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telecom industry recorded a 1.88% sequential growth in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to Rs 67,835 crore in the October-December quarter, led by growth of Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, which expanded their 5G services. State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) also saw its AGR for mobile services rise but cash-strapped Vodafone Idea continued to witness a decline. As per data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday, of the total AGR of the telecom industry, access or mobile services contributed 82.07% at Rs 55,669.76 crore while NLD (national long distance) AGR stood at 6,523.30 crore and ISP (internet service provider) AGR at Rs 3,881.79 crore.

Odisha hovering between 39 and 42 degrees Celsius, political parties are focusing more on evening meetings and small village gatherings while campaigning for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Malkangiri district under Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat recorded the highest temperature of 42 degrees Celsius recently. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more heatwaves in the next few days in the state. Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunj B Dhal has suggested that political parties and candidates undertake election campaigning with adequate measures to beat the heat. BJP candidate for Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat Balabhadra Majhi said, «I had prepared a chart for my campaigning soon after the declaration of the tickets but altered my campaigning itinerary due to the scorching temperature, focusing more on evening meetings and small village gatherings.»

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared the early redemption price for Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) from the 2017-18 Series IV and 2018-19 Series II tranches, due on April 23. The announcement aligns with the terms stated in the Government of India notifications on October 6, 2017, and October 8, 2018. These terms allow holders the option for early redemption after five years from the issue date, coinciding with the interest payment dates on these bonds.

Real estate agent Mauricio Umansky says high mortgage rates, high prices and low supply are creating difficulties for homebuyers on 'The Claman Countdown.'

The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict

Honasa Consumer, which runs beauty and personal care brands like Mamaearth, rallied up to 7.6% to Rs 435 on BSE on Tuesday as it announced that its skincare brand The Derma Co. has achieved an annual revenue run rate (ARR) of Rs 500 crore. Shares of Honasa have given 18.4% returns to its investors in the last month, while the stock rallied 15% in the last week.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday mandated the airlines to allocate seats with at least one of their parents or guardian travelling on the same PNR. The aviation watchdog has also asked the airlines to maintain the record for it as well. “Airlines shall ensure that children up to the age of 12 years are allocated seats with at least one of their parents/guardians, who are travelling on the same PNR and a record of the same shall be maintained,” said DGCA.

Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday said it has manufactured a hydrotreating reactor for the Antonio Dovali Jaime Refinery at Salina Cruz, in Mexico. The reactor has been dispatched for Mexico from the company's A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex at Hazira in Gujarat. «Equipped with critical Cr-Mo-V metallurgy, the hydrotreating reactor is based on a technology developed by France-headquartered Axens. It has been manufactured at the Hazira Complex in a record 15 months,» it said in a statement. The reactor uses hydrotreating process, which is a catalytic conversion in petroleum refining, among others, for removing impurities such as nitrogen and sulphur compounds from hydrocarbon streams.

HSBC Geneva, a tax order has questioned the very approach of the Income Tax (I-T) department in going after individuals whose names figured in the infamous list of information that was stolen by an employee of the Swiss private banking arm of the British bank. In a decision that could have a bearing on other `HSBC account’ cases, a tax tribunal last week has ruled that the I-T department cannot go back 16 years to reopen old matters to tax the ‘peak balance’ lying in such bank accounts. Why? Because, according to the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal — a quasi judicial authority — a bank balance reflects 'assets' and not ‘income’, and, under the law, only income can be taxed. Till now, in many HSBC matters, tax claims have been raised on the maximum amounts that were lying in the bank accounts — primarily because that was the only information that the I-T department had in 2010-11 when it received the data.

BENGALURU : Referring to the first consignment of India's BrahMos missile to the Phillippines, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked whether all this could have been imagined during Congress rule. "Yesterday, the first consignment of India's BrahMos missile has been dispatched to the Philippines. This has generated employment opportunities in large numbers on the ground level.

Congress on Sunday said its previous government in Rajasthan passed a series of visionary laws to meaningfully improve the quality of life of thousands in the state and asked why the current BJP dispensation is «rolling back» pro-people schemes. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed the questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his rallies in Jalore and Banswara. «Why is the BJP Government rolling back the INC's pro-people schemes? Does the PM prioritise his businessmen friends over Rajasthan's rural communities? Why has ERCP not been designated a national project yet,» Ramesh asked in a post on X. Elaborating on what he said were «jumla details», Ramesh said when the Congress was in power in Rajasthan, it passed a series of visionary laws that would meaningfully improve the quality of life of thousands in the state.

earthquake on April 3 claimed the lives of at least 14 people and there were over 1,000 aftershocks since then. 1) Many aftershocks rocked Hualien in eastern Taiwan on late Monday and early Tuesday. However, no fatalities or significant damage was recorded.

₹67,610 crore. This growth was primarily driven by strong performances across various sectors, including grocery, fashion, lifestyle, and consumer electronics. Reliance Retail achieved an EBITDA of ₹5,632 crore in Q4 FY24, reflecting an 18.1% improvement over the EBITDA of ₹4,769 crore reported in Q4 FY23.

Investors spent more than 37.7 Bitcoin, worth $2.4 million, in fees to claim their spot on the 2024 Halving Block, making it the most expensive block ever mined.

rain and that the temperature in Delhi is predicted to stay around 38 degrees Celsius for the next two to three days. Eastern India may see temperatures as high as 44 degrees Celsius during the next four to five days, according to IMD Senior Scientist Dr. Naresh Kumar, who was speaking to ANI. According to Naresh Kumar, senior scientist at IMD, Delhi, a heatwave is currently occurring in East India and is predicted to persist in some States over the next four to five days.

BlockDAG (BDAG) network is turning heads with its groundbreaking X1 miner application, which makes the process of mining seamless. This app has revolutionised smartphone mining, making it more accessible and effective. Recently, BlockDAG celebrated the successful sale of its coins at just $0.005 each, recording over $2.2 million from mining equipment sales alone.

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CALGARY — At Calgary’s Centre for Newcomers, where Kelly Ernst is chief program officer, staff have been — in Ernst’s words — “run off their feet.”

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor has been booked for allegedly carrying out a false campaign against Union Minister of State and rival candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Kerala police said on Sunday. The case against Tharoor was registered on 15 April on the complaint by BJP leader J R Padmakumar. According to news agency PTI's report, Padmakumar accused Tharoor of carrying out a false campaign against Chandrasekhar during a TV programme with regard to influencing voters of Kerala in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

Love Sex Aur Dhoka 2 Box Office Collection Day 3: The Dibakar Banerjee-directed movie saw a massive 275 percent increase in earnings this Sunday (April 21), grabbing an estimated ₹45 lakh net in India on its third day, according to data on Sacnilk. The jump is significant as Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 earned an estimated ₹27 lakh India net combined in the first two days of screenings, the data showed. Of this, ₹15 lakh net in India was earned on opening day, and ₹12 lakh net on Day 2.

NDTV, an anchor with the Kolkata branch of Doordarshan – Lopamudra Sinha – was heard slurring while reading out the information before she blacked out. "The teleprompter faded away and I blacked out... I collapsed on my chair," she said in a video shared on her Facebook page.