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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a central government scheme that offers income support to all landholding farmers' families in the nation to help them meet their needs for domestic needs as well as various inputs related to agriculture and related activities.

PG Electroplast zoomed 16% to its new all-time high of Rs 464.85 on BSE today after the company on Wednesday reported that its consolidated net profit rose 151.2% to Rs 84.93 crore for the June quarter. The same stood at Rs 33.81 crores in Q1FY24.

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms said Wednesday that a Canadian tribunal terminated Bitfarms’ “poison pill” strategy to block its acquisition. It means Bitfarms can no longer use this tactic to prevent a hostile takeover.

Income Tax Act proposed in the budget could help loss-making companies with high cash burn, including startups, conserve working capital, tax experts and lawyers said.

Bitcoin-focused financial services provider Fold intends to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp. (EMLD).

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday drew flak from the RJD for shouting at opposition women members inside the assembly. Kumar's outburst came as opposition members stood in the well of the House, demanding that the state's amended reservation laws be incorporated in the 9th schedule of the Constitution to make it immune from legal scrutiny.

Google was going to dump its cookie jar into the garbage. For now, it’s back on the shelf. The company reversed course on Monday and said it isn’t getting rid of the software cookies that track you across the web.

Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out the technology that tracks users for ad purposes

Covalent, the leading modular data infrastructure for AI with +230 chain integrations and 1000’s of customers, is thrilled to welcome five new operators to its network: Graphyte Labs, PierTwo, StakeCraft, Sensei Node, and Matrixed Link. With these additions, the Covalent Network has expanded to include a total of 37 participants, comprising 23 Block Specimen Producers (BSPs) and 14 Block Results Producers (BRPs). This growth represents over a 42% increase, rising from 26 in May 2024 to 37 in just two months.

HUL, Bajaj Finance, Suzlon Energy, Federal Bank, Gensol Engineering among others will be in focus due to various developments and quarterly earnings HUL, Bajaj Finance

professional esports teams will take part in the CS2 BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024, which will be held at the Blast Studion in Copenhagen from July 29 to August 4. The tournament will consist of four groups, each will have four teams. The stage play will follow two concurrent single-elimination blocks. Two winners from the play-ins will qualify for the Blast Fall Final, 2024. All group-stage matches will be played in a BO3 format.

The Republican National Convention didn't deliver an overwhelming victory to some small businesses in downtown Milwaukee

A federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges continue

A California judge has temporarily blocked a hearing from taking place in a dispute between one of the state’s most influential agricultural companies and the country’s biggest farmworkers’ union

Bitcoin's (BTC) recent climb continued Monday, cooling somewhat after prices touched $68,000 over the weekend following the news that President Joe Biden had dropped out of the 2024 presidential campaign.

Delhi's bustling Sadar Bazaar has become the latest target for a notorious gang employing a unique tactic to commit theft. Known as the "Khujli Gang," these thieves use specially formulated powders to induce intense itching, diverting their victims' attention and providing an opportunity to steal their belongings, a TOI report stated.

BigBloc Construction on Monday said its board has approved the issue of one bonus share for every equity share held by shareholders. The board of directors in its meeting on July 19 recommended the issue of bonus equity shares in the proportion of 1:1, that is, one bonus equity share for every existing equity share held by the company shareholders as on the record date, the company said in a filing. During the day, shares of the company soared to 7 per cent to hit Rs 284.90 apiece on the BSE.

The BNB Foundation has completed the 28th quarterly token burn on the BNB Chain, further reducing the total supply of BNB tokens.

Graphite is the first mineral Coal India Limited (CIL) will diversify its operations beyond coal, following an order from the Ministry of Mines granting the company a composite license for prospecting and mining. This license pertains to the Khattali Chhoti Graphite Block in Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh. «This is the first mineral other than coal for us,» Debasish Nanda, Director of Business Development at Coal India, told PTI. CIL is required to pay a mining premium of 150.05 per cent of the value of minerals dispatched to the state government.

As owner, editor and sole reporter of Ku’ku’kwes News, Maureen Googoo starts the day by publishing her latest scoops about Canada’s indigenous communities. Tracking the number of people that flocked to read those stories used to be a pleasure. Nowadays, Ms Googoo says, she dreads it.

Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan feels that his ministry «deserves a good budget» allocation for setting up of processing units across the country which will help in providing job opportunities to local people and also boost farmers' income. Without disclosing contents of his ministry's request from the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Paswan said his ministry has sent the Budget wish list to the finance ministry and was not sure of how much of that will be accepted in this budget, considering the limitations. But, he was hopeful that the wishlist would be accepted in the subsequent years. In an interaction with PTI, he also outlined his top three priorities — setting up of food processing units, taking Indian brands to global markets and clearing various misconceptions regarding processed foods.