Gold prices have been hovering above Rs ₹78,600 per 10 gm-level consistently despite weak demand due to ongoing global geopolitical turmoil in West Asia and Russia-Ukraine

“There are other policy tools that are being discussed that are still in the pipeline,” Chinese Finance Minister Lan said, adding that there is “ample room” in the budget

Poking holes in the BJP’s ‘Odia pride’ plank, Mr. Pandian rips the Union government’s record in supporting Odisha’s language, culture, leaders and economy; the BJD leader refuses to speculate on possible post-poll alliances

While most vaccines generate memory B-cells, not all of them turn into long-lasting plasma cells, and herein lies the rub

These companies, most of them startups, were blacklisted for one year.

‘Our students received offers from reputed companies despite a slowdown in the market,’ says Professor Debolina Dutta, chairperson, career development services, IIMB

Ahead of Diwali and the festive season in India, Apple is promoting various card deals, cashback privileges, and exchange offers

Priced at ₹1,55,990, the Haier’s M95E offers a strong value proposition, especially for those looking for next-gen features like HDMI 2.1, 144 Hz refresh rate, and Dolby Vision IQ

While the secondary screen’s potential is not fully realised yet, it’s an exciting addition that could be improved with future updates

The Bentayga can go from a standstill to 100 km/hr in 4.5 seconds, and, if you can keep your foot down, the speedometer will climb all the way to 290 km/hr!

Modi has launched India’s biggest-ever asset sale, a $29 billion privatization drive that would help prop up the economy.

The post India up for sale as PM Modi offers national icons to plug deficit appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

SoftBank behaves more like a private equity firm than an angel investor: Its capital is really debt, and it likes to invest in rivals and force them to merge.

The post SoftBank offers glimpse of the pain the private equity world is in appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

Spotting a rapid surge in the Pre-Placement Offers (PPO) this year, students of IITs are also anticipating a growth in placements.

After Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board has offered to host the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Yao Ming offers options for restart of Chinese basketball

As Arizona's cities are laying off and furloughing workers because of cratering revenues as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, their Republican senator is telling them to toughen up. She isn't going to help them by voting for any financial support for state local government, citing that "blue state bailout" bullshit.

read more

Princeton University has offered admission to 1,890 students, or 6.1 percent of the record 31,056 applicants for the Class of 2021, in what is the University's most selective admission process to date. Last year, the University's admission rate was 6.46 percent. The class size is expected to be 1,308 students for the Class of 2021.

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research team has good news for patients with copper-deficiency disorders, especially young children diagnosed with Menkes disease.

Source: www.washingtontimes.com - Saturday, May 09, 2020
BEIJING (AP) - Yao Ming, the former Houston Rockets star and now president of the Chinese Basketball Association, says the league has three options for resuming the season that has been on hold since Feb. 1 over the coronavirus pandemic. Yao said the league might play out the full schedule; ...

Triumph Motorcycles has said that it has no unsold BS-IV inventories and that it will ensure the availability of BS-VI motorcycles. Triumph aims to have “strong representation across all segments with BSVI compliant motorcycles”.

The government had last month extended the deadline to file GST returns for March to May 5, from April 20. As per convention, the government releases GST revenue collection number on the basis of cash collection in a particular month.

Haryana has started to take steps towards solving the age-old water problem with the state disincentivizing sowing of water-intensive paddy crops.

Wind farms and solar parks are changing hands at record rates, signaling both an increased taste for the assets among pension funds and hard times for utilities that are the biggest sellers.

The Welsh Ministers have recently issued The Welsh Authorities Staff Transfers (Pensions) Direction 2012, under powers contained in Section 101 of the Local Government Act 2003 (the “2012 Direction”).  The 2012 Direction came into f...

Johnny Depp is followed by over four million people on Instagram

They were tested positive during the pre-flight COVID test,

Emirates Cricket Board has offered to host the Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) amid the coronavirus pandemic in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As per a report, Emirates Cricket Board has made the proposal to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

A Pickering long-term care home has suffered a possible privacy breach, Ontario's minister of long-term care said Saturday.

The doubling of jobseeker was the biggest change to social security in decades. Now experts want the government to push aside ideology and establish a permanent equitable safety net

This is the third in our series on Life after lockdown, which looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic could change Australia for good

What does Australia owe Racheal Wellman, just 23? What are her chances in this country now, and as Australia begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic?

Wellman worked as a barista 25 to 30 hours a week in a St Kilda cafe. It was a casual job, so no paid holidays, no sick pay, no job security. But it was “fantastic”, she says, especially after being unemployed for a time, couchsurfing at friends’ houses and sometimes sleeping rough at Flinders Street station.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has compared the uncertain feeling during football's coronavirus shutdown to that of retirement.

Sonny Bill Williams would happily jump in the ring with Mike Tyson, but the former heavyweight champ will only make a sensational ring return to fight “another bona fide boxer.”

The acquisition price of $58.36 million works out to 20 times price-to-earnings ratio.

The post StarHub’s Strateq deal offers ‘reasonable’ valuation: DBS appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

Golden Skies Ventures has secured financing for the deal from an undisclosed European bank.

The post Malaysian firm offers $2.5b for Khazanah-backed ailing state carrier appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

In the fight against COVID-19, Uber has extended support by offering free rides to frontline BMC healthcare workers and non-COVID patients in Mumbai through its recently launched UberMedic service.

All UberMedic cars are fitted with a roof-to-floor plastic sheeting enclosing the driver. Additionally, all drivers are being trained in safety procedures and provided with personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, sanitisers and disinfectants to sanitise the cars between rides.

The agreement is part of Uber’s recent offer to provide free rides worth Rs 1 crore to the Maharashtra government. Prabhjeet Singh, Director, Operations and Head of Cities, Uber India & South Asia, said, “The BMC has been working tirelessly to contain the spread of COVID-19. We feel privileged to be supporting them in these challenging times and will help move what matters by leveraging our global experience, technology and network of drivers.”

Uber’s recently launched UberMedic service has been transporting frontline medical workers in 35+ hospitals across 23 Indian cities.

Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates.

Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news

Homeopathy treatment may offer a promising relief to the mosquito-borne viral disease,chikungunya. Its a form of viral fever caused by an Alpha virus

People care for the environment, and a large majority state that they are willing to make compromises to green their lifestyle according to a new OECD survey of 12,000 households. However, the economic crisis has taken its toll, and the survey shows that the environment is slipping down on the list of people’s priorities.

People care for the environment, and a large majority state that they are willing to make compromises to green their lifestyle according to a new OECD survey of 12,000 households. However, the economic crisis has taken its toll, and the survey shows that the environment is slipping down on the list of people’s priorities.