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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has disaffiliated 20 schools, including five in Delhi, for enrolling dummy students and ineligible candidates, its secretary Himanshu Gupta said on Friday. The board has also downgraded the affiliation of three schools. «Pursuant to a surprise inspection conducted in CBSE schools across the country to check whether the schools are running according to the provisions and norms contained in the affiliation and examination bye-laws, it was found that some schools were committing various malpractices of presenting dummy students, ineligible candidates and not maintaining records properly,» Gupta said. «After a thorough inquiry, it has been decided to disaffiliate 20 schools and downgrade three schools,» he added.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday conducted survey of the controversial Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex situated in the tribal-dominated Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh and made preparations for using carbon-dating equipment, officials said here. A 15-member ASI team along with senior local police and district administration officials readied the site for scientific assessments following a Madhya Pradesh High Court directive to conduct a 'scientific survey' within six weeks. The high court, on March 11, directed the ASI to carry out a 'scientific survey' within six weeks of the Bhojshala complex, a medieval-era monument that Hindus believe is a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), while the Muslim community calls it Kamal Maula Mosque. During the first day of the survey, members of the Muslim community gathered to offer Friday prayers amidst tight security arrangements, the officials said.

Wipro has promoted six employees to senior vice president (SVP) roles and 25 others to vice president (VP) roles, as per an internal memo. Those elevated include Wipro's chief delivery officer Ajit Mahale, healthcare portfolio leader Anuj Kumar, Canada country head Kim Watson, Europe cloud sales head Srinivasaa HG, the head of its cloud arm's strategy and execution arm Satish Y and consulting unit Capco's chief financial officer (CFO) Benjamin Simon.

Stocks on Wall Street rallied sharply this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all notching new record highs.

NEW DELHI : Domestic carriers registered a 22% increase in international air traffic to and from India at 7.7 million passengers, as per the latest data available for the October-December period, the fruits of a likely sustained post-pandemic focus by Indian airlines to expand their international network. As per data from the regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Indian airlines also registered an increase in the cumulative market shareof international flights to and from India at 44.6% in the period.

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₹80 lkah to Air India Limited for violation of regulations pertaining to Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) and fatigue management system (FMS) of flight crew. "DGCA has imposed a financial penalty of Rs. 80,00,000 (Rupees eighty lakhs) to Air India Limited for violation of regulations pertaining to Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) and fatigue management system (FMS) of flight crew," PTI quoted DGCA as saying.

Investing.com-- Bitcoin price weakened in Asian trade on Friday as strength in the dollar, which rebounded sharply to three-week highs, pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency below $65,000. 

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of behaving like a «tin-pot dictator,» and said the BJP-led Centre was arresting opposition leaders in its desperation to secure win in the upcoming elections. «The Prime Minister is behaving like a tin-pot dictator, arresting opponents, election agents, transferring state government officials… Changing rules in desperation to win seats… Why?» said O'Brien, who is in Delhi for a meeting of opposition INDIA bloc leaders with the Chief Election Commissioner, a day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. INDIA bloc parties are rallying behind Kejriwal, with the TMC making its first appearance with the opposition alliance partners since seat-sharing talks with Congress in West Bengal failed, and it announced going solo in the Lok Sabha polls. «The Director General of Police (DGP) West Bengal was changed thrice in 24 hours… Why wasn't the ED director changed?» the TMC Parliamentary Party leader in Rajya Sabha said.

Bharat Dynamics shares saw a 2 percent rise in early trading on March 22 following the company's board approval of a sub-division of its equity shares and announcement of an interim dividend for FY23-24. Bharat Dynamics share price was trading at ₹1,697.60, marking an increase of ₹36.05, or 2.17 percent, on the BSE, in the morning session.

Investors, once eager to pump in billions of dollars in promising Indian tech ventures, are now going slow and cutting smaller cheques. They've been burnt by ignominious falls from grace — and valuations — for once-marquee young firms or market debutants of recent years such as digital payments company Paytm.

Virat Kohli will be taking to the crease for the first time after January 2024 during the season opener of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). His return has the prospect of history books being re-written sending him to the summit of an untouched record. Kohli was last seen taking part in the 3rd T20I match between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru. After that, he missed the recently concluded five-match Test series against England. On Friday, during the match against Chennai, if Kohli scores six runs, he will become the first Indian in history to score 12,000 runs in T20s. As of now, the former Indian skipper, who has played in 376 T20s scored 11,994 runs.

(Reuters) — Foreign investors continued to accumulate Japanese bonds for the third straight week ahead of a pivotal move by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to exit negative interest rates after 17 years. They pumped in a massive 2.16 trillion yen ($14.26 billion) into long-term Japanese bonds on a net basis last week, the biggest amount in a week since mid-March 2023, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.

IDFC First Bank MD and CEO V Vaidyanathan is at it once again. The banker has gifted 7 lakh shares worth nearly Rs 550 crore of the private sector lender to five people, including an Air Force veteran and a child who lost a parent. Regulatory filings show that Vaidyanathan gifted 50,000 shares of IDFC First Bank to Sameer Mhatre for buying a house, 75,000 shares to Mayank Mrinal Ghosh as «financial Security to kin due to Bereavement of colleague», Rs 2.5 lakh shares to Wg. Cdr. (Rtd.) Sampath Kumar in the form of assistance to a senior citizen.

Investing.com-- Gold prices fell in Asian trade on Friday, retreating further from record highs hit this week as a sharp uptick in the dollar, following a surprise interest rate cut by the Swiss National Bank, pressured metal markets. 

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks sank on Friday with Chinese markets leading losses on resurgent concerns over a slowing economy, while a rally in Japan’s Nikkei 225 ran dry after strong inflation data. 

Read the full story here.)Sensex Today Live : The local equity market is anticipated to commence on a subdued note this Friday, taking cues from a mixed global market. Asian markets exhibited a mixed trend, with Japan's Nikkei reaching an unprecedented high.

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Investing.com-- U.S. stock index futures rose slightly in evening deals on Thursday, extending gains after expectations of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve saw Wall Street notch two sessions of record highs.

Investing.com-- Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose in morning trade on Friday, notching a record high above key levels as investors remained largely upbeat over the Bank of Japan remaining accommodative in the near-term.

Dividend stocks: Shares of Power Finance Corporation Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, Refex Industries Limited, and TIL Ltd will be in focus when the stock market opens on March 22 (Friday). The Board of Directors of the 5 companies have declared interim dividend, stock split, and rights issue for their eligible shareholders. The record date by the 5 companies to ascertain the eligibility of shareholders for their respective issues has been fixed on March 22.