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Indian-origin executive died in the US, days after he was assaulted during an altercation outside a restaurant in downtown Washington. According to investigators, officers responded to the 1100 block of 15th Street Northwest outside Shoto Restaurant around 2 am for an assault on February 2. Once officers arrived, they found Vivek Taneja on the pavement. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. A preliminary investigation found that Taneja and an unknown man were involved in a verbal argument that turned physical, WUSA, a television station in Washington, DC, affiliated with CBS, said. Taneja was knocked to the ground and hit his head on the pavement. He died from his injuries at the hospital on Wednesday. Police are now investigating Taneja's death as a homicide.

Among other important results will be those by Aurobindo Pharma, Chemcon Speciality Chemicals, Sai Silks (Kalamandir), Mawana Sugars, MM Forgings and Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services.

UN experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately USD 3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups who report to the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's primary foreign intelligence organization, is reportedly continuing, the panel of experts said in the executive summary of a new report to the UN Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

ONGC's numbers in the third quarter on a year-on-year basis. However, the state-owned oil and gas company is expected to have a steady quarter on a sequential basis. Here's what to expect from ONGC's Q3:

Supply chain disruptions continued to dominate headlines with geopolitical conflicts escalating in late 2023. As recent events in the Red Sea illustrate, crystal gazing is hard, especially when it comes to supply chains, which are impacted not only by geopolitics but also economic volatilities and climate disruptions that threaten a seamless functionality. Needless to say, embedding stability and resilience in supply chains remains key concerns of stakeholders worldwide. So, with another year unfolding, here are some trends that will reshape supply chains in 2024. 1.

Honolulu: The US Geological Survey said Friday that a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck just south of the Big Island of Hawaii. The earthquake, which the USGS initially reported as magnitude 6.3 before downgrading it, was centered 11 miles (18 kilometers) south of Naalehu, Hawaii, at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami was expected. Some shaking could be felt in Honolulu on the island of Oahu which is about 200 miles (322 kilometers) to the north.

Nasdaq briefly traded above 16,000, with boosts from megacaps and chip stocks, including Nvidia as investors bet on artificial intelligence technology and eyed strong earnings data. Nvidia finished up 3.6% and hit a record high after Reuters reported it was building a new business unit focused on designing bespoke chips for cloud computing firms and others, including advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors.

defence ministry said on Saturday it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours, two of which flew across the island, in an uptick of activity at the start of the Lunar New Year holiday. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory despite the strong objections of the government in Taipei, has complained since December about the balloons, saying they are a threat to aviation safety and attempt at psychological warfare.

₹70 lakh for Hyderabad posting); Accenture ( ₹60 lakh), Asian Paints, and Emami Group ( ₹15-18 lakh). Amongst banks, Axis, ICICI, HDFC and IDFC have rolled out offers for ₹20-24 lakh. Government-run banks are raking in hefty profits.

Check all the Pakistan Election Results 2024 Live Updates here on LiveMint.Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the country into further political turmoil.Sharif's party won the most seats by a single party in Thursday's election, but supporters of imprisoned Khan, who ran as independents instead of as a single bloc after his party was barred from the polls, won the most seats overall.The United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday separately expressed concerns about Pakistan's electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday and urged a probe into reported irregularities.

White House on Friday blasted a report from a Department of Justice special counsel that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses, and Vice President Kamala Harris called the report «clearly politically motivated.» The report from Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland during Republican Donald Trump's administration, has prompted an election-year brawl and renewed questions about Biden's advanced age. This week Biden, 81, mixed up the names of several world leaders.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm and part-time chairman of Paytm Payments Bank, considered resigning from the latter’s board and removing ‘Paytm’ from its name to quell mounting regulatory and compliance pressures on the fintech firm, said people aware of the matter. Sharma, however, did not carry out his plan and remains on the board of Paytm Payments Bank.

payment application Paytm, is focussing on the third-party payment app (TPAP) route to ensure that the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) remains open for its users, people aware of the matter told ET. Discussions on this have started with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), one of the persons said. NPCI runs the UPI ecosystem in the county.

Pakistan (ECP) has not yet announced the final poll results. Meanwhile, according to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, the independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) are leading with 97 seats.

Pakistan's electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday and urged a probe into reported irregularities. The main battle was between former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party and candidates backed by ex-prime minister Imran Khan. Both declared victory separately.

Moody's downgraded Israel's credit rating Friday due to the impact of its ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza, lowering it by one notch from A1 to A2. In a statement, Moody's said it had done so after assessing that "the ongoing military conflict with Hamas, its aftermath and wider consequences materially raise the political risk for Israel as well as weaken its executive and legislative institutions and its fiscal strength, for the foreseeable future." The ratings agency also lowered its outlook for Israel's debt to "negative" due to "the risk of an escalation" with the far more powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that operates along its northern border.

‘My memory is fine’: Biden hits back after report cites age concerns The White House directly targeted special counsel Robert Hur, a Republican who was appointed by then-president Trump to be US attorney for the District of Maryland in 2017. But it was Biden's own attorney general Merrick Garland who named Hur as special counsel in the documents case. Hur and his team identified several reasons why they weren’t recommending charges against Biden and what his defenses during a potential trial might be, including that he has a frail memory.

Crisil. “However, egg prices increased moderately by 4% on-year while the variation on-month is reported to be a 2% decline in January. Egg prices are typically regulated in the entire country by National Egg Coordination Committee and, hence, tend to show lower volatility," Sharma added.

Interest in sustainable investing among individual investors globally is surging – and American investors are leading the way on several fronts, according to a new report from Morgan Stanley.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie concerning their French winery, Chateau Miraval, has taken a decisive turn in Pitt's favor. Recent court filings reveal a significant victory for the actor as a judge ruled against Jolie's attempt to sell her business share to a competitor. This development sheds light on the ongoing complexities of their post-divorce relationship, providing insight into the challenges they face in dividing their multimillion-dollar assets.

OpenAI has achieved annualized revenues exceeding $2 billion, setting a record pace of growth reminiscent of the fastest-expanding tech firms in history, the Financial Times reported on Friday.