Month: May 2019

Rupee opens marginally higher in early trade

Mumbai : The rupee recovered marginally and opened 9 paise higher at 70.43 against the US dollar Tuesday amid weak global cues and foreign fund outflows. The rupee opened at 70.43 at the interbank forex market, displaying gains of 9 paise over its last close. The rupee Monday fell […]

Tar balls on Goa beaches may harm human beings: Study

Panaji : The tar balls surfacing annually on Goa’s beaches are home to pathogens that might be harmful to marine life and eventually to human beings through fish consumption, according to a new study. Scientists from the state-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) have been sampling water and sediments […]

Sensex, Nifty open lower on weak domestic, global cues

Mumbai :  Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty started on a choppy note Tuesday tracking downbeat global market sentiment and foreign fund outflows. The BSE gauge Sensex fell 61.88 points to trade at 37,028 in early deals, while the NSE Nifty declined 18.45 points to 11,129.75. On […]

Three killed as wall collapses in Jodhpur

Jodhpur : Three members of a family were killed while another was injured when the wall of an under-construction house collapsed following a dust storm here, officials said Tuesday. District Magistrate Prakash Rajpurohit said the three were sleeping on the terrace of their house when the incident occurred on […]

INOX Leisure Scripts History With Exceptional Results

MUMBAI, India : INOX Leisure scripts history with exceptional results Highlights for FY ended on 31st March 2019 Total revenues from operations rise 26% to Rs. 1692 Crores. EBITDA grows 47% to Rs.309 Crores Operational PAT grows 112% to Rs. 129 Crores excluding tax write back Record addition […]

‘Modi wave’ coming from every home in India: PM, steps up attack on Cong

Ratlam(MP)/Solan(HP)/Bathinda(Pb) :  Crisscrossing three Hindi heartland states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said a ‘Modi wave’ is coming from every home in India and also escalated the attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. As the row over Gandhi’s close aide Sam Pitroda’s ‘hua to […]

Nadal: ‘I have not played well enough’ as Tsitsipas in Madrid final

Novak Djokovic will play Stefanos Tsitsipas for the Madrid Open title after the 20-year-old Greek stunned Rafael Nadal on Saturday to win a thrilling semi-final 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 on his fourth match point. Nadal had been a clear favourite to face Djokovic in Sunday’s showpiece at Caja Magica […]

Trump to China: Trade deal now or it will be ‘far worse’ after 2020

President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should strike a trade deal with the United States now, otherwise an agreement would be “far worse for them if it has to be negotiated in my second term.” Washington and Beijing are locked in a trade battle that […]

UN confirms Yemen aid port withdrawal underway

The UN confirmed a withdrawal by Yemen’s Huthi rebels from three Red Sea ports had begun Saturday, while a senior pro-government official accused the rebels of faking the pullout. The rebel pullback is a first step in implementing a hard-won ceasefire deal reached between Yemen’s internationally-recognised government and […]

US-China standoff heralds risky shake-up of global order: analysts

Flaring tensions between Washington and Beijing are raising the prospect of new global diplomatic and economic fault lines, with consequences that analysts say could pose unfamiliar challenges to world leaders. From an escalating trade war to an influence struggle in the South China Sea, “we’ve entered a period […]

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