New Delhi : Shares of IT major Infosys fell nearly 5 per cent Monday after the company’s March 2019 quarter earnings failed to cheer investors. The scrip made a weak opening and dropped 4.56 per cent to Rs 713.70 as the trade progressed on the BSE. At the NSE, […]
Mumbai : The rupee fell 7 paise to 69.24 against the US dollar in opening trade Monday on increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks. Forex dealers said strengthening of the American currency in the overseas market weighed on the domestic unit. However, sustained foreign fund inflows […]
New Delhi : Shares of diagnostic chain Metropolis Healthcare Limited Monday made their market debut by rallying 9 per cent against the issue price of Rs 880 per share. The company’s scrip debuted at Rs 960, a sharp gain of 9 per cent from the issue price on the […]
Mumbai : Domestic equity benchmarks started on a positive note Monday led by gains in IT bellwether TCS, amid sustained foreign fund inflow and positive global cues. After rising over 100 points in early session, the 30-share index was trading 67.91 points or 0.18 per cent higher at 38,835.02. […]
Washington : US President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military comes into force on Friday following a protracted legal battle. Trump’s administration has insisted that there is “too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality” to allow transgender people to serve — reversing a […]
Pyongyang : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he’s open to having a third summit with President Donald Trump if the United States could offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement by the end of the year. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency on Saturday said Kim’s speech […]
Jakarta : Dipping their fingers in halal ink to prevent double voting, Indonesians cast their ballots Wednesday in a bitterly contested presidential election, with the main rival to incumbent Joko Widodo already threatening to challenge the result over voter-fraud claims. The Muslim-majority nation’s biggest-ever polls — with more than […]
Khartoum : Sudanese protesters on Sunday demanded the country’s military rulers “immediately” hand power over to a civilian government that should then bring ousted leader Omar al-Bashir to justice. Thousands remained encamped outside Khartoum’s army headquarters to keep up pressure on a military council that took power after ousting […]
Kuala Lumpur : Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday a Chinese company building a rail link across peninsula Malaysia will jointly help to manage, operate and maintain the network that will help reduce the country’s financial burden. The East Coast Rail Link was suspended after Mahathir’s alliance swept into […]
Bhubaneswar : Unidentified miscreants have gunned down a local BJP leader in Odishas Khurda town, triggering protest from the saffron party. The deceased has been identified as Manguli Jena, BJP’s mandal president of Khurda zone-9, the police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday midnight when Jena […]
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