Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is positive for Covid-19 in the ongoing tour of England and will not travel with the team to Durham as it reassembles for next month’s Test series against the hosts.
Pastor arrested for running sex racket
Seven persons including a pastor have been arrested for running a sex racket under cover of a church in Kanyakumari.
Sedition law meant to suppress freedom movement: Supreme Court
Describing sedition law as ‘colonial’, the Supreme Court today expressed concern over the misuse of the law and asked the Union government why it has not got rid of the law, which was originally meant to ‘suppress freedom movement’ at a time when several old laws have been repealed.
Olympic athletes to put on own medals at Tokyo ceremonies
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus.
Uniform Junction reveals its investment plans
Uniform Junction, an integrated supply chain platform for K-12 schools and a part of the Arvind Mafatlal group, has announced its partnership with Israel’s x10ed, a learning analytics solution provider.
Retail segment of Zomato IPO fully subscribed
The much anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of online food delivery company Zomato opened on Wednesday at Rs 72-76 per share offer and was fully received by the retail investors.
Good show by Infosys
Infosys on Wednesday posted a 22.7 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 5,195 crore for the April-June quarter of 2021-22, and raised its revenue growth outlook for the full fiscal.
RBI imposes curbs on Mastercard over data storage
In a major blow to payment services major Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday imposed restrictions on on-boarding of new domestic customers in the country on its card network.
IT spending in India to grow 8% in 2021
The information technology (IT) spending in India is expected to reach $92.7 billion in 2021, growing 8 per cent from last year, as many companies still suffer revenue declines and IT spending is accelerating ahead of revenue expectations amid the pandemic, a new Gartner report showed on Wednesday.
‘Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon’
More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest – 35% of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific report published on Wednesday.