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However, sequentially, the net profit of HPCL fell 14 per cent from its April-June quarter profit of Rs 6,765.50 due to the spike in crude prices.HPCL has posted its highest ever half-yearly consolidated net profit of Rs 12,592 crore during April-September 2023 (against consolidated net loss of Rs 11,033 crore duringthe corresponding period of previous year).The company’s standalone net profit during this period was alsothe highest ever at Rs 11,322 crore as compared to standalone net loss of Rs 12,369 croreduring the corresponding period of previous year.The standalone net profit for the period July-September 2023 was Rs5,118 crore against a…

“I don’t name a stadium after me. I don’t name railway lines after me. I don’t need any self-publicity. It is enough to live as an ideal human being,” the Chief Minister said at a party programme here on Monday.The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahemdabad, also known as the Motera Stadium, is the largest cricket stadium in the world with a seating capacity of 132,000 spectators.Banerjee also launched a scathing attack against the Union government over pending central dues under various centrally-sponsored schemes.“They have withheld payments for the 100-day job scheme under MGNREGA.Those who worked under this scheme could not…

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) A 14-year-old Delhi girl has set a new powerlifting world record in the recently-held WPC World Championships at Manchester in the UK. Ishti Kaur, a Class 10 student of GD Goenka School in Delhi, has registered the record by pulling a 95-kg deadlift in the 44 kg weight class in the Teenage category.The World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) world championships were held in Manchester from October 31 to November 5. A total of 20 countries, including India, and around 600 players (10 from India) participated in the event.Ishti is trained by her father, Daljeet Singh (45),…

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is the biggest thing to happen to the sport that originated in the dusty fields of the Indian villages since kabaddi made it to the Asian Games in 1990. The PKL has given a new platform to players from the hinterland as well as from foreign countries many of whom have gone on to become the top stars of kabaddi in the last 10 years.Amongst the Pro Kabaddi League’s lightning young prodigies, stands 5 feet 10-inch-tall raider, who has taken the league by storm ever since his entry in 2018. Naveen…

San Francisco, Nov 6 (IANS) Palo Alto Networks on Monday confirmed it has acquired Israel-based Talon Cyber Security, a pioneer of Enterprise Browser technology, reportedly for $625 million.Last week, Palo Alto Networks acquired cloud data specialist Dig Security reportedly for around $400 million.Talon’s Enterprise Browser provides an innovative, cutting-edge solution that, when combined with “Prisma SASE”, will enable users to securely access business applications from any device, including mobile and other non-corporate devices, while delivering seamless user experiences.“Integrating Talon with Prisma SASE will enable Palo Alto Networks to securely connect all users and devices to all applications, including private applications,…

San Francisco, Nov 6 (IANS) Amid the controversy surrounding a reported morphed video of actor Rashmika Mandanna that went viral on the social media, a new report has claimed that artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling an unprecedented boom this year in fake pornographic images and videos.The easy-to-use AI tools can “undress” people in photographs or seamlessly swap a face into a pornographic video, reports The Washington Post. On the top 10 websites that host AI-generated porn photos, fake nudes have surged by more than 290 per cent since 2018, according to Genevieve Oh, an industry analyst. AI-generated porn videos have…

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) In some significant directions, the Bombay High Court on Monday directed that during Diwali festival, firecrackers can be burst only between 7-10 p.m. in view of the heavy air pollution and poor AQI in the city.A division bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Girish Kulkarni have asked all the municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to adhere to the directives to immediately tackle the AQI problem. The bench was hearing a suo motu PIL pertaining to the deteriorating air quality in Mumbai which has become a matter of huge concern in the past…

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi-NCR slightly improved on Monday evening with an overall Air Quality Index at 399, in the “very poor” category, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).The AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”; 51 and 100 “satisfactory”; 101 and 200 “moderate”; 201 and 300 “poor”; 301 and 400 “very poor”; and 401 and 500 “severe”. The Anand Vihar station remained in “severe” category with PM 10 at 403 while PM 2.5 reached at 362 while the CO was at 95, under “satisfactory”…

In the video, Devendra could be seen talking on a video call with a man, seeking transfer of crores of rupees from an unidentified person. The conversation mentions five different accounts for the transactions.The video purportedly showed Devendra engaging in a conversation over video call with a person regarding separate transactions of Rs 100 crore, Rs 18 crore and Rs 21 crore.While the state police or the Election Commission (EC) are yet to make any official statement regarding the authenticity of the video, the opposition Congress has trained its guns on Narendra Singh Tomar and the ruling BJP.Notably, the video…

QuackQuack’s Founder and CEO, Ravi Mittal, said, “We are rapidly growing and moving towards 30M users, and this study will help the newbies joining the online dating world navigate it more seamlessly. One new trend that we have been noticing these past few months is people are focusing on the quality of their connection instead of the quantity of matches they get, which wasn’t the case a few years back. It shows a growth in maturity among the daters today.”Quality over QuantityIn the digital world, the quality of interaction is more important than the quantity, say 37 percentof daters from…