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Ministry of Education has asked the CBSE to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, according to sources. The plan for introduction of a semester system has been ruled out, they said. The ministry and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will hold consultations with school principals next month for conducting board exams twice a year, the sources said. The CBSE is currently in the process of working out the modalities of how will the academic calendar be structured to accommodate another set of board exams without impacting the undergraduate admission schedule, they said.

BJP MP and Bangalore South Candidate Tejasvi Surya for allegedly posting a video on a social media platform and soliciting votes on the grounds of religion, the Election Commission said on Friday. He is contesting against Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy, daughter of Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy.

RBI) on Friday proposed that lending service providers (LSPs), acting as agents of banks, should give information on all the loan offers available with them to borrowers so that they can make an informed decision. Many of the LSPs offer aggregation services for loan products. LSP is an agent of a regulated entity (RE) who carries out one or more of lender's functions or part thereof in customer acquisition, underwriting support, pricing support, servicing, monitoring, recovery of specific loan or loan portfolio on behalf of REs in conformity with extant outsourcing guidelines. In December last year, the RBI announced to issue draft framework saying connected lending or lending to persons who are in a position to control or influence the decision of a lender can be of concern, if the lender does not maintain an arm's length relationship with such borrowers.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited's (MSIL) board of directors recommended a final dividend of Rs 125 per share for the financial year ended March 31, 2024, taking the dividend payout to Rs 3,930 crore. India's largest passenger today reported a standalone net profit of Rs 3,878 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, which was up by 48% from Rs 2,623.60 crore reported in the year ago period.

The NSE Nifty index closed 150.4 points down at 22419.95, while BSE Sensex ended down 609.28 points at 73730.16.

Maruti Suzuki Friday met street estimates to report a 47.8% increase in net profit at Rs 3,877.8 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024 driven by strong sales and better product mix. Brokerage firm Prabhudas Lilladher had expected the company to post a 48% in net profit at Rs 3,884 crore in the quarter under review. Revenues were expected to grow 21.2% to Rs 38,838.2 crore. Net sales of the company rose 19% to Rs 36,697.5 crore in the three months to March 2024. Total expenses went up by 16.3% to Rs 34,355.1 crore in the same period.

Ponni Sugars(Erode)Ltd.(up 1.80%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 1.54%), Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 0.97%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.(up 0.71%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.(up 0.67%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd.(up 0.63%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.31%) and EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 0.28%) stood among the top gainers.

CBI seized arms and ammunition, including foreign-made pistols, during its searches at multiple locations in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali on Friday in connection with an attack on an Enforcement Directorate team by a mob allegedly instigated by local TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, officials said. The team was attacked in Sandeshkhali — a riverine delta bordering the Sundarbans — on January 5 when it had gone to raid the premises of Sheikh in connection with an alleged ration scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) during its probe got inputs of a large cache of arms hidden in Sandeshkhali. On Friday morning, a CBI team started a search operation during which the arms, including foreign-made pistols, were seized, the officials said. On the orders of the Calcutta High Court, the central agency had registered three FIRs related to the incidents on January 5.

«The old joke was you could not become a CEO in the US if you are an Indian, now the joke is you cannot become a CEO in America if you are not Indian, whether it is Google, Microsoft or Starbucks, people have come and made a big difference,» said the US Ambassador. More than one in 10 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies now are Indian immigrants who studied in the United States, said Garcetti.

GAIL (India) Ltd. traded 0.52 per cent up at Rs 209.15 at around 12:17PM (IST) on Friday. The stock had closed at Rs 208.05 in the previous session. Equity benchmark Sensex traded 195.49 points lower at 74143.95 around the same time.

Marico Ltd. gained 1.35 per cent to Rs 517.0 at 12:12PM (IST) in Friday's trade. The counter hit a high of Rs 518.65 and low of Rs 511.05 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 510.1 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 12:12PM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 1.15 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 45.04 and a price-to-book ratio of 16.29.

Pidilite Industries Ltd. gained 2.39 per cent to Rs 2987.9 in Friday's trade as of 12:02PM (IST). It hit a high of Rs 3004.6 and low of Rs 2901.35 during the session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 3073.2 and a low of Rs 2293.1. The return on equity for the stock stood at 17.76 per cent. About 4,416 shares have changed hands on the counter so far.

In Telangana, eight Lok Sabha candidates have disclosed family assets exceeding Rs 100 crore, with K Vishweshawar Reddy, the BJP contender from Chevella, leading with Rs 4,568 crore. Notably, the top three wealthiest candidates are all vying for the Chevella Lok Sabha seat. Ranjit Reddy, the Congress candidate from Chevella, ranks second with family assets valued at Rs 435.33 crore, including Rs 23 crore in liabilities. His family has Rs 294.33 crore worth movable assets while immovable at Rs 141 crore.

Mphasis reported a 2.9% dip in net profit at Rs 393.22 crore as against Rs 405.31 crore in the year ago quarter. On a sequential basis, profit increased by 5.2% from Rs 373.6 crore in the previous quarter ending December 2023. Revenue from operations during the quarter declined 1.5% to Rs 3,412 crore as compared to Rs 3,361 crore in the year ago quarter. Sequentially, the revenues fell 2.2% from Rs 3,337.9 crore in December quarter.

Bharat Forge Ltd. traded 0.14 per cent up in Friday's trade at 11:36AM (IST). Around 30,255 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 1319.35 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1326.35 and Rs 1309.0, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Bharat Forge Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1330.0 and a 52-week low of Rs 748.2.

Supreme Court on Friday told the Delhi government that it would consider listing its plea challenging the central government's law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services in the national capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the AAP government, that the whole administration has come to a standstill and the matter needed to be heard. The CJI said presently a nine-judge bench matter is going on and he will consider the submission. Presently, the nine-judge bench headed by the CJI is hearing petitions raising a vexed legal question whether private properties can be considered «material resources of the community» under Article 39(b) of the Constitution, which is a part of the Directive Principles of State Policy.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty fell 50.7 points to 22519.65, while the BSE Sensex traded 207.09 points down at 74132.35.

Bank of Japan left interest rates on hold on Friday, keeping traders on edge as to when and to what degree authorities in Tokyo may intervene. The yen fell by about 0.2% and weakened to 156.1 per dollar in the minutes after the announcement. The yen also nudged down to its weakest almost 16 years at 167.38 per euro and its weakest in nearly a decade on the Australian dollar.

Will cease to function if forced to break encryption, WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court WhatsApp and its parent firm have challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) that compels "significant social media intermediaries" to "enable the identification of the first originator of the information" which may be required by a court order or other competent authority. WhatsApp has unequivocally said it would not break its end-to-end encryption as it argues it would violate users' privacy.

polling booths across the state to avoid the anticipated hot weather later in the day. Long lines of voters were visible outside polling stations in every Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. As voting began, there were reports of EVM malfunctions in several booths statewide, causing delays in the election process in those areas. However, the faulty machines were promptly replaced, and voting proceeded smoothly thereafter. The polling process took place under heavy security, with over 66,000 security personnel deployed and live monitoring of the election through an extensive webcasting system.

Macrotech Developers Ltd. with a target price of Rs 1415. The current market price of Macrotech Developers is Rs 1199.55. Macrotech Developers Ltd., incorporated in the year 1995, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 124477.35 Crore) operating in Real Estate sector.