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Last Updated:February 13, 2025, 03:27 IST Prime Minister Modi is expected to meet Elon Musk during his US visit, with discussions likely to focus on Starlink’s long-pending entry into India, according to a report by Reuters. A report said PM Modi and Musk may discuss the regulatory challenges Starlink faces in India. (IMAGE: ANI) Billionaire […]

For years, journalists have written about the social media posts of government employees to help reveal the positions, motivations and actions of public officials. But when a journalist recently trained that same lens on Elon Musk’s new government efficiency program, the billionaire suggested that the reporting might be illegal, joining other powerful figures connected to […]

Giridih (Jharkhand): Angry passengers on Wednesday allegedly hurled stones at a train after failing to board it at a station in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, police said. The incident happened at Jamua railway station in the district.  The passengers, at the same time, also blocked the tracks so that the train could not leave the station, […]

A front-of-shirt sponsor of Everton football club is giving up its license in Great Britain after an investigation into an ad featuring porn actress Bonnie Blue. In the social media video shot outside Nottingham Trent University, she said she was there “as promised” to “sleep with 180 barely-legal 18 year olds”, with Stake’s logo on […]

Get Nadine White’s Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week’s news Get our free newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Goldman Sachs have become the latest company to scrap their diversity programmes following the Trump administration’s signing of an executive order which was […]

NEW DELHI: India’s industrial production growth slowed to a three-month low of 3.2 per cent in December 2024, mainly due to poor performance of mining and manufacturing sectors, according to official data released on Wednesday. The government has also revised the November 2024 industrial output figure to 5 per cent from the provisional estimate of […]

A high-level Turkish delegation led by Atilla Yerlikaya, President of Corporate Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability, Anadolu Group, called on the Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in Islamabad today. The delegation included Ahmet Kursad Ertin, Chief Operating Officer of Coca-Cola Içecek, and Sunay Sanli, General Manager of Coca-Cola Içecek Pakistan. The delegation briefed the Finance Minister on […]

Last Updated:February 12, 2025, 18:10 IST Kotak Mahindra Bank initiated remedial measures to address the supervisory concerns and submitted compliances to the Reserve Bank, says the RBI. The restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank were initially imposed on April 24, 2024. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday lifted restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank, allowing […]

New Delhi: India’s retail inflation rate, based on the Consumer Price Index, fell to a five-month low of 4.31 per cent in January as prices of vegetables and pulses eased during the month bringing respite to household budgets, according to figures released by the Ministry of Statistics on Wednesday.  The easing of inflation reflects a […]

President Trump promised voters that, if elected, he would enact policies that would bring prices down on “Day 1” in office. But three weeks into his term, Mr. Trump and White House officials have become more measured in how they discuss their efforts to tame inflation. They have begun downplaying the likelihood that consumer costs […]