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Five Coal Mines On Auction Garner Wide Interest

The much-anticipated auctions for commercial mining of coal started on Monday with five coal mines put on the block. According to the Coal Ministry, the mining blocks put on auction generated wide

November 2, 2020

Economy·India News

India’s data centre market to reach $5bn value by 2025: Crisil

As digital adoption grows amid the pandemic across the spectrum, the data centre industry in India is likely to touch $1.2 billion in the fiscal 2020 and is expected to log a

November 2, 2020

Business·Tech LITE

‘Organisers are determined to hold the Olympics’

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said he has seen cast-iron determination in the organisers to stage the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. Originally scheduled to be held from July 24

November 2, 2020

Sport

SC gives centre six week time to report on Mallya’s extradition

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file status report on extradition of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya within six weeks. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, submitted before a

November 2, 2020

Business·India News

Legendary Diego Maradona turns 60

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona turned 60 on Friday. Widely rated as one of the greatest football players of all time, Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups and was captain of

October 30, 2020

Football·Sport·World News

‘Universe Boss’ becomes the first to score 1,000 sixes in T20 cricket

Chris Gayle on Friday became the first batsman to get to 1,000 sixes in T20 cricket history when he smashed the seventh of his eight sixes during his belligerent 99 against Rajasthan

October 30, 2020

Cricket·Sport

Reliance Jio’s profits triple in Q2FY21

Telecom major Reliance Jio Infocomm on Friday reported a near three-fold rise in its standalone net profit for the July-September quarter at Rs 2,844 crore. During the same period of last year,

October 30, 2020

Business

Fifteenth finance commission concludes deliberations

The 15th Finance Commission, headed by N.K. Singh, will submit its report for the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26 to the President on November 9. In a statement on Friday, the commission

October 30, 2020

Economy·India News

Oldest living test cricket player turns 109

England’s Eileen Whelan, the oldest living Test cricketer across genders, turned 109th on Friday. Eileen, who played seven Tests for England between 1937 and 1949, either side of the World War II,

October 30, 2020

Cricket·Sport

YouTube’s ads revenue touches $5 billion

YouTube brought in $5 billion in advertising revenue in the third quarter of 2020, signaling that there has been a rebound in advertising revenue for both Google and YouTube. YouTube now has

October 30, 2020

Business