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After eight years in business Zara closed its influential SoBo store based in South Mumbai’s Fort district. The store sign that announced the closure spread throughout social media platforms. Zara paid ₹3 crore every month to maintain its clothing shop location. Zara leased the property for 21 years starting from 2016 by agreeing to pay ₹2.25 crore each month. In the first five months Zara received free rental payments from the space owner. After the first three years of the 21-year period the lease agreement established annual rent increases of 5%. The current monthly rent amounts to ₹3,01,52,152 while the…
The top Indian corporations paying taxes in 2024-25 will operate within a sustained 6.7% growth environment while outperforming global estimates of 2.7% according to the World Bank report from January 2025. The most valuable Indian companies identified by Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 now total US$3.8 trillion (Rs 324 lakh crore) based on their recent evaluation data which demonstrates a 40% enhancement. The combined sales volume of US$1 trillion from these firms generated an 11% increase in revenue which automatically led to higher corporate tax obligations and positively affected overall corporate tax revenue growth. These companies provided 19% of the…
Virat Kohli, the ultimate master of chasing targets in one-day formats, illuminated yet again the world of white-ball cricket with his unconquered desire for extra runs. Especially since he picked himself up from the ashes of a pretty non-descript form for a memorable hundred against Pakistan, the archrivals in the ICC Champions Trophy. The Dubai International Stadium came alive witnessing Virat Kohli mastering the art of run-chases where a procession of records was rewritten, leading him to surpass Ricky Ponting as the third-highest run-scorer in international cricket and to chalk up a stupendous 14,000 ODI runs. As the Virat Kohli…
Seven USAID-funded projects consisting of $750 million will be utilized in the budget year 2023-24 according to Finance Ministry annual reports. The USAID works with the government of India to execute seven projects totaling $750 million (approximately) through 2023-24 funding according to the Finance Ministry annual report for this fiscal year. In financial year 2023-24 USAID allocated a total fund of $97 million (about Rs 825 crore) through its seven project initiatives according to recent reports. The Department of Economic Affairs through its Finance Ministry role as bilateral funding nodal department released comprehensive information about funded projects during 2023-24. Voter…
During the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday Virat Kohli of the Indian cricket team destroyed Sachin Tendulkar’s amazing record to gain an exceptional achievement. In 287 innings Virat Kohli achieved the fastest time that a batter has acquired 14,000 ODI runs thereby taking the record from Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar maintained the record previously because he needed 350 innings to reach 14,000 runs before Sachin held it. Kumar Sangakkara from Sri Lanka stands alone as the second batter to reach 14,000 ODI runs while requiring 378 innings to do so. Kohli earned the record for…
A while back, a person posted an obnoxious message sent to him by an executive of State Bank of India (SBI) Credit Card over X (formerly Twitter). It was in regard to his pending payment on the credit card. Shocked at this, SBI customer Rattan Dhillon posted, “The audacity to send something like this is unbelievable… This is unacceptable behavior and the bank owes me an apology… This is totally ridiculous.” An apology was offered to the customer by SBI Card and said, “Hi, we sincerely regret the inconvenience caused. We have taken a note of it & Our representative…
According to an official statement on Thursday, 10 kilograms of high-grade heroin worth more than Rs 50 crore in the international market was recovered from three arrested persons in Manipur. According to the Delhi Police Special Cell, with the arrest of Mitralal Khatiwoda alias Manoj (45), Krishna Neopani (21), and Akash Karki (25), all residents of Manipur, an inter-state narcotic syndicate was dismantled. DCP, Special Cell, Amit Kaushik said, the Special Cell unit was monitoring an inter-state drug network operating in Manipur, West Bengal, the UP, and Delhi-NCR. The syndicate was engaged in smuggling heroin from Myanmar into India through…
Weddings in India are a grand affair with multiple days filled with rituals and colorful celebrations. With such a rich cultural mix, every region and community provides its own peculiarities. A couple recently celebrated their diverse regional backgrounds by turning their wedding invitation into a tribute to unity, calling it the “Bharat Jodo Vivah.” It takes inspiration from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, an initiative to unify different cultures and communities. The couple went deeply into showcasing their diverse regional backgrounds in the wedding invite: Abhilasha is from Jammu and Bengal and Vinal has roots in Punjab and…
Davi Nunes Moreira became the first victim of death from attempting an online butterfly challenge at age 14. The New York Post reported that Moreira injected dead butterfly material combined with water solution resulting in medical emergencies that led to his death. Authorities are investigating how toxins from dead butterfly remains may have triggered septic shock that led to his death during their investigation of Moreira’s death. Police started their official investigation but have not established if Moreira followed any online challenge directly. Experts indicated he rejected involvement in the trend until the time of his demise. Local news outlets…
The Bharatiya Janata Party announced Rekha Gupta’s name as the leader of the House, meaning Delhi’s wait for its new chief minister finally ends today. She will take oath in a grand ceremony scheduled for February 20 at the Ramlila Maidan. The decision was taken at a meeting of all the newly elected BJP MLAs at the party headquarters in New Delhi last Wednesday evening. BJP leaders say the entire cabinet would also be sworn in along with the chief minister on Thursday. The ceremony will start at 11 am. Lt Governor VK Saxena will administered oath of office to…