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Court extends judicial custody of CM Kejriwal till June 19 in excise case

The court is scheduled to take up on June 7 Kejriwal's application seeking default bail in the case

CIL's contribution to govt exchequer drops 2.2% to Rs 9,560 cr in Apr-May

Total levies paid to the government in May went up to Rs 4,763.20 crore from Rs 4,716.5 crore paid in the corresponding month of FY23

Sebi mulls raising threshold for basic service demat account to Rs 10 lakh

At present, an individual can hold debt securities worth up to Rs 2 lakh and other than debt securities worth up to Rs 2 lakh in a single demat account to be eligible for BSDA

Sebi mandates process of securities payout directly to client accounts

This will become effective from October 14, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular

Birla Estates-Barmalt to build 13 acres luxury housing project in Gurugram

Birla Estate is the real estate venture of the Aditya Birla Group and a 100 per cent wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Textiles and Industries Ltd

SUN Mobility partners with IndianOil for setting up battery swapping infra

The JV brings together IndianOil's network of over 37,000 fuel stations across the country, with SUN Mobility's battery swapping technology making it as accessible as conventional fuel stations

Domestic air traffic expected to rise 6-8% to 164 mn in FY25: Report

Aviation advisory firm CAPA India in a report on Wednesday said international air traffic is projected to jump 9-11 per cent to 75 to 78 million in the fiscal ending March 2025

White collar hiring improves on demand from oil & gas, banking sectors

Hiring activity grew by 6 per cent in May compared to April driven by sectors like Healthcare and the Travel and Hospitality, according to the report

President Murmu dissolves 17th Lok Sabha on advice of the Cabinet

President Droupadi Murmu dissolved the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Peak power demand bounces back to nearly 241 GW on Tuesday after 2 days

The government data showed that the peak power demand touched an all-time high of 250 GW on May 31, 2024, breaking the previous record of 243.27 GW in September 2023

Maruti Suzuki to invest Rs 450 crore in renewable energy initiative

In FY24, the company invested Rs 120.8 crore in the vertical

Isro Chairman inaugurates HAL facilities, boosting rocket manufacturing

HAL said the facilities would provide a major boost to Isro's ability to meet its growing production needs, particularly for the Launch Vehicle Mark3, India's heaviest and most powerful rocket

Fintech firm Fibe raises $90 mn in funding round led by TR Capital

Founded in 2015 by Akshay Mehrotra and Ashish Goyal, Fibe facilitates consumer finances like healthcare loans, edtech loans, insurance financing, and school fee financing, among others

LS polls mark rise of Bharat Adivasi Party in Rajasthan's tribal belt

Rajkumar Roat, the BAP MLA from the Chaurasi seat, secured a decisive win in the Banswara-Dungarpur Lok Sabha constituency, defeating BJP nominee Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya by 2.47 lakh votes

Vistara nimble enough to make course corrections: CEO Vinod Kannan

The full service carrier, which is in the process of getting merged with Air India, recently faced significant disruptions due to pilot woes and now, the operations are getting stabilised

World leaders congratulate Modi ahead of third term as Prime Minister

Though the BJP could not get a majority in the polls, the party-led alliance secured 293 seats out of 543. The majority mark in the lower house is 272

'Key cong leaders' absence in campaign shows defeat in Uttarakhand

On Tuesday, Trivendra Rawat won the seat defeating Harish Rawat's son Virendra Rawat, a first timer, by 1,64,056 votes to make it to the Lok Sabha for the first time

Netanyahu congratulates PM Modi, hopes Indo-Israel ties reach 'new heights'

Modi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1992

WHO calls for boosting collaboration between health, environment sectors

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5, after it was established at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972

Groundwater to heat over 3 degrees C by century end, risking safety: Report

The model, however, showed that under a high-emissions scenario, or fossil fuel-driven development, the groundwater temperature could rise by 3.5 degrees Celsius