Opposition MLAs on Thursday, staged a walk-out from the Goa Legislative Assembly after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar questioned their intention behind raising the issue of casinos. “I know why questions about casinos are raised on the floor of the house. I know who have dealings with the casinos and who have business relationships with them,” Parsekar said after the Opposition Read More

Biotech returned to the good graces of investors this month and it may be the beginning of a revival for stocks in the industry. With one full trading day left in the month, the Nasdaq Biotechnology index has climbed 11 percent in July, on pace for its biggest monthly percentage gain in three years. It was down 0.4 percent on Read More

The trend it seems is going to continue as Pakistan celebrated the Lord’s Test win – first in 20 years – by doing five push-ups and signing off with a salute. Moments after sealing the 75-run win, Younus Khan neatly assembled the XI near the ropes and instructed them to start the drill. In a moment, they got down to Read More

UNESCO on Sunday listed Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex and Sikkim’s national park home to the world’s third highest peak Mount Khangchendzonga among its World Heritage Sites, approving all three nominations linked to India this session. Sunday’s approval comes two days after the ruins of Nalanda University in Bihar made to the elite tag at the 40th session of The World Heritage Read More

The combined market valuation of eight of the top 10 most valued Indian companies surged by Rs 57,965.56 crore last week amid a positive broader market trend. Barring Infosys and Sun Pharma, the rest of eight companies saw a jump in their market capitalisation (m-cap) for the week ended Friday. The m-cap of HDFC Bank soared Rs 13,030.16 crore to Read More

Tax authorities plan to seek details from various entities against whom there is specific information of having undisclosed assets, as part of the domestic black money disclosure scheme. Sources said such a move would act as a deterrent against those holding illicit assets and nudge them to come clean. Such entities will now have the opportunity to participate in Income Read More

Four men believed to be linked to the Tunisian who killed 84 people when he drove a truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice were arrested overnight on Friday, a judicial source said. One of the men being held was arrested on Thursday and three others this morning, the source added. The driver’s estranged wife is also being held by police. The new arrests came as Read More

Vijender Singh begins his journey in Pro Boxing in India against Kerry Hope with the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title on the line. In his first fight in India in six years, Vijender would also seek to keep his winning run in pro boxing going. Catch live updates from Vijender Singh vs Kerry Hope from Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi. Vijender Singh vs Read More

Pakistan didn’t allow the English tail to wag as the visitors bundled out the hosts for 272. Yasir Shah added one more wicket to his five-wicket haul to end with figures of 6/72. After a decent lead under their belt, Pakistan now need to bat well to post a challenging target for the Alastair Cook-led unit. Live Cricket Scorecard: England vs Paksitan, Read More

Microsoft is backing off its ambitious goal of getting Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2018. The company is blaming its own decision to scale back its smartphone business over the last year. Microsoft said that’s slowing efforts to deploy the newest version of its flagship software on PCs, game consoles and mobile devices like tablets and phones. Microsoft Read More