- Monday, March 10, 2025
IT SERVICES major Infosys on Thursday reported an 11.46 per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit to ₹68.06 billion (£644.04m) in the October-December quarter of FY25. The Bengaluru-headquartered company had posted a profit of ₹61.06 billion (£577.80m) in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Revenue from operations for…
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals, while Kiran George delivered a gritty performance to keep the home flag flying in men's singles at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Thursday. Sindhu cruised past Japan's world No. 46 Manami Suizu with a 21-15, 21-13 win,…
INDIAN filmmaker Payal Kapadia's “All We Imagine as Light”, a Golden Globe contender, has been nominated for the 2025 BAFTA Awards in the "Film Not in the English Language" category. The Cannes Film Festival 2024 Grand Prix winner, which explores urban migration and dislocation, will compete against Emilia Perez (Mexico),…
FACEBOOK parent company Meta on Wednesday (15) apologised for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's comments on India being among the countries where the incumbent lost power after handling the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the remarks were an "inadvertent error". The apology came soon after union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw slammed Zuckerberg's "misinformation" and…
INDIA docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said. The satellites, weighing 220 kilograms (485 pounds) each, blasted off on December 30 on a single rocket from India's Sriharikota launch site. Later they…
HINDENBURG RESEARCH's founder said he would disband the firm whose reports sparked heavy selling by investors and investigations by authorities, wiping billions from the market values of companies including India's Adani Group and U.S.-based Nikola. Nathan Anderson, who started Hindenburg in 2017, cited the toll of the "rather intense, and…
BOLLYWOOD star Saif Ali Khan, 54, was in surgery on Thursday (16) for six stab injuries received in a scuffle with an intruder at his home in Mumbai, media said. The son of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, Khan is among the country's…
BRITISH minister Tulip Siddiq, who was responsible for financial services and fighting corruption, resigned on Tuesday (13) after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh. In her resignation letter to prime minister Keir Starmer, she said the…
THE special investigation team (SIT) of Kerala police probing the sensational case of alleged sexual abuse of a Dalit girl in Pathanamthitta district has arrested 44 people so far in connection with the matter, a senior police officer said on Tuesday (14). DIG S Ajeetha Begum, who is overseeing the…
PV SINDHU and the celebrated doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to toil to advance to the second round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament in New Delhi on Tuesday, as home shuttlers experienced a mixed day. After missing the…
