Day: July 10, 2020

Shoppers Stop CEO Rajiv Suri resigns

8:36 pm July 10, 2020

New Delhi: Retail firm Shoppers Stop on Friday said its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Rajiv Suri has resigned citing personal reasons. The company’s board in a meeting on Friday accepted Suri’s resignation, said the K Raheja Corp group firm in a regulatory filing. “Rajiv Suri, managing director and chief executive officer of the company, has tendered his resignation for […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

TN records 3,680 new COVID-19 cases,64 deaths

8:27 pm July 10, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Friday recorded 3,680 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of those affected by the contagion in the state to 1,30,261, the health department said on Friday. With 64 fatalities reported, the death toll has gone up to 1,829, a health department bulletin said. There was a significant jump in recoveries […]

CISCE declares class 10, 12 results; no merit list this year

8:21 pm July 10, 2020

New Delhi: The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Friday announced results for class 10 and 12 exams even as it decided against bringing out a merit list this year in view of “exceptional circumstances”. While the board recorded a pass percentage of 99.34 per cent for class 10 exams, up by 0.8 […]

Vikas Dubey’s killing raises handcuffing issue vis-a-vis SC guidelines on “inhuman” practice

8:15 pm July 10, 2020

New Delhi: The alleged encounter killing of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday has kicked up dust over his not being apparently handcuffed by the police, against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s disapproving the practice in various orders, calling it inhuman, unreasonable, over harsh and arbitrary . The apex court has from time to […]

Rupee skids 21 paise to 75.20 against USD

8:07 pm July 10, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee weakened by 21 paise to close at 75.20 against the US dollar on Friday amid foreign capital outflows and a firm greenback overseas. A weak trend at Asian equity markets following a spurt in COVID-19 cases also hit sentiment, forex traders said. The dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against […]