Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will start her pre-budget meetings from Monday with industry leaders and experts in infrastructure and climate change, the Ministry of Finance said on Sunday.

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will pay a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia starting Saturday, his first trip to the Kingdom as India's External Affairs Minister.

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): Zorro, a pseudonymous social network, has rebranded as Hood to indicate its focus on building a platform that gives a sense of belonging.

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], June 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Zorro, a pseudonymous social media platform, funded by 15+ unicorn founders and prominent VCs has launched the app for android and iOS users.

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI A Delhi court has granted bail to Chander Bhushan Dhillon one of the directors of Pearls Group in connection with a Rs 60000 crore ponzi scam allegedly run by the groupSpecial judge Sanjeev Aggarwal granted the relief on a personal bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of like amount The court directed Dhillon not to leave the country without its prior permission and not to temper with the evidence or influence the witnessesThe CBI recently filed a supplementary charge sheet against 24 people and three companies - Pearls Infrastructure Projects Ltd ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd and Jain Infraprojects LtdIt claimed that Pearls Group companies allegedly collected around Rs 60000 crore approx from around 55 crore investors all across the country by illegally operating different investment schemes without any statutory approval and with a motive to dupe the investors It also claimed that the companies collected funds from crores of investors from across the country under the garb of sale and purchase of agricultural land and promise of high returns PTI UK ZMN

Facebook reels are going global. The company has expanded the reels to 150 countries and has also added additional features. Reels are Tiktok’s biggest competitor. “To help creators earn money from Reels”, the company said it is expanding tests of overlay ads, starting with banner and sticker ads. “New Facebook Reels features include Remix, sharing […]

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 30 (ANI): Odisha's BJP unit on Saturday released its manifesto for the forthcoming Panchayat elections in the state.

Puducherry Jan 19 PTI Puducherry confirmed 1849 fresh coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours as against 2093 cases reported on Tuesday registering a dip in number of new casesThe cumulative active cases however rose to 11 344 as against 10393 recorded on TuesdayA release from the Director of Health and Family Welfare Services G Sriramulu said Puducherry region alone accounted for 1316 fresh cases out of the total 1849 cases while Karaikal had 447 Mahe 28 and Yanam 58The overall tally of cases of infection was 142559The Director said 895 patients recovered and were discharged during last 24 hours The overall recoveries stood at 129319Sriramulu said three more people succumbed to the infection during last twenty-four hours in Puducherry pushing up the toll to 1896The total active cases rose to 11344 of whom 127 were in hospitals and the remaining 11217 in home isolationThe Department of Health has tested so far 2105322 samples and has found 1781220 out of them to be negativeThe test positivity rate today was 3023 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 133 percent and 9071 percent respectivelySriramulu said the Department of Health has administered so far 1508290 doses which comprised 912066 first doses 5 92 743 second and 3481 booster dosesWith the coronavirus infection showing no abatement the Directorate of Education here has ordered closure of classes 10 to 12 till January 31 Already schools have closed physical classes 1 to 9 since January 10 and directed online classes for students of these classesStudents should however use the online mode at home to continue their academic pursuits as physical conduct of classes had been dispensed with because of pandemic situationThe government has also asked departments to ensure that a cap of 50 percent was adopted for the Groups B and C staff till month end This has been introduced in keeping with the guidelines issued by the Central government PTI COR ROH ROH

New Delhi: Encrypted messaging app Telegram has started rolling out its latest monthly update for Android and iOS devices, adding numerous new features for users. Some significant features include protected content in groups and channels, deleting messages by date, log in via calls, and many others. Telegram 8.0 Update Brings Unlimited Live Streams, Flexible Forwarding, Trending […]

London [UK], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): COP26 President Alok Sharma on Friday urged delegates attending the UN Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland, to step up talks in the next 24 hours in order to guarantee a successful outcome in the second and final week of the event.