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For IPL 2025, the company has set a revenue target of ₹4,500 crore, up from an estimated ₹4,000 crore earned across TV and digital platforms last year. It has already secured 12 sponsors across multiple categories for the tournament. Media buyers also estimate that the 10 IPL teams could collectively earn up to ₹1,300 crore in team sponsorship revenues, with major franchises like Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru potentially earning between ₹100 crore and ₹150 crore each.

Kate Phillips will reprise her role as the lead character. Filming for the new season will take place in Belgrade, Serbia. The show is a co-production involving multiple companies, including Masterpiece and PBS.

rural employment scheme slowed in February, with officials and experts attributing it to improved economic activities. Strong economic activities open up more remunerative employment prospects in various sectors, reducing demand for the mainly unskilled jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. About 26.6 million people sought work under the scheme in February, up 1.5% from a year earlier. In January, the growth rate stood at 13.4%. The number of households that these workers represented hit 21.81 million, a 2.9% increase year-on-year. In January, the increase was 14.4%.

The «misuse» of a 20-year-old foreign exchange rule, originally intended to make life easier for young Indians attending foreign universities, is believed to have drawn the attention of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), sources told ET. In 2003, the central bank allowed students going abroad to study to be treated as 'non-resident Indians' (NRIs). The regulation was issued to primarily help students who take up jobs in a foreign land to supplement their income. Until then, they were considered 'residents'. Since 'residents' are required under the law to send their foreign earnings back home, the rule was meant to shield working students from unwittingly breaching the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was enforced in 2000.

Bastar region, through special schemes for roads and mobile towers. Finance minister OP Choudhary reduced VAT on petrol, thereby reducing the price by ₹1 per litre. He also proposed the setting up of a pension fund for all government employees. The government expects an 11% increase in income without imposing any new taxes. Choudhary said, «In the last budget we laid the foundation of inclusive growth with GYAN — Garib, Yuva, Annadaata and Naari… In this budget, I will mention the gameplan of GATI to achieve inclusive growth for GYAN. GATI means good governance, accelerating infrastructure, technology and industrial growth. GATI is essential not only for GYAN but also our long-term aim of 'Viksit Chhattisgarh' by 2047.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s second-largest pathology lab chain, Metropolis Healthcare, is strengthening its foothold in North India with another acquisition. The diagnostics player announced Monday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Metropolis Clinical Pathology Pvt.

trans-Atlantic security. As evident, the Trump administration is unlikely to commit to a security framework in Europe where it pits Washington against Moscow. In fact, Washington is demonstrably against security commitments abroad, to the extent that its age-old commitments under Nato now hang in the balance. What is certain, though, is that any road to getting Washington's security commitments is likely to involve a large economic component. As such, the semblance of an offer that the US has put on the table for Ukraine as a guarantee against Moscow is a mineral deal without any explicit security guarantees. Clearly, this approach may not be acceptable to most countries, certainly not to Ukraine. An immediate repercussion of Washington's security recoil has been the beginning of an almost pan-European consensus on the need to step up and fill potential gaps that could emerge as a result. Most European leaders appeared bound in a consensus to carve a new security assurance for Ukraine, except this time without the US. France, Germany and Britain, along with the EU as a bloc, depicted existential urgency at Sunday's leaders' European security summit in London, knowing that the block may have to take charge of not just its own security but also negotiations on part of Ukraine.

resilience and determination that defined her fight against the disease. In 2021, life seemed to be at its peak for her. Her career was flourishing; she had successfully completed multiple marathons, and she felt healthier than ever. However, a single morning changed everything. Upon waking up, she discovered a lump in her left breast, roughly the size of a tennis ball. Concerned, she sought medical attention, and initial tests revealed that it was a benign tumor. Relieved but proactive, she quickly scheduled a procedure to have it removed within a week. Ten days later, her world was turned upside down when her doctor delivered an unexpected diagnosis—breast cancer. Stunned, she initially refused to believe the results, hoping there had been some mistake. The daunting question of “Why me?” lingered in her mind, but she soon realized that she had two choices: succumb to despair or fight with unwavering determination. She chose the latter, embracing her battle with a courageous smile.

