Manorama Khedkar, mother of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was granted bail by a Pune court after completing 14 days in judicial custody and four days in police custody for a criminal intimidation case. She was arrested for allegedly threatening individuals with a gun over a land dispute. Meanwhile, Puja Khedkar faces accusations of cheating and misusing OBC and disability quota benefits, being denied anticipatory bail.
The top court was hearing a petition challenging the August 2022 verdict of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court which had dismissed a PIL concerning the construction for doubling of the railway track. The petitioners had alleged in the high court that the construction work was being carried out in violation of the statutory mandate to obtain prior permissions under the 2011 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, the Goa Irrigation Act, 1973, the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and the Goa Town And Country Planning Act, among others.
Hiring activity in the white-collar sector increased by 12% YoY in July 2024, with key sectors like Pharma/Biotech, FMCG, Real Estate, and AI/ML leading the growth. Overall, the broad-based growth across sectors and geographies signals a positive trend, with the IT sector and fresher hiring experiencing significant upticks.
The Indian industrialist revealed that he plans to gift the newly launched MG Windsor car to every Indian athlete who wins a medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024.
The revenue from operations stood at 11,263 crore, which was higher by 9.3% versus Rs 10,306 crore reported by the company in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.
The Centre has issued a fifth draft notification to declare over 56,800 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six states, including 13 villages in Kerala's Wayanad, as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA). The notification, issued on July 31, comes a day after landslides in Wayanad district claimed over 290 lives.
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The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.52 per cent up at 21902.85.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that 772 train services, including 100 Vande Bharat services, have been introduced in the Indian Railways network from 2019-2020 to 2023-2024. Vaishnaw's written response was in reply to a query by BJP MP Neeraj Shekhar regarding the number of new trains proposed for 2024-25 and details about new services started in the last five years.
Rosatom's TVEL Fuel Company initiated nuclear fuel supply for Kudankulam NPP’s units 3 and 4. Utilizing advanced TVS-2M fuel, the VVER-1000 reactors in Tamil Nadu extend fuel cycles to 18 months, improving efficiency. Units 1 and 2, commissioned in 2013 and 2017, already benefit from these upgrades. Construction of additional units continues.
In the Nifty pack, 9 stocks closed in the green, while 41 stocks ended in the red.
Teams from the Noida Authority were deployed at the usual chokepoints in the city such as the DND Flyway loop, the Sector 62 underpass and the arterial roads in sectors 14A, and 15A. Moreover, police teams were also deployed at multiple locations in the city to ensure there are no traffic snarls and vehicles continue to move. Among the officers deployed were Joint police commissioner Shivhari Meena and DCP (traffic) Yamuna Prasad.
Opposition members condemned the state of rural healthcare and pointed out irregularities in the Ayushman Bharat initiative. Congress leader Tariq Anwar raised concerns over declining government spending on healthcare. BJP's Sanjay Jaiswal highlighted growth in medical colleges and seats since 2014, defending the government's track record in the health sector.
Non-resident Indian Ajay Kumar expressed concerns about the government's removal of indexation benefits on long-term capital gains tax for properties, causing his tax costs to triple. Effective from July 2024, these changes are expected to slow down the resale market due to increased tax liabilities, impacting property investment strategies.
Raising the red flag over the heightened retail frenzy in the zero-sum game of options trading, markets regulator Sebi’s whole-time member Ananth Narayan on Friday pointed out how some traders are treating expiry day trading as playing in a casino for a jackpot.
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India's foreign exchange reserves dropped by $3.4 billion, reaching $667.39 billion as of July 26, according to the Reserve Bank of India. This comes after a rise to a record high of $670.86 billion the previous week. The RBI intervenes in the market to manage liquidity and prevent excessive volatility in rupee value.
PNC Menon, founder of Sobha Group, pledged to build 50 homes for Wayanad landslide survivors, addressing a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The initiative, managed by Sri Kurumba Educational and Charitable Trust, aims to aid families affected by the catastrophic landslides that caused numerous deaths and displacements in Kerala.
The NSE Nifty index closed 293.21 points down at 24717.7
The minister intervened during a discussion on a private member resolution moved by DMK Rajya Sabha member M Mohmed Abdulla on the NEET. The minister said corruption was rife in medical education before the NEET was brought in during his first stint as health minister.
The Governor was acting like a puppet in the hands of the BJP-JDS combine, Siddaramaiah told the media at the Mysuru airport.
