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G20 Summit, the Delhi Police is acquiring Russian Dragunov sniper rifles, a move aimed at boosting security measures, said undisclosed sources in an interview with TOI. Skilled marksmen armed with these rifles will be strategically positioned atop high-end hotels in central Delhi, Aerocity, and other crucial spots across the city. Although senior officers have chosen to keep mum on the matter, reliable police insiders suggest that instead of purchasing these rifles outright, the police force might secure them on loan from either the army or paramilitary units.

While the nifty is in a correction mode, if one looks at other indicators, like relative performance of mid and small cap indices, it is clear that bulls are still in control of the street as on majority of the days when correction is taking place at index level, select stocks continue to gain weight.

NCLT) on Thursday approved the merger scheme between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and Culver Max Entertainment (Sony). The bench in its oral order allowed the application for the merger. Earlier on July 10, the division bench of judicial member HV Subba Rao and technical member Madhu Sinha reserved its order in the merger scheme between ZEEL and Sony, after hearing all the parties.

Abhishek Bachchan is leaving no stone unturned to promote his upcoming sports drama 'Ghoomer'. With just a week left for the theatrical release on August 18, the makers recently shared the trailer of the inspiring movie. The R Balki directorial is getting all the praise from fans, but an unexpected appreciation note came from billionaire businessman Anand Mahindra.

A17 Bionic SoC. This new chip is reported to feature a configuration of six CPU cores along with six GPU cores. In comparison, the current A16 Bionic chip, which is utilized in the iPhone 14 Pro models, consists of six CPU cores and five GPU cores.

Nido, the childcare business led by former Think Childcare boss Mathew Edwards, has its brokers rounding up cornerstone commitments for its initial public offering ahead of a wider book-build expected to kick off in coming weeks.

Dulquer Salmaan, riding high on the success of his recent series 'Guns & Gulaabs', is eagerly awaiting the launch of his forthcoming cinematic endeavor, 'King Of Kotha'. Directed by Abhilash Joshiy, the much-anticipated film is poised to grace the silver screen on August 24th, and the actor himself has affirmed that it will be a spectacular Onam treat for his devoted audience. The unveiling of the long-awaited trailer for 'King Of Kotha' has set cinephiles abuzz with excitement.

Mining magnate Lang Hancock succumbed to pressure from his wife, Rose Porteous, and her desires to live a luxurious lifestyle, prompting him to wrongly transfer land now subject to a multibillion-dollar legal battle, a court has heard.

Downer EDI chief executive Peter Tompkins has pledged to deliver consistent earnings and monitor project performance more carefully after the contractor hired a new chief risk officer and sealed an annual net loss of $386 million.

Zip has appointed Cynthia Scott as its new chief executive, with co-founder Peter Gray moving to head the buy now, pay later group’s Australian and New Zealand division.

₹2,536 crore, far exceeding analysts’ expectations. Note that, this rise comes despite a slowdown in discretionary consumption, and was led by a 12% growth in same store sales in Trent’s fashion concepts - Westside and Zudio. Westside is Trent’s flagship format, while Zudio is the value-fashion concept.

New Delhi: India's largest airline IndiGo will send 13 engines to US-based engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for inspection as part of the latest issue regarding material anomalies. Two engines from the operational fleet and 11 engines from the grounded fleet of the airline will be sent to the manufacturer for inspection. "This implies that there would be little or no impact on the capacity of Indian carriers during the ensuing high season," a senior official said.

Puma India has on-boarded budding actor Shanaya Kapoor as its new brand ambassador to deepen its connect with Gen Z consumers in the country. Shanaya will front PUMA’s athleisure and performance wear, taking the sports brand a step closer to its next generation of shoppers and boosting its commitment towards connecting with youth culture. “I have always been a daredevil.

CarTrade Tech shares jumped over 7% to the day's high of Rs 570 on the NSE on Thursday after the company reported a 307% year-on-year (YoY) jump in its consolidated June quarter profit at Rs 13.51 crore. The recorded quarterly revenue stood at Rs 106.91 crore in Q1FY24, up 18% YoY. The profit before tax (PBT) for the quarter, soared 316% YoY at Rs 15.77 crore.

India’s eye care sector is likely to witness a boom in mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity as it hits an inflection point from where organized players looking to build a national footprint will try and disrupt a market which has traditionally been dominated by mom-and-pop shops, according to several eye care entrepreneurs and industry watchers ET spoke with. The M&A boom could witness the emergence of four or more large players who could collectively own over 2000 eye hospitals in the next five years with a national footprint. As much as half of their expansion could come through acquisitions, as per industry watchers.

Also read: Theatres get ready for an action-packed holiday weekend Another film trade analyst Sumit Kadel in a tweet on X also noted that the advance booking of the Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer at B&C tier single screen is even bigger than advance booking of SRK's Pathaan. In a recent tweet on X, film trade analyst Sumit Kadel mentioned that the advance booking for "Gadar 2" has seen a significant increase at national chains. He predicted that the pre-sale ticket count at PVR, Inox, and Cinepolis could reach around 3-3.5 lakh tickets by the night of August 10.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations «in an offensive way», including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills, state media reported Thursday. With a cigarette in hand, Kim was shown talking to a room full of uniformed top generals, and pointing at maps, images in state media showed, while he discussed «major military actions» against South Korea at a meeting of the Central Military Commission. The Korean Central News Agency said the agenda of the meeting, which comes just days after Kim inspected key arms factories, was «the issue of making full war preparations» and ensuring «perfect military readiness for a war». The meeting comes as Seoul and Washington prepare for major joint drills later this month, which the North views as rehearsals for invasion and has repeatedly warned could trigger «overwhelming» action in response. At the meeting, Kim dismissed chief of the general staff Pak Su Il, replacing him with Vice Marshal Ri Yong Gil, KCNA said without giving further details.

RBI) gain kept the policy rates unchanged at 6.5%. The repo rate is the rate of interest at which RBI lends to other banks."Our economy has continued to grow at a reasonable pace becoming the 5th largest economy in the world, contributing around 15% to global growth," said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Talking about inflation, Das said headline inflation after reaching a low of 4.3% in May, rose in June, and will surge in July and August, said.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become intertwined with our lives. It’s not just a narrative anymore. We use AI daily in so many ways.

Phoenix Mills reported strong June quarter numbers on Tuesday, brokerage firm Motilal Oswal Financial Services has downgraded the stock to a 'neutral' from a 'buy' and fixed the target price of ₹1,845, implying a 10 per cent upside potential. Motilal downgraded the stock because of the recent sharp gains in stock prices in the last one year. The stock has jumped over 33 per cent against a nearly 24 per cent gain in the BSE Realty index and a 12 per cent gain in the equity benchmark Sensex in the last one year.

real estate market is showing robust performance in the second quarter of 2023, with sales maintaining its momentum as new supply continues to pour in. Remarkably, even with the influx of new properties, prices in primary economic hotspots are skyrocketing. The ISB – Housing.com Housing Price Index (HPI) shows an increase of 7.21% in property prices during Q2 2023, a jump from both Q1 2023’s 6.78% and Q2 2022’s 2.83%.