Sunrisers Hyderabad extended the Delhi Capitals’ wait for a spot in the 2020 IPL playoffs, widely beating them by 88 runs and in the process, handing the Capitals their third straight loss. Batting first, Sunrisers posted a strong 219/2 with captain David Warner, on his birthday, scoring half a century, …
Read More »Tata Group to Buy a Majority Stake in BigBasket for Around $ 1 Billion: Report
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian online grocery startup BigBasket is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake for about $ 1 billion to salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group. reported the Economic Times on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter. The centennial group has been planning to launch a “super …
Read More »The first ‘seaplane services in Gujarat’ will start soon. Ticket price and other details
The seaplane service to provide air connectivity from the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat will soon be open to the public. On October 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open the service to mark the 146th anniversary of Sardar Patel’s birth. So …
Read More »Explained: What explains the calls to ‘boycott France’ in the Muslim world?
Written by Om Marathe, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | October 28, 2020 10:30:54 am Palestinian protesters burn a photo of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that they consider blasphemous, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, …
Read More »SCHOLARSHIP – and importance of three fundamental pacts of military cooperation between India and the US.
Written by Shubhajit Roy, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | October 28, 2020 12:10:18 pm Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New Delhi (PTI) India and the United States signed on Tuesday (October 27) the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), that, …
Read More »Facebook India Policy Chief Resigns Following Hate Speech Accusations | India
Reports earlier this year said Ankhi Das had refused to remove anti-Muslim posts on the social media platform, sparking a political storm. Facebook’s top public policy executive in India, who was at the center of a controversy over her alleged lack of response to hate speech on the platform, has …
Read More »Nifty Today: SGX Nifty Down 35 Points; this is what changed for the market while he slept
An increase in Covid cases on both sides of the Atlantic prompting new lockdowns, uncertainty over the US presidential election, the F&O expiration of Thursday’s October series, and a series of quarterly gains will keep domestic stocks going. volatile on Wednesday. Here’s a breakdown of the pre-market actions: STATE OF …
Read More »Bank: How India’s Largest Bank Merger Would Stack Up in Numbers
By Rahul Satija The potential acquisition of IndusInd Bank Ltd. by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. would create India’s eighth largest lender by assets at a time when the nation is battling one of the world’s worst bad debt problems. In what could be the country’s largest banking deal, Kotak Mahindra, …
Read More »Simon Doull just raised an upset Dhoni fan who asked the IPL commentator not to criticize the CSK captain
A loyal Dhoni fan asked former Kiwi cricketer turned commentator Simon Doull, who is currently commenting at IPL 2020, not to criticize Thala. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, over the years, has taken Indian cricket to great heights. In his career of more than 15 years, Dhoni won several laurels for the …
Read More »India’s active covid count drops close to 6 lakh after 58,439 recoveries in one day
Coronavirus cases in India rose to 79,90,322 cases after recording 43,893 new infections in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry reported. India’s total death toll rose to 1,20,010 after witnessing 508 deaths on Tuesday. India’s total active case count is now 6,10,803 after a decrease of 15,054 in …
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