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Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd is quoting at Rs 38.55, up 3.49% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The stock is up 79.72% in last one year as compared to a 59.92% jump in NIFTY and a 35.4% jump in the Nifty Media index. Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd is up for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 38.55, up 3.49% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.03% on the day, quoting at 14363.45. The Sensex is at 47976.21, up 0.06%. Net...

Britains Opposition Labour Party on Sunday joined calls for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to cancel his visit to India, starting next Sunday, amid growing concerns of a new variant of COVID-19 detected in the country. Public Health England (PHE) has said that 77 cases of the so-called double mutant Indian variant have been detected in the UK since last month and that it has now been classed as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI). Downing Street had earlier confirmed a much shorter schedule fo...

The Walt Disney Company India and Star India on Wednesday elevated K Madhavan naming him the president of both the firms, effective immediately. Since 2019, Madhavan has been the country manager for Star and Disney in India, overseeing their television and studios business. In this new role, Madhavan will drive strategy and growth of the group in the country, with responsibility for the vast Disney, Star and Hotstar businesses and operations spanning across entertainment, sports, regional ch...

Read more about Donald Trump goes after Pence, McConnell in speech to party donors on Business Standard. Trump shattered two days of relative peace in his closing remarks to the GOPs top donors when he insulted the partys Senate leader and his wife

The board of Music Broadcast has decided not to pursue the proposed investment in Big FM and the company will be terminating the definitive transaction documents with immediate effect. On 12 June 2019, Music Broadcast had entered into definitive agreements with Reliance Capital, Reliance Entertainment Networks and Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL). The agreement was for initial acquisition of 24% equity share capital by the company in RBNL by way of a preferential allotment. Thereafter, subject...

A US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has said that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that have "unbridled control" over "unprecedented" amounts of speech. According to CNN, the provocative and controversial opinion comes as Twitter banned former President Donald Trump from its platform for violating its rules on incitement of violence. Some conservatives have called on more regulations in the tech world to combat what they ...

The civilian death toll in the crackdown by the Myanmar junta has reached 550 since the Feb. 1 coup, a human rights group said Saturday. Of those, 46 were children, according to Myanmars Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Some 2,751 people have been detained or sentenced, the group said. Threats of lethal violence and arrests of protesters have failed to suppress daily demonstrations across Myanmar demanding the military step down and reinstate the democratically elected governm...

Read more about No evidence of blood clot risk from Covid-19 vaccine, says AstraZeneca on Business Standard. AstraZeneca said there was no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots, and European and UK medicines regulators have each said the link between the vaccine and blood clots has not been confirmed

The government has no proposal at present to release the report of the caste census carried out in 2011, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011, was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in rural and urban areas respectively. Rai said the SECC 2011 data, excluding the caste data, had been finalised and publish...

Disney+ Hotstars upcoming series "Kamathipura" has been delayed as the streamer has decided to adhere to the new OTT guidelines, the shows star Meera Chopra has revealed. The government on February 25 had notified new rules and guidelines for OTT platforms and digital news media, requiring them to make public their details and having a grievance redressal system in place. The seven-episode series, directed by Shravankumar Tiwari, is set in and around Mumbais red-light area. It chronicles a w...