The three fund managers – Lisa Lim, Tim Love and Joaquim Nogueira – will be based in London and report to Tom Carroll, chief executive of Rathbones AM. Lim joins Rathbones AM as head of Asia ex-Japan equities and a fund manager. Prior to her move to Rathbones, she worked at Prusik Investment Management as a partner and portfolio manager, where she played a significant role in setting up and leading its sustainable investing capabilities. Rathbones profits surge 73% while outflows rise following IW&I integration Before that, she was a fund manager at Columbia Threadneedle for o...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: General insurers issuing third-party vehicle insurance policies are grappling with rising underwriting costs as inflation and a near three-year pause on rate hikes eat into their business. India mandates third-party vehicle insurance, or liability insurance, for all motorists to cover damages or injuries caused by the policyholder to someone else.

In its annual results released today (3 March), the board said its holdings in quoted equities contributed 6.9% to the trust's NAV and returned 15.8% the 12 months ended 31 December 2024. Last year, the strategy increased its portfolio allocation to quoted equities to 46.2%, up from 38.4% in 2023. According to Maggie Fanari, chief executive of the trust's manager, J Rothschild Capital Management, RCP's quoted equities pillar «benefited from our selection of quality and small-to-mid cap stocks, along with a strong performance from managers investing in China and Japan». RIT Capital ...

United States President Donald Trump’s threatened steel tariffs that don’t kick in for two weeks are impacting U.S. buyers who already are seeing American-made metal cost more than imports.

European leaders are confronting their worst-case scenario: maybe they really are going to be dealing with a bellicose Russia alone.

Yogi Adityanath on Monday dismissed reports of pollution at the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh, asserting that extensive water quality monitoring showed the river remained clean throughout the event. Speaking at a gathering of Indian Institute of Management officials and Indian Postal Service officers in Lucknow, Adityanath said, «Despite baseless claims, our state pollution control board and independent labs consistently found water quality at the Sangam to be within safe limits.» He pointed out that concerns about the environmental impact of the Maha Kumbh had been raised, including by UNESCO, given the massive scale of the event. «In 2013, when the Prime Minister of Mauritius visited, he refrained from taking a dip after seeing pollution in the Ganga. We ensured that such an incident did not happen this time,» Adityanath said.

Ankur Warikoo recently opened up about the time he decided to drop out of his PhD programme and join the Indian School of Business for his MBA. Taking to X, the YouTuber wrote about how, 20 years ago, he received a “life-changing email.” The ‘Do Epic Shit’ author recalled how, despite being on track to realising his cherished dream: Completing his PhD, joining NASA, and going to Mars. “I had dropped out of my PhD program a year back (in 2004), come back to India from the US, giving up on what was a dream life—100% scholarship, a generous stipend, top of my class, fast track to complete my PhD. Everyone was devastated. Disappointed in me. I was disappointed in myself,” he wrote.

Kenneth Andrade, the ace investor known for his high-conviction calls, looks for businesses early into a business cycle as part of his investment philosophy. The chief investment officer of Old Bridge Capital Asset Management observed that India's market capitalisation to GDP ratio is 130%, which still indicates overvaluation. However, he still sees pockets of opportunity in the market. Andrade shared his market outlook recently during a presentation on his fund's position and where he sees investment opportunities.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai has become a backdrop to some interesting juxtapositions. In different corners and rooms, museum objects can be seen interacting with contemporary works by artist Reena Saini Kallat in a solo show, Cartographies of the Unseen, which is on view till 6 April.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Digital detoxes, meditation, Buddhist philosophy and other antidotes to contemporary life have entered “The White Lotus." In the third iteration of the HBO anthology created by Mike White, wealthy vacationers don’t just want a lavish holiday. They want to heal their souls.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. An unexpected dish was placed on the table: parmesan jalebi with saffron aioli, a savory take on the zulbia, a Middle Eastern dessert that became jalebi in India. This delightfully innovative appetizer was served at Farro, a new restaurant in Pune that opened in January.