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India’s top gamers come together for an electrifying showdown hosted by Samsung
In one of the most exciting creator-led esports tournaments of the year, the #PlayGalaxy Cup Z Fold Edition brought together 48 of India’s top gamers for an action-packed Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) face-off. India’s top gamers come together...

India News | Rain Offers Respite, but Delhi Remains Second Most Polluted City in India: Report
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Delhi on Friday recorded a maximum temperature of 33.2 degrees Celsius -- two degrees below normal for this time of the year -- after light rain. The national capital remained in the ‘green' zone, which means that no...

India News | Bengali Citizens Harassed During Drive to Identify Illegal Migrants: CPI Leaders Write to Shah
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and Anurag Saxena on Friday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, and said they have received several complaints of "harassment of genuine citizens" during the ongoing exercise for "identification of...

India News | Fraudsters Pose as Vigilance Officials, Dupe Octogenarian Doctor in Odisha
Kendrapara, Jul 11 (PTI) Six men posing as vigilance wing officers carried out a fake raid at the home of an 80-year-old doctor in Odisha's Kendrapara district, making off with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables, police said on Friday....

India News | Kota Rail Division Probes if Senior Officials Flouted Motor Trolley Safety Norm, Beat Signal Staff
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) The Kota Rail Division has initiated a probe after a signal staff alleged that senior engineering officials assaulted him when he tried to stop them from using motor trolleys for track maintenance in blatant violation of...

India News | 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' a Commitment to Conserve Environment: Speaker Om Birla
Kota (Rajasthan), Jul 11 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said that the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign is more than planting trees and it is a commitment to conserve the environment in providing a sustainable future for coming...

India News | Kharge, Rahul Gandhi Ask Odisha Leaders to Fight Unitedly Against BJP
Bhubaneswar, Jul 11 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party stalwart Rahul Gandhi on Friday gave a clear message to the party leaders in Odisha to fight unitedly against the BJP government in the state. Kharge and Gandhi held...

India News | Almost All Major Roads in Monsoon Disaster-hit Areas of Mandi Opened: Himachal CM
Mandi (HP), July 11 (PTI) Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced on Friday that nearly all major roads in the Mandi district, which were affected by monsoon disasters, have been reopened, with ongoing efforts to restore link roads at a...

India News | Monsoon Session of Jharkhand Assembly's from Aug 1
Ranchi, Jul 11 (PTI) The monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly will commence from August 1, an official said on Friday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Also Read | Congress' Partap Singh...

India News | Andaman & Nicobar Command, Coast Guard Rescue 2 Foreign Nationals from Mid-sea
Port Blair, Jul 11 (PTI) The Andaman and Nicobar Command along with Indian Coast Guard rescued two foreign nationals from a US-registered sailing yacht which was adrift in extremely rough sea conditions due to engine and sail failure near the...

India’s Hindustan Unilever jumps as analysts back new CEO
Shares of India’s Hindustan Unilever closed 4.6% higher on Friday, a day after the Dove soapmaker named a senior executive at its parent Unilever with “a strong track record” as its chief executive. Priya Nair, president of Unilever’s beauty and...

India vs England Women 5th T20I Live Cricket Score Streaming: When and where to watch India Women vs England Women match?
IND-W vs ENG-W 5th T20I Live Cricket Score Streaming: India have already secured a historic victory in the five-match T20I series against England and will now be looking to finish the series on a dominant note as well when they play the fifth and...

India hit 9 terror targets in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor: NSA Ajit Doval
Chennai, Jul 11 (PTI) India hit nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan with precision and missed none of them, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday, taking pride in India's capability and technological abilities in neutralising...

India vs England 2025 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Jamie Smith brings up third successive fifty-plus score, England cross 350
India vs England 2025 3rd Test, Day 2 LIVE Scores and Updates: Jamie Smith brings up his third successive fifty in this series and this time off 52 balls with a four and a single off Nitish Kumar Reddy as England’s 350 comes up in that over....

India at Prime Speed: Samir Kumar and the New Age of Amazon
Bengaluru: In the summer of 2012, Samir Kumar found himself back in India, trying to piece together a team and a vision inside a modest incubation space. Amazon India hadn’t yet launched. E-commerce was still a dot on the horizon, mostly urban,...

India’s IT services sector in danger? TCS holds off on salary hikes, yet again
India’s largest IT services major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has yet again not made any decision on giving salary hikes to its employees. The company was expected to announce some form of hike, which it had deferred during the Q4 FY 2025...

India: Smartworks’ $68m IPO fully subscribed on Day 2
Smartworks Coworking Spaces’ $67.6 million India IPO was fully subscribed on the second day of bidding on Friday, as retail and non-institutional investors bet on demand for integrated office spaces at a time when multiple global companies are...

India contributed to global stability by buying Russian oil minister
Western media outlets have repeatedly questioned New Delhi over its energy ties with Moscow New Delhi's oil purchases from Moscow meet the country's consumer needs and have helped in maintaining stability in global oil prices, Hardeep Puri,...

India’s embrace of Taliban: A risky game or smart strategy to corner Pakistan?
India’s decision to abstain from recent UN voting on Afghanistan was guided by Kabul’s strong condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack. As Pakistan loses its strategic influence over the Taliban regime, India is quietly improving its ties with...

India’s net direct tax collections fall 1.3% during April 1-July 10