Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) said on Friday it had sold a 0.8 per cent stake worth S$1.5 billion ($1.16 billion) in India's Bharti Airtel, as part of the Southeast Asian telecom company's ongoing asset restructuring strategy.

Singtel's unit Pastel sold 51 million shares of Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, at ₹2,030 ($23.10) apiece, representing a discount of about 3.1 per cent to Airtel's last close on Thursday.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday it is not the regulator’s job to take decisions for bank boards, speaking in the context of a wide range of reforms announced during the October review of the monetary policy.

The central bank last month announced 22 measures, including allowing banks to finance acquisitions, increasing limits on loans against shares.

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday observed that no blame could be directed to the pilot of the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12 this year, LiveLaw reported.

A two-judge bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition filed by Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, the father of Commander Sumeet Sabharwal.

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that public spaces such as educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands and depots, and railway stations must be fenced properly to prevent the entry of stray dogs, LiveLaw reported.

The court, in its order, also directed the state governments and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to remove stray animals from highways.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “great man” and suggesting he could visit India next year, according to Bloomberg.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said, “He’s a friend of mine, and we speak, and he wants me to go there, and we’ll figure that out, I’ll go.”

At 64.66 per cent, Bihar recorded the highest ever voter turnout in its electoral history on Thursday, the Election Commission (EC) said in a press statement issued in the evening after the conclusion of the Phase-I of polling on 121 of the total 243 seats.

The EC said that the voter turnout figure of 64.66 per cent was updated as of 8.15 pm with 1,570 presiding officers yet to update the figures on ECINet, suggesting that the turnout percentage could go further up.

Barely six months after ending a 17-year wait for their first Indian Premier League (IPL) title, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have been put up for sale by their parent company, Diageo.

The UK-based spirits giant confirmed the move in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday, announcing a “Strategic Review of Investment” in Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd (RCSPL), which owns both the men’s IPL and the women’s WPL franchises.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat socialist leader from Queens who won the New York City mayoral elections on Tuesday (local time), remembered Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory speech.

Mamdani, 34, quoted lines from Nehru's famous ‘A Tryst with Destiny’ speech, which was delivered on August 14, 1947, as India gained independence, marking the end of British rule.

Applying for a passport? You can now choose an e-passport - a digital upgrade that promises faster immigration checks, tighter security, and a smoother travel experience. India recently introduced this feature under the Ministry of External Affairs’ Passport Seva Programme 2.0, bringing the country in line with global travel standards.

Several senior politicians, including RJD leader and INDIA bloc's CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav and Union minister Giriraj Singh, were among those who cast their votes early during the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls on Thursday.

Tejashwi Yadav, along with his family members, including RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, cast his vote at a booth in Veterinary College in Patna.

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