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Businesses with small CSR budgets overspend, but large firms face hiccups, shows study

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- India Inc. is displaying diverging trends in its charity: businesses overshoot their legally mandated corporate social responsibility (CSR) budget when the spending obligation is... Read More


Civil society calls for inclusion of fisherfolk in support and AIGA programmes

Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- Civil society representatives in Barishal have urged the government to ensure that small-scale and marginalised fishers, including the floating Manta community, are fully included in... Read More


ICC Women's WC: Deepti says India "one good game away from bouncing back"; Edwards says aware of "threat" from Women in Blue

Indore, Oct. 18 -- Ahead of her side's clash against England, Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma said that after two successive losses to South Africa and Australia, the team is just "one good game away... Read More


Metro construction to go full steam mid-November, casting yard getting ready

India, Oct. 18 -- Work on the Gurugram Metro is set to accelerate from mid-November once load testing of the initial 10 test piles is completed and the casting yard in Sector 33 becomes fully operatio... Read More


Key is to play fearless cricket: Nasser Hussain ahead of India vs England clash

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Ahead of the India vs England clash in the ongoing ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, former England Captain Nasser Hussain emphasised the importance of "embracing the moment", handl... Read More


Womens World Cup: Rain washes out New Zealand vs Pakistan match in Colombo

Colombo, Oct. 18 -- The 19th clash of the ongoing ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 between New Zealand Women and Pakistan Women was washed out due to rain, which was being played at the R. Premadasa... Read More


FM asks rural banks to step up credit to leverage consumption boost from GST cuts

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked rural banks to leverage the consumption boost from lower goods and services tax rates to boost credit in semi-urban and rural areas.... Read More


Golden Quadrilateral 2.0: New expressway grid to redraw India's economic map

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- The Union government is planning a sequel to the Golden Quadrilateral network of national highways, introducing high-speed expressways linking India's major economic centres, two... Read More


'It's a Chuck Schumer shutdown, as his career has failed': Trump as US govt shutdown enters Day 18

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- As the US government shutdown stretched into its 18th day, President Donald Trump on Friday, October 17, blamed Democrats for the ongoing impasse, calling it a "Democrat shutdown... Read More


Rookie Gio Ruggiero grabs first career win at Talladega

India, Oct. 18 -- TALLADEGA, Ala. - Rookie Gio Ruggiero capped a typically dramatic afternoon of racing on the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway high banks with the 21-year old's first career trip to Vic... Read More