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evacuated to safety on Thursday following flooding in Sinhagad Road and some other areas along the riverbank in Pune city due to incessant rains, officials said. Two columns of the Army were deployed in Sinhagad Road area which was severely affected by flooding, they said.

Google Maps is now going live in Kochi and Chennai, powered by the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and Namma Yatri. Last December, Google had announced a collaboration with ONDC and Namma Yatri to streamline public transport experience on Google Maps. «Starting this week, Google Maps in Kochi and Chennai will allow you to book your tickets. Now, when you search for public transport directions in these two cities, you'll start seeing a new booking option for the metro leg of your trip. With a tap, you'll be guided through the booking and payment process, eliminating the need to wait in line at the station,» said Anal Ghosh, India Product Lead, Google Maps, while talking to reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday.

N Jayakumar, MD, Prime Securities, says “large swathes of India are okay that the people who are making more money are paying a little more and in some form or shape through the government is coming back to us. These may be socialistic streaks, but it is also a reality. There is a co-existence of the billionaires along with the looting of shops in San Francisco and in different parts of the US. The same is true in Europe as well. Social unrest is out on streets in many parts of the world and heavens forbid we have anything like that here.” Do you agree that more than the capital gains adjustment, it is the global cues that are going to be dictating to the Indian market as is the case this morning? N Jayakumar: And indeed that should be the case. All said and done, the budgets come and go. The roadmap has been re-emphasised and laid out again. If it means taking a little more from the people who are “making a lot of money,” which is through the markets, it is par for the course. I do not have an issue with that. Growth needs to be inclusive.

Masayoshi Son has long prided himself on his ability to detect big shifts in technology early on. During his four decades leading SoftBank, a free-spending Japanese investment group, the billionaire has made some spectacularly successful investments. And some epic flops.

MVD has circulated a directive to all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) to ensure strict enforcement of this rule. Joint Transport Commissioner K Manoj Kumar emphasised the need to take immediate action against violators.Although the specific penalties for breaking this rule have not been disclosed, the MVD aims to address the increased risk of accidents due to compromised concentration, impaired decision-making, and delayed reaction times when riders talk to their passengers.

Family offices of millionaires are likely to increase capital allocation to new-age companies, following the budget proposals to bring parity on long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax across all financial assets and abolish the angel tax.

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.

Agri Stack – a database of farmers in India with details like their agriculture landholding, GPS coordinates of each plot and crops grown on them – will cover 60 million farmers by the end of this financial year, an agriculture ministry official said.

IT industry has raised concerns with the Indian government around Singapore's new framework for skilled worker visas, saying it could hinder ease of doing business due to the existing skills shortage.

Cred is launching a new offering called Cred Money for users to manage bank accounts.

fishermen were in a dangerous situation off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. A humpback whale unexpectedly made landfall on their little boat, which led to the incident. The whale is seen in a video of the incident emerging close to the ship before colliding with it. The fishermen were thrown into the chilly seas after the boat capsized as a result of the collision, as per the reports of the New York Post.

Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors point guard, is set to make his scripted television debut in Peacock’s new series, "Mr. Throwback." The six-episode mockumentary features Curry reuniting with a former middle school teammate.

Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft, will face $5.4 billion in financial losses from the recent CrowdStrike outage, insurer Parametrix said on Wednesday.

net profit at Rs 204.2 crore for the first quarter ending June of the ongoing fiscal year 2025. The profit was due to a one-time income gain of Rs 39.6 crore as compared with Rs 13.4 crore a year ago.

Byron Trott, who grew up in a small Missouri town and became one of the world’s top bankers, will spend $150 million over 10 years to help more private colleges and public universities recruit rural students.

CERT-In) had reported possible intrusion and data breach at state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on May 20, 2024, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. An Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) has been constituted to conduct an audit of the telecom networks and suggest remedial measures for prevention of data breaches in the telecom networks, Minister of State for Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

Apple Watch can stay in touch with family and friends. The feature integrates communication, health, fitness, and safety tools with appropriate safeguards.

Spain's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour by Apple's App Store, an allegation the tech giant denied.

Geeta, who gained national attention when she returned to India from Pakistan in 2015, has cleared her Class 8 exams with good marks and is now aiming for a government job. The 33-year-old woman, who has speech and hearing disabilities, achieved a score of 411 out of 600 in the exams conducted by the Madhya Pradesh State Open School Education Board. She excelled particularly in social science and Sanskrit.

FAAD Capital has invested in four agritech startups — Godaam Innovations, VedaFit Foods, Aqin Biotech, and Mkelly Biotech — to support their growth plans. In a statement on Wednesday, FAAD Capital, a Sebi-registered Category 1 angel fund headquartered in Gurgram, said it has made a strategic investment in four innovative agritech startups as part of their AgriManch Accelerator.

Meta AI is now available in seven new languages, including Hindi, according to the social media giant. The move, which extends capabilities of Meta's AI assistant in the multilingual domain, essentially means users will be able to also interact with Meta AI across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook in these new languages.