Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex Tuesday rallied over 300 points tracking positive cues from other Asian markets amid heavy buying by domestic institutional investors. Market sentiment was also upbeat after government data revealed that retail inflation dropped to an 18-month low of 2.19 per cent in December 2018, […]
Mumbai : The rupee depreciated by 10 paise and fell below the 71 per dollar mark in opening trade Tuesday amid strengthening greenback, sustained foreign fund outflows and surging crude oil prices. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened weak at Rs 70.79 then fell further to 71.02 […]
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has unexpectedly left for the US for a medical check up relating to his kidney ailment, sources said. Jaitley, who had undergone a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018, had not travelled abroad in last nine months. He was scheduled to […]
Hong Kong : Hong Kong scientists claim they have made a potential breakthrough discovery in the fight against infectious diseases – a chemical that could slow the spread of deadly viral illnesses. A team from the University of Hong Kong described the newly discovered chemical as “highly potent in […]
Seoul : A top North Korean diplomat was travelling to Sweden Tuesday, she told reporters, as speculation mounts over the next summit between the isolated state’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. Choe Son Hui, a North Korean vice-minister of foreign affairs, landed in Beijing on […]
Washington : Groups of mice sent aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may help better understand the process of ageing in space and on Earth, according to NASA. The investigation will provide space-flown samples to scientists from academia, industry and government agencies, who have agreed to share their data […]
United Nations : India’s creative goods exports nearly tripled from USD 7.4 billion in 2005 to USD 20.2 billion in 2014, making it one of the world’s leading exporters of such products in the top 10 developing economies, according to a UN report. China is the biggest single exporter […]
Washington : Donald Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, a media report said Tuesday, days after the US President said he received a “great letter” from the reclusive North Korean leader, amid talks about a second summit between them on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. Kim and […]
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala Lokayukta has admitted a complaint alleging misuse of Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) and issued notice to Pinarayi Vijayan and other state ministers on it. A full bench comprising Lokayukta Justice Pius C Kuriakose, and Upa-lokayuktas Justices K P Balachandran and A K Basheer, […]
Mathura (UP) : A high power committee appointed by the Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a slew of steps, including establishment of fodder bank, to overcome stray cattle menace in the state, the committee chairman said. In order to reduce the price of products prepared from excreta of stray […]
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