday. Afcons, known for executing large-scale engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects both domestically and internationally, aims to raise ₹5,430 crore, including a fresh issue of ₹1,250 crore, with shares priced between ₹440 and ₹463 apiece.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The European Investment Bank (EIB), which has committed to supporting India's green hydrogen sector with a €1 billion investment, is working with public sector enterprises Power Finance Corporation and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd to identify and develop projects in the country, said Nicola Beer, vice president of the lending arm of the European Union. "We see opportunities in the green hydrogen mission of India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Did you book a foreign holiday recently and have to shell out an extra 5% or 20% in tax collected at source (TCS)? There’s good news if you’re a salaried employee. Starting 15 October, salaried individuals can adjust such TCS payments against the tax deducted at source (TDS) on their salaries.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's largest household goods company Hindustan Unilever Ltd’s (HUL) struggle with muted volume growth is turning into a persistent concern. In the September quarter (Q2FY25), underlying volume growth stood at 3%, missing analysts' expectation of 5%—hinting that India’s much-touted consumption story may be losing momentum.

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said in a conversation with Nvidia chief executive officer (CEO) Jensen Huang. Speaking at the Nvidia AI Summit in Mumbai on Thursday, Ambani said India is now one of the top countries in digital infrastructure, alongside the US and China. “India now has the best digital connectivity infrastructure, apart from the US and China, with 4G, 5G, and broadband systems in the world,” he said.

paddy procurement in Punjab due to a shortage of storage space. Over the next three to four months, the Centre will move around 40 lakh tonnes of rice from the state to other rice-consuming regions, and plans are underway to create additional space for another 20 lakh tonnes, ToI reported. This move aims to ease the storage crunch and ensure smooth paddy procurement for farmers. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will begin weekly transportation of rice stocks from Punjab to other states, helping free up space in the state’s warehouses. This decision follows a meeting between Union Food Minister Prahlad Joshi and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, where Mann raised concerns about the lack of storage facilities. He highlighted how the shortage was affecting paddy procurement from mandis (local markets), leading to frustration among farmers. In response, Joshi assured that the Centre would act swiftly to move surplus stocks and ensure that the targeted 120 lakh tonnes of paddy from Punjab would be procured.

Reliance Power Ltd.(up 4.99%), Jyoti Structures Ltd.(up 3.96%), Adani Power Ltd.(up 2.90%), NHPC Ltd.(up 2.40%), Karma Energy Ltd.(up 1.06%), NTPC Ltd.(up 0.89%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.72%), Inox Wind Ltd.(up 0.55%), PTC India Ltd.(up 0.47%) and Suzlon Energy Ltd.(up 0.44%) stood among the top gainers.

Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal announced her retirement on Thursday, ending a glittering 16-year career during which she became an inspiration for beating abject poverty and conservative views at a small town in Haryana where her father worked as a cart-puller. The-29-year-old will sign off as one of India's most decorated hockey players after leading the women's team to its best-ever finish at the Olympics — a fourth place at the Tokyo Games in 2021. «It's been an outstanding journey. I never thought I will play for so long for India. I have seen a lot of poverty from childhood but focus was always to do something, represent the country,» she told reporters here. A clinical forward, who made her international debut in 2008 as a 14-year-old in the Olympic qualifiers that year, Rani scored 205 goals in her 254 outings for India.

Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 36.1 points down at 24399.4 amid selling in frontline bluechip counters.

In September 2024, engineering exports increased to US$9.82 billion from US$8.89 billion in the same month last fiscal year, securing 10.55 percent year-on-year growth, according to the industry body Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC). Cumulative engineering exports during April-September 2024-25 were recorded at US$ 56.23 billion as against US$ 53.42 billion during the same period of the last fiscal, registering an increase of 5.25 percent.