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Disney lowers subscriber target after IPL streaming rights loss

The firm revised its subscriber count to 80 million by the end of fiscal 2024 from the projected 100 million

Govt to remove domestic fare caps imposed on airlines Aug 31 onwards

The fare caps were imposed on domestic airlines in 2020 during the pandemic

Hindalco posts highest ever quarterly profit in Q1 at Rs 4,119 cr, up 48%

The company's net debt fell 19% from a year earlier to Rs 42,193 crore at the end of June, it said in the earnings presentation

Linktree sacks 17% of employees in latest round of tech pink slips

With a reported 300-strong workforce, the mass layoff amounts to about 50 staff members

CM Adityanath receives death threat on UP police's WhatsApp helpline

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received a bomb threat over emergency WhatsApp helpline

PowerGrid Q1 consolidated net profit declines 37% to Rs 3,801 crore

Q1 PAT dropped by 8.55 per cent from ₹4,156.44 crore in the preceding quarter

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sindhu wins elusive gold, India finishes fourth

Shuttlers win all three titles on offer on last day of the Commonwealth Games, Sharath Kamal most decorated athlete with 4 medals, hockey team disappoints

'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg sound the alarm

Zuckerberg noticed that it was getting harder to get all the employees to attend a meeting as they were sometimes taking time out in a day for personal work

68 China jets, 13 warships cross median line: Taiwan defence ministry

Beijing cancels US defence talks, slaps sanctions on Pelosi for Taiwan visit

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra, other Congress leaders detained amid protest

Congress MPs including Rahul Gandhi were detained at Police Lines Kingsway Camp during their protest against the Centre

Facebook's parent Meta Platforms set to make first-ever bond offering

Meta did not disclose the size of the offering, but said it would use the proceeds for capital expenditures, share repurchases, acquisitions or investments

Ukraine under pressure in east as NATO chief says Russia must not win

Ukraine's southern army command stated in a earlier replace on Wednesday that it believed Russia was making a army "strike group in the Kryvyi Rih region"

IndiGo to add a third ramp to help passengers get off from planes faster

IndiGo on Thursday announced it would disembark passengers from three doors of the plane, allowing the flyers to quickly get off the aircraft.

China slaps curbs on Taiwan as Pelosi vows 'ironclad' defence of democracy

Restrictions range from fruit and fish imports to export of natural sand

July PMI services growth slips to 4-month low on rising inflation

The PMI decreased to 55.5 in July 2022 from 59.2 in June

Govt revises windfall tax levied on crude, diesel and ATF

India has increased the export tax on petroleum crude and cut the tax on aviation turbine fuel and diesel

India's July trade deficit widens to $31 bn on costly imports, weak rupee

July's data comes after the Centre raised import duty on gold last month to discourage buyers in the world's second-largest consumer and rein in the yawning trade deficit

IDFC stock ends 4% higher after CCI approves divestment of IDFC AMC

In April this year, a consortium of Bandhan Bank's parent, private equity firm ChrysCapital and Singapore's sovereign fund GIC had announced the acquisition of IDFC AMC for Rs 4,500 cr

7.24 million income tax returns filed in one day, a record: CBDT

On July 31, 7.24 million ITRs had been filed, shattering all previous single-day records (the maximum being 4.9 million in 2019)

Rishi Sunak for £10 fine for missed hospital appointments: Report

Racism not a factor in PM race, said Sunak