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Union Budget 2024: The Modi-led government is likely to allocate Rs 9,000 crore for the LPG subsidy to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the upcoming Budget, according to a report by ET Now citing sources. This move contin...

The US presidential polls show Vice President Kamala Harris has a better chance of retaining the White House than her boss Joe Biden, according to a CNN poll. Biden's approval rating has dropped following a poor debate performance against Donald Tru...

After announcing telecom pack price hikes of up to 25% effective July 3-4, telcos are urging subscribers to recharge long-term plans at old prices to reduce customer attrition. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are promoting 365-da...

Infosys has also exhibited a strong growth with a 9 per cent growth. The report has put its brand value to USD 14.2 billion despite a slowdown in the global IT Services sector. While HDFC Group has jumped to third sport with a valuation of USD 10.4 ...

This year, 797 women candidates contested the general elections, constituting 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates. Only 74 of them won a seat in the 18th Lok Sabha - four fewer than the number of women in the 17th Lok Sabha. This comes less than a ye...

Electric vehicle sales in Southeast Asia, led by China's BYD and Vietnam's VinFast, are surging, challenging Japanese and Korean firms in the internal combustion engine car market, as per Counterpoint Research. Japanese and Korean automakers lag in ...

Earlier on Monday, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge announced Priyanka Gandhi's candidature from Wayanad at a special press conference. If Priyanka Gandhi wins from Wayanad, three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family will be in Parliament - Sonia Gan...

As the rules allow an MP to represent only one seat in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi had to announce his pick and tender resignation from the other seat by Tuesday. Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi also hinted at the latter being open to beco...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will keep the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacate the Wayanad seat in Kerala from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday. Kharge was speaki...

This marks his inaugural visit to the state following his landslide victory in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency for the second consecutive term. Gandhi indirectly criticised Narendra Modi, suggesting that unlike the Prime Minister, he doesn't clai...

The Modi-led government announced the allocation of portfolios for several BJP Lok Sabha members, ensuring key ministers like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar retain their positions from Modi 2.0. New assignments includ...

Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday was re-appointed as the finance minister of India for a second consecutive term in Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet.

S Jaishankar has been re-appointed as the minister of external affairs in new cabinet formed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he took charge of the PM post on Monday.

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw retains electronics and IT portfolio, spearheading success in electronics and semiconductor manufacturing. He also oversees the enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and holds the railway ministry alon...

In the latest elections in Bihar, the NDA, led by BJP, saw a significant drop in Lok Sabha seats compared to previous years. The coalition, previously strong with ally JD(U) and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, faced challenges without him.

Economists warn that PM Narendra Modi's retention in power after the general elections under 'changed circumstances' will pose challenges for implementing critical reforms.

According to the Election Commission of India, BJP won 46 out of 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh. National People Party (NPEP) won 5 seats, Nationalist Congress Party won 3 seats and the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) won 2 seats. Congress party co...

Exit polls indicate Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to secure a third term for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with predictions of comfortably crossing the 350-seat mark.

A study by Quess Corp and The Udaiti Foundation reveals that both single and married women who receive performance incentives are more likely to retain their jobs than those who don't. The findings, which analysed data from 1.6 million Quess employe...