England’s Brydon Carse, centre, is congratulated by teammates (AP Photo) Brydon Carse will not face any charges after Derbyshire Police ended their investigation into an alleged assault in Derby city centre last month, bringing an end to the legal proceedings that had followed the England fast bowler.The incident had already affected Carse’s international career, with…
Net direct tax collections up 23% NEW DELHI: Direct tax collections grew 15.2% to Rs 14.3 lakh crore in the current financial year up to Sept 17, driven by a faster growth in the corporation tax mop-up.Latest data released by the income tax authorities pointed to a mild pick-up in advance tax payments, whose second…
Noel voted against Chandrasekaran’s reappointment MUMBAI: The largest shareholder in Tata Sons, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), is weighing legal options including a possible plea before the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, to challenge N Chandrasekaran’s reappointment as chairman for five years, according to people familiar with the matter.The development follows Tata…
RBI rules require upper-layer NBFCs with assets above Rs 1 lakh crore, or with direct or indirect access to public funds, to list MUMBAI: Even as Tata Sons board members remained divided on the reappointment of N Chandrasekaran as chairman, they were unanimous on the need to form a committee to examine options for complying…
The Dario Amodei-led startup has said it wants to unlock treatments for rare diseases SAN FRANCISCO: Anthropic has set up a wet lab in San Francisco Bay Area, expanding its artificial intelligence ambitions into physical biology and drug science, according to two people familiar with the matter and company life sciences head Eric Kauderer-Abrams.The Dario…
The extension keeps the restriction in place until September 21, 2027, with limited exceptions for cases deemed to be in the US national interest. US President Donald Trump has extended restrictions on the H-1B nonimmigrant visa programme for another 12 months, keeping in place a $100,000 payment requirement for certain H-1B workers seeking to enter…
MUMBAI: A day after Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata warned that a listing “will destroy” Tata Sons‘ character and “strike at the heart” of an operating model that “has stood the test of time for more than a century”, Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SPG) chairman Shapoor Mistry took the contrary view, describing a public listing as…
Quimcy Dsouza. (Photo/Agencies) The Asian Games 2026 will officially begin on Saturday, with the opening ceremony scheduled to start at 2:30pm IST in Nagoya. However, a few competitions, including women’s cricket, soft tennis and teqball, have already got underway ahead of the ceremony. India’s schedule for Saturday (September 19): Teqball6:30am IST: Women’s singles semifinal —…
Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto kicks the ball, Japan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo) India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza moved within one win of creating history after reaching the women’s singles semifinals in teqball at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Friday.Making her Asian Games debut, Quimcy upset top seed Yuina Sakamoto of Japan 2-1 (10-12, 12-11,…
Containers set up to house athletes from various countries participating in the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: With the accommodation crisis at the Asian Games showing little sign of easing, the sports ministry has reached out to the Indian diaspora in Nagoya for help in housing athletes if the shortage…