Govt to sell 15% stake in HAL through sale offer

Bengaluru (IANS) The Union Government is selling 15 per cent of its equity stake in the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) at Rs 1,001 per share to raise about Rs 5,000 crore through an offer for sale (OFS), an official said on Wednesday.

Australian Covid-19 vaccine yields positive pre-clinical results

Sydney (IANS) An Australian-developed Covid-19 vaccine has shown promising results in pre-clinical testing, raising hopes for its potential effectiveness and manufacturability.

The University of Queensland (UQ) released detailed results of…

Accenture to lay off 25K employees, Indians set to lose jobs

New Delhi (IANS) Global professional services company Accenture which has over 5 lakh employees worldwide is to cut at least 5 per cent of its 'low-performing' workforce and thousands of Indians are set to lose jobs owing to the sluggish business…

GST Council meet on Thursday, to mull Centre's compensation default

New Delhi (IANS) The GST Council will meet here on Thursday to take up the single-point agenda of GST compensation to states affected by delays in the release by the Centre, a government official privy to meeting agenda said.

The meeting was…

Monsoon Session likely from Sept 14; to have 18 sittings

New Delhi (IANS) The upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament is likely to begin from September 14 in which 18 sittings are expected in each of the two Houses that would conduct their proceedings without any off day.

Though there was no…

Markets open on positive note

Mumbai (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note.

The Sensex of the BSE opened at 38,930.18 points and touched a high of 38,930.60 points. The Sensex touched a low of 38,846.76 points.

On Tuesday…

Khunti police nabs 7 ultras including one carrying reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head

Ranchi: In a major success for the district police seven hardcore ultras belonging to the CPI-Maoists including one who was carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head has been arrested.

Briefing the press Khunti SP Ashutosh Shekhar on Tuesday…

CM directs Garhwa DC to help a 105 year old woman

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren directed the Garhwa DC to help a 105 year old woman hailing from Ranka block withdraw money from the bank.

The Chief Minister on Twitter directed the Garhwa DC to make sure that unnecessarily no one should…

Two trucks full of opium husk worth Rs 1.20 crore seized by Ranchi Police

Ranchi: Two trucks carrying opium husk were seized on Tuesday from BIT Mesra OP of the state capital.

However, the driver and cleaner of both the vehicles managed to flee from the spot.

Police said that tip-off had been received that…

Jharkhand to launch state food security scheme

Ranchi: The state government has decided to launch its own food security scheme.

An official release issued here said that Chief Minister Hemant Soren has given his approval to the proposal to provide 15 lakh beneficiaries who are not covered…