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NEW DELHI: As heavy discharge from Hathnikund barrage continued to push water levels up, Yamuna crossed the 207-metre mark in Delhi at 1pm Wednesday. By 10pm, it had swelled to 207.43m – the third highest level reached since systematic record-keeping began in 1963 – inundating numerous villages and areas such as Ring Road, parts of…

HSBC has a buy on Glenmark Pharma with the target price at Rs 2,380. After analysing the company’s annual report, analysts said that IGI, the company’s innovation arm, is set to be a self-funding unit, but they feel a steady debt reduction path is the key to show improved management execution. They also said that…

Florida is moving to break with decades of public health practice, aiming to become the first state in the country to end all vaccine mandates, including those for schoolchildren. The announcement came Wednesday from Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, standing alongside Gov. Ron DeSantis at an event in Valrico, near Tampa. Ladapo and…

NEW DELHI: SpiceJet on Thursday issued a travel advisory as heavy rains disrupted flight operations in Delhi. The airline cautioned passengers that weather conditions could lead to delays and cancellations across its network. “Due to bad weather in Delhi (DEL), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may be affected. Passengers are requested to keep a…

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The move to cut GST on a host of regular household staples ahead of the festive season is expected to lift consumption which had just begun to show some initial signs of recovery after several sluggish quarters. Companies expect demand for products ranging from soaps, shampoos and hair oils to namkeen to get…

MUMBAI: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chief of markets regulator Sebi, said that when it comes to compliance with insider trading regulations, listed banks have a twin responsibility: preventing unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) leaks about the lender itself, and also relating to UPSI of listed companies they have banking relationships with. He said that following insider…

AGRA: After an 11-year trial, a court in UP’s Etah acquitted four men in a gang-rape case after the woman admitted before court that the crime did not happen at all. While passing the order, the court ordered that action should be taken against the woman and her husband (complainant in the matter) for filing…

HYDERABAD: Amid stricter visa enforcement and shrinking work opportunities, Indian students in the US are struggling to make ends meet. Official records show that more than 4,700 student visas were revoked in recent months for irregular attendance or unauthorised employment. Workplace inspections in several states have forced students to abandon part-time jobs that once covered…

NAGPUR: Notorious Mumbai don-turned-neta Arun Gawli also called ‘Daddy’ stepped out of Nagpur Central Prison on Wednesday after Supreme Court granted him bail in the 2007 murder case of Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. After serving over 17 years in a high-security cell, including nine-and-half years in Nagpur Central Jail, the 76-year-old gangster shared a poignant…

NEW DELHI: The GST Council, headed by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Wednesday agreed to the biggest ever revamp of the eight-year-old indirect tax regime by rolling out a two-rate structure of 5% and 18%, along with a 40% slab for a handful of sin goods and services.The new rates, barring the incidence on…