Auditor: Professor owes nearly $2,000 after 'Scholar Strike'

Mississippi’s state auditor is demanding that a University of Mississippi professor pay nearly $2,000 after a two-day work stoppage to protest police brutality and other racial inequities

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Maruti Suzuki Sales Rise 1.7% In November To Over 1.53 Lakh Units

The domestic sales of the country's largest carmaker increased marginally to 1,44,219 units last month, as compared to 1,43,686 units in November 2019

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COVID-19 Impact: Manufacturing Recovery Declines In November, PMI At 56.3

Economy contracted by 7.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, compared to 23.9 per cent decline in the previous quarter with some recovery signs in the manufacturing sector

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GST Collection At Rs 1.05 Lakh Crore In November

The government said on Tuesday that it collected Rs 1,04,963 crore in goods and services tax (GST) revenue in November.

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Reserve Bank Of India Seen Holding Rates, Liquidity Stance Watched

Economists expect the RBI to announce measures to help tweak market rates through liquidity absorption operations or giving increased access to the reverse repo window to more market participants.

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Ashok Leyland Sales Rise 5% In November

The rise in sales came on the back of outperformance of light commercial vehicle business which registered an annual gain of 32 per cent.

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Bajaj Auto Records 5% Rise In November Sales To Over 4.22 Lakh Units

Bajaj Auto recorded sales of3.85 lakh units of two-wheelers in November 2020, registering a 12 per cent growth as compared to the corresponding month last year.

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Coronavirus robs biblical Bethlehem of Christmas cheer

The coronavirus has cast a pall over Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, all but shutting down the biblical town revered as Jesus’ birthplace at the height of the normally cheery holiday season

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Nifty, Sensex Rise On Economic Recovery Signs; Auto Sales Data Eyed

The NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.48 per cent to 13,031 by 0454 GMT and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.51 per cent at 44,375.48,

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ICICI Lombard Gets Nod From Insurance Regulator To Acquire Bharti AXA

The deal will create India's third largest non-life insurance company, with a combined annual premium of Rs 16,447 crore and a market share of nearly 8.7 per cent.

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Auto Stocks Trade Mixed Ahead of November Sales Numbers

On the stock-specific front, Bosch, MRF, Eicher Motors and Tata Motors gained 0.7 per cent to 1.7 per cent each on the NSE, while Hero Motocorp, M&M and Maruti Suzuki shed 0.6 per cent to 0.9 per cent...

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Study: Students falling behind in math during pandemic

New research shows students have fallen behind in math since the pandemic disrupted school, while most are progressing at a normal pace in reading

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Dec. 1, the 336th day of 2020. There are 30 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by Blacks. On this date: In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.) In 1860, the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations” was first published in weekly serial form. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, in which he called for the abolition of slavery, and went on to say, “Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves.” In 1941, Japan’s...

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