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World Bank's Ajay Banga, Marco Rubio named to Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

Trump has called on all parties to cooperate fully with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), the Board of Peace, and the ISF to ensure swift implementation of the plan

Centre to start recovery of taxes from Tiger Global after top court ruling

The US-based investment firm's substantial sale of Flipkart's stake to Walmart Inc. was one of the largest exits by a foreign investor in the Indian e-commerce sector

Q3FY26 results: HDFC, ICICI, Yes Bank, JK Cement among 22 firms on Jan 17

Q3FY26 company results: Firms including Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank, IDBI Bank, RBL Bank, Oswal Yarns, and Netweb Technologies are also to release their October-December earnings reports today

National Guard troops to remain in Washington, DC, until year-end

Trump said this month that for now he was dropping his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, which had provoked legal challenges

FAA warns pilots of risks over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activity'

The notices come after nearly four months of US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific that the US alleged were trafficking drugs

Minneapolis protesters win court ruling limiting ICE use of force

US District Judge Katherine Menendez on Friday isssed a temporary injunction limiting when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can deploy chemical irritants into crowds

Centre plans collateral-free microloans for gig and domestic workers

A new scheme will provide loans of up to ₹10,000 to gig workers and domestic helps, modelled on PM-SVANidhi, to support entrepreneurship and small business ventures

Trump wants tech giants to fund power for AI data centres; they'd love to

Under Trump's plan, grid operator PJM Interconnection LLC will hold an auction for tech companies to bid on 15-year contracts for new electricity generation capacity

Tylenol pregnancy study contradicts Trump's claims on link with autism

The Lancet paper comes after the Trump administration linked the use of Kenvue Inc.'s Tylenol to autism in September and advised pregnant women to avoid the drug

Trump thanks Iran for cancelling executions of political prisoners

The Republican president also suggested on his social media site that more than 800 people had been set to be executed in Iran, but he said they now won't be

Gold price dips ₹10 to ₹1,43,390, silver falls ₹100, trades at ₹2,91,900

The price of 22-carat gold decreased by ₹10, with ten grams of the yellow metal selling at ₹1,31,440

Delhi: Traffic curbs on Jan 17, 19, 20, 21 for Republic Day rehearsals

During this period, traffic crossings at Kartavya Path at Rafi Marg, Janpath, Man Singh Road and the C-Hexagon will remain closed

First flight with 231 deported Venezuelans from US lands in Caracas

The flight's arrival comes 13 days after Maduro was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military intervention in Caracas

Cold wave grips Delhi, north India; check fog, snow, and rain forecast

IMD warns of cold wave and dense fog over Delhi and north India, with snowfall likely in the western Himalayan region and isolated rainfall forecast over parts of the northern plains

BMC election results 2026: Here's a list of winners across top wards

Mumbai BMC election vote counting: The counting process for 227 municipal wards of India's richest civic body started at 10 am on Friday

Best of BS Opinion: Power, memory, and the steep cost of chasing shine

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

India's top 20 startups dominated valuations, fundraising in 2025

While the average valuation of the top 20 startups was $1.78 billion, the remaining 80 had an average valuation of just $0.42 billion, nearly one-fourth of the top cohort

Margin pressures drag down Reliance Industries' profit to 4-quarter low

Retail, oil & gas divisions remain laggards

India and EU will have the 'mother of all deals', says Piyush Goyal

Goyal said there would be no compromise on the country's interests and that all sensitive issues, such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and dairy, would be addressed to India's satisfaction

Tiger Global case: Treaty protection for grandfathered investments narrow

The Supreme Court's Tiger Global ruling narrows grandfathering protection, allowing tax authorities to scrutinise pre-2017 investments at exit under GAAR and anti-abuse norms