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Kolte-Patil Developers has reported a 116% year-on-year growth in net profit at Rs 46 crore for the quarter ended June. Revenue from operations witnessed 185.4% growth at Rs 571.2 crore. The company sold a new area of 0.93 million sq ft, up 52% and sales value expanded by 58% to Rs 701 crore, supported by an increase of 4% in average realizations to Rs 7,545 per sq ft.

Agriculture Ministry data released on Friday. The area under paddy, which is a main kharif crop, was lagging in four states of Odisha, Karnataka, Assam and Andhra Pradesh. The crop was sown in 273.73 lakh hectares in the year-ago period.

Building an affordable network of electric vehicle charging stations, eTukTuk is leveraging the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to offer staking rewards and create a payment system for TukTuk drivers. This how to buy eTukTuk guide provides a step-by-step breakdown on how to enter the $TUK presale. 

By Lucia Mutikani

Cracks are starting to emerge in the year-to-date rally on Wall Street as sentiment took a turn for the worse following Fitch's downgrade of the top-tier U.S. credit rating this week.

Investing.com — Crude oil prices rose Friday, on course for their sixth consecutive week of gains, after top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their voluntary output cuts through September, further tightening global supplies.

Europe in early 2024. The band has announced its 2024 tour, titled ‘Hard As Rock’. What are the exact dates and locations of the Simple Plan tour next year? Let’s take a look at the full list. Simple Plan will tour from January to February 2024, with 20 live shows for fans to choose from. The band announced in a statement that they will play some new songs on the tour from their latest album ‘Harder Than it Looks’, apart from the usual fan-favourite songs. «We might even throw in a few jams we rarely play live to celebrate, as 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the band and the 20th anniversary of our second album, ‘Still Not Getting Any’!” said the band.

Rahul Gandhi or his representative will have to show the Lok Sabha Secretariat a copy of the Supreme Court order staying his conviction to set the ball rolling for revocation of his disqualification as a lawmaker. Former Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achari said that once the secretariat gets the order, it would initiate the process to issue a notification revoking his disqualification. After being convicted and sentenced to two years in jail by a Gujarat court in a defamation case, Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha member on March 23. He represented Wayanad (Kerala) in the Lower House of Parliament. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed his conviction in the 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark. A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha and Sanjay Kumar said no reason was given by the trial court judge while convicting Gandhi except that he was admonished by the apex court in a contempt case.

United States was lower than anticipated in July, according to government data released Friday, hovering at the slowest pace since late 2020 in encouraging news for policymakers. The world's biggest economy added 187,000 jobs last month, slightly above the 185,000 figure in June after a downward revision, said the Department of Labor.

Army having the maximum of 7,054 of them, government data placed before Lok Sabha showed on Friday. The total number includes officers, other ranks as well as those in medical, dental and nursing services. The number of women personnel employed in the three services excluding those in medical, dental and nursing services comes to 4,948.

the future of digital assets, quarterly earnings might seem somewhat beside the point for Coinbase. That is especially the case during the current crypto winter, when little is expected from trading activity. Still, Coinbase’s stock has found its footing of late, rising more than 150% so far this year, in large part because it has been able to use a surge of interest income—driven by interest earned on customer cash and stablecoin reserves—and a cost-cutting drive to improve profitability measures.

Covid pandemic. Nationwide, just 52,000 people arrived to mainland China from overseas on trips organized by travel agencies during the first quarter, the latest period for which national data is available, compared with 3.7 million in the first quarter of 2019. As in past years, nearly half of the visitors came from the self-ruled island of Taiwan and the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau, rather than farther-away places like the U.S.

By Shubham Batra and Bansari Mayur Kamdar

(This Aug. 2 story has been corrected say the company cut annual forecast for net income attributable to shareholders, not profit, and removes the reason for it in the headline and paragraph 1)

Investing.com — The U.S. economy tacked on fewer jobs than expected in July, while the number of positions added in the previous two months was revised lower, in a sign that a long-standing string of aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve may be weighing on the labor market.

Investing.com — U.S. futures steadied Friday, as investors digested some key tech earnings ahead of the release of the widely-watched official monthly jobs report.

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet are a pair that has sparked curiosity in Hollywood due to their apparent secrecy surrounding their relationship. Despite the persistent rumors of romance since April, the renowned cosmetics mogul and the actor have not been seen together in public. Nevertheless, several reputable sources have covered their budding romance, using terms like «casual» and «new and exciting» to describe their alleged connection.

India’s overall pharma imports, bulk drugs continue to contribute 55-66 per cent and dependency on China for the same is expected to remain high in the coming years, report from CareEdge showed on Friday. The report revealed that India's 43 per cent of total pharma imports are from China, indicating a heavy dependency and raising concerns due to the on-going geopolitical tensions between the two Asian countries. «The contribution of bulk drug imports from China has exhibited significant growth in both value and volume terms, increasing from 64% and 62% during FY14 to 71% and 75% during FY23, respectively,» the report said.

The attack on Novorossiysk is the first time a commercial Russian port has been targeted in the 18-month war. The city is a major port on the Black Sea and hosts a naval base, shipbuilding yards and an oil terminal. It is a key port for Russian exports.

Kevin Kelly knew his small factory outside San Francisco would soon see demand wilt for the plastic bags it churns out for pre-cut salads and other produce. In the past, he would have swiftly chopped 10% of the workers that run his bag-making machines, or about 15 people. But after struggling to fill jobs during the boom triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn't this time.

Cardi B hurled a microphone at a member of the crowd during her performance at Drai's Beachclub last weekend. The investigation was prompted when a show attendee allegedly threw water at the performer, leading to the now-infamous microphone throw. However, due to «insufficient evidence,» Cardi B will not face any charges, as announced by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in a statement reported by PA news agency.