New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday sought a response of the Delhi University on a plea which alleged that the varsity was not providing maternity leave to its ad hoc female professors. The petition, by a female professor of Aurbindo College here, contended that under the Maternity […]
New Delhi : A city court hearing the 2016 JNU sedition case Saturday observed that the city police’s role regarding sanction was complete and it will now ask the Delhi government about the same. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat made the observation after being told by police that sanction […]
Mumbai : The rupee appreciated by 16 paise Friday to close at 69.14 against the US dollar on persistent foreign fund inflows and heavy buying in domestic equities. A positive trend in the global equity markets, driven by optimism surrounding the ongoing US-China trade talks, also propped up the […]
New Delhi : Telecom regulator Trai Friday began a industry-wide discussion to review terms and conditions for registration of other service providers (OSPs), offering services such as tele-banking, tele-medicine, tele-education, ecommerce, call centre, and other IT enabled services. In its latest consultation paper — that was initiated following […]
Kathmandu : Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Oli on Friday urged foreign investors, including from India and China, to invest in the Himalayan nation, saying it required around USD 88 billion business in the next five years to graduate from the category of Least Developed Countries to the Lower […]
Mumbai : The BSE Sensex climbed over 127 points to finish at 38,672.91 Friday — the last trading day of fiscal 2018-19 during which the benchmark posted a rise of 17.30 per cent. The broader NSE Nifty closed at 11,623.90, capping off the financial year with a gain of […]
Chennai : Prices of all commodities remained unchanged in the wholesale foodgrain market here today. Following are the wholesale rates of various agri-commodities (rates in rupees per quintal, unless stated otherwise):Thoor Dal Rs 8,400, Urad Dal Rs 7,200, Moong Dal Rs 7,800, Gram Dal Rs 5,400, Sugar Rs 3,450, […]
Hanoi : Vietnam has seized more than nine tonnes of suspected ivory in a timber shipment from the Republic of Congo, customs officials said Friday, in one of the country’s largest illegal wildlife hauls in years. Though it is illegal to buy and sell ivory in communist Vietnam, lax […]
New York : A New York county which declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak is on the “right path” after administering hundreds of vaccinations in two days, the chief of the US district said on Friday. Under the emergency, Rockland County banned non-vaccinated minors from public […]
Bangkok : Six baby elephants separated from their parents and trapped in a muddy pit for days have been rescued by park rangers in rural Thailand, officials said Saturday. Patrolling rangers chanced upon the struggling herd in a national park east of Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon, park superintendent Prawatsart […]
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