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SBI holiday this weekend: SBI is closed today for the fourth Saturday holiday and will remain closed tomorrow, following the regular Sunday closure. The SBI was closed on January 26 on the account of India's 75th Republic Day. Indian banks enjoyed a three-day weekend starting this Friday, in commemoration of the 75th Republic Day, and will wrap up on Sunday.

Mahadev betting syndicate banned by the central government in November 2023, have resurfaced in new avatars and are continuing to operate with different internet addresses, multiple gaming analysts told ET. These proxy websites have resurfaced with new betting games under different labels. The banned URL Parimatch has become pari-match-bet.in, Lotus365 is now lotus365.co while Fairplay has become fair-play.com.in or fairplay24.in.

AI-backed face authentication across its offices and deepen penetration of e-services delivery to citizens, it is closely looking at how AI can be deployed in future models of e-governance with experts proposing a range of solutions from diagnosis of cataracts to crop diseases besides an Aadhar 2.0 and treating the family as a governance unit. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) recently brainstormed with nearly 15 domain experts from EY to PwC to stay in step with sweeping technology shifts and plan future public service delivery models using AI.

The Cardano (ADA) price is rebounding on Friday after hitting multi-month lows earlier in the week under $0.45.

King Charles III has gone through a successful surgery after going to the hospital for prostate treatment. A royal course has informed Fox News Digital has he is doing well. It was learned by the news outlet that the hospital was left by Queen Camilla after the procedure with all going as predicted. Wife Queen Camilla has accompanied the king to the private London clinic in west London, with the Princess of Wales, Kate, undergoing treatment for abdominal surgery in the past week.

Wells Fargo & Co. lifted Chief Executive Charlie Scharf’s pay to $29 million for 2023, a year in which profit grew and the bank’s shares outperformed those of rivals. 

Tejas Networks has said it is continuing to ramp up shipments of 4G Radio Access Network (RAN) to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and has received an additional purchase order of Rs 107 crore for additional sites as part of the state-run mobile operator's fourth-generation network build out. «We continue to see good business traction, both for our wireless as well as our wireline business.

₹20 crore on opening day. “It has been somewhat of a slow run (at the Hindi box office) over the past few weeks. Even though we saw Hanu Man (a Telugu film dubbed in Hindi) do decently well, there is a need to ensure there is content that proves relevant to all cinemas in the Hindi-speaking belt, which would translate into more big-ticket films and for the moment, Fighter is the only such title," independent distributor and exhibitor Akshaye Rathi said.

₹524 crore in 2021-22 to a mere ₹167 crore in 2024, have worried the industry. While acknowledging the benefits of digitization, Bezbaruah said traditional offline campaigns in attracting tourists shouldn’t be ignored.

₹50,000 crore into highway building in the current fiscal as it chases a record 13,800-km target, despite slow construction across much of the year. The Union budget for FY24 had granted ₹2.6 trillion for the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) for road construction. The additional amount will be used to build new roads, pay for projects awarded earlier, and acquire land.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday asked people to live in brotherhood and asserted that India has the ability to become 'vishwa guru' in a few years. Bhagwat was speaking after unfurling the national flag at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on the occasion of India's 75th Republic Day. «We are seeing today that we are moving forward in the field of dharma. Where did this power come from? This power was always there.

₹50,000 crore into highway building in the current fiscal as it chases a record 13,800-km target, despite slow construction across much of the year. The Union budget for FY24 had granted ₹2.6 trillion for the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) for road construction. The additional amount will be used to build new roads, pay for projects awarded earlier, and acquire land.

₹20 crore on opening day. “It has been somewhat of a slow run (at the Hindi box office) over the past few weeks. Even though we saw Hanu Man (a Telugu film dubbed in Hindi) do decently well, there is a need to ensure there is content that proves relevant to all cinemas in the Hindi-speaking belt, which would translate into more big-ticket films and for the moment, Fighter is the only such title," independent distributor and exhibitor Akshaye Rathi said.

₹29,000 crore, including the subsidy component for three years up to 2026-27. Currently, cooperatives only have access to Nabard, the country’s apex bank for the agriculture sector, for loans, and the merger will create administrative ease for taking out future loans. The move follows the expiry of the AHIDF’s term, which is now being extending for another next three years.

Advisors affiliated with Prospera Financial Services will now have access to a suite of services to help serve the family office requirements of ultra-high-net-worth clients.

ALSO READ: India vs England Live Score Updates, 1st Test Day 2 Upset with the shot selection by Gill, legendary cricketer and former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar minced no words in coming down heavily on Gill. "What kind of a shot was he looking to play? One can understand if he was looking to play it in the air but it was just a badly executed on-drive. He did all the hard work and then played a shot like that," said Gavaskar in commentary.

Zomi Council Steering Committee (ZCSC) submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister highlighting the plight of the Zo people — the Hmars, the Kuki-Zos and the nine Zomi tribes — who continue to bear the brunt of Meitei radicals. The ZCSC letter described how the Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei militia group, after radicalizing and then subsequently militarizing the 700-odd square miles of Meitei ancestral territory within the last eight months, have influenced 39 Meitei representatives — 37 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAS) and two Members of Parliament (MPs) — to take an Oath favouring the desires of the militia group. The memorandum explained how the Oath commissioned by Arambai Tenggol is a pledge by the Meitei MLAs and MPs to further the State sponsored ethnic cleansing pogrom on the Zo ethnic tribes and is no different from relinquishing of the Indian State of Manipur to a group of armed Meitei radicals. The entire Oath-taking exercise testified the collapse of democracy and all forms of governance in Manipur, a case similar to Afghanistan, Libya, Gaza, etc. where armed militias took over the elected government.

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said India needs to focus more on education and healthcare to become a developed economy by 2047. He highlighted the fact that India has maintained an average growth rate of six per cent over the past 25 years, which is no easy feat for any country. Rajan emphasised the need for governance reforms, as well as a focus on education and healthcare, to build a strong foundation.

Nitish Kumar may revive ties with the NDA has elicited mixed responses from political circles. On Friday, Kumar attended a high tea ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Patna on Republic Day with his deputy Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD remaining conspicuous by his absence. Following is what has been said by leaders across the political spectrum about Kumar's likely switch to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA): * All is well in Bihar's ruling Mahagathbandhan and the media speculations are driven by some agenda.

'Barron's Roundtable' host Jack Otter discusses Biden's economy as the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is expected to take aim at Trump's economy and Big Tech stocks' impact on markets.

When a G20 dinner invite referred to the President as «President of Bharat» last year, it triggered a controversy with many speculating that the government was going to change the name of the country from India to Bharat. However, many legal and constitutional experts said that both the names could be used and there was no illegality in the use of 'Bharat' in place of 'India' in official communication, since both the names refer to the same country. But economically, India and Bharat could be somewhat different entities as has been seen in the past few years.