Month: July 2019

Fire in Janakpuri building, over 70 people rescued

New Delhi, Jul 30: More than 70 persons were evacuated after a fire broke out in a building that houses several coaching centres in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Tuesday, said a senior officer from the Delhi Fire Service. A call about the fire was received around 11.50 am and […]

Assam flood situation improving

Guwahati, Jul 30: The flood situation in Assam, where 86 people have died in the current wave of deluge, improved considerably on Tuesday as water levels in all major rivers started receding and no death was reported in the past 24 hours. Assam State Disaster Management Authority said 864 […]

Maharashtra: Four MLAs resign, set to join BJP ahead of polls

Mumbai, Jul 30: Four opposition Congress-NCP legislators in Maharashtra resigned from the State Assembly on Tuesday, amid talk of their joining the ruling BJP. NCP MLAs Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale (Satara), Vaibhav Pichad (Akole) and Sandeep Naik (Airoli) and Congress MLA Kalidas Kolambkar (Naigaon) handed over their resignation letters separately to […]

Sensex ends 196 pts lower on weak global cues

Mumbai, Jul 29: Equity benchmark Sensex fell by 197 points on Monday, tracking weak global cues and unabated foreign fund outflows. Similarly, the NSE gauge Nifty slipped by 95 points.  Auto stocks were at the receiving end with investor sentiment taking a hit after the government proposed a hike […]

Draft Notification Issued Allowing Motor Vehicles and their Parts to be Affixed with Microdots

open view news desk The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued a draft notification GSR 521(E) dated 24thJuly 2019, amending Central Motor Vehicle Rules,allowing motor vehicles and their parts, components, assemblies, sub-assemblies to be affixed with permanent and nearly invisible microdots that can be read physically […]

India’s renewable energy cost lowest in Asia Pacific: WoodMac

India’s renewable energy cost is the lowest in the Asia Pacific, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Monday. India’s levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) using solar photovoltaic has fallen to $38 per megawatt hour (MWh) this year, 14% cheaper than coal-fired power that has traditionally been the cheapest source […]

Protests over worker deaths paralyse production at some Coal India mines

BHUBANESWAR – Members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have mounted protests that have paralysed production at one of India’s biggest coalfields following a deadly accident last week. The BJP workers have been staging sit-down protests and waving flags at state-run Coal India Ltd’s mines […]

India bond yields fall as finance minister backs rate cuts, reaffirms foreign bond issue plan

MUMBAI – Indian bond yields dropped sharply on Monday after the finance minister said the government won’t change its plan to issue sovereign bonds and that she hopes the Reserve Bank of India makes more rate cuts. “I’ll honestly wish (for a) rate cut … and yes, a […]

Israel invests in high-tech upgrades at West Bank crossings

QALANDIA CROSSING, West Bank — It’s just after 6 a.m. and a Palestinian man’s face is momentarily bathed in crimson light, not by the sun rising over the mountains of Jordan, but by a facial recognition scanner at an Israeli checkpoint near Jerusalem. The Israeli military has installed […]

Priests accused of sex abuse turned to under-the-radar group

DRYDEN, Mich. — The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse across from an elementary school playground. Neighbors had no idea some of the dressed-down clergymen […]

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