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Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex and NSE Nifty Friday started on a volatile note tracking heavy selling on pharma and banking banking counters amid weakening rupee. After opening marginally higher, the 30-share index turned negative and was trading 79.53 points, or 0.22 per cent, lower at 36,294.55 in […]
Beijing : China’s southwest Tibet Autonomous Region has registered a steep 79 per cent decline in illegal entry and exit of Tibetans in the second half of last year due to a crackdown, state media reported Friday. Over decades, Tibetans have been crossing the remote Himalayan region from the […]
Ottawa : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed calls for the release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi after meeting his wife on Friday, calling the issue “a priority” for him and all Canadians. Trudeau said Canadians’ view of Saudi Arabia had been defined in part by its treatment of Badawi, […]
Washington : An Indian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur, Gurinder Singh Khalsa, has been presented with the prestigious Rosa Park Trailblazer award for his campaign that forced US authorities change their policy towards headgear of the Sikh community. Indianapolis-based Khalsa, 45, was presented the award for his continued demonstration of courage […]
Washington : US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in late February on Pyongyang dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes, the White House has announced. The two leaders had met on June 12 last year in Singapore for the first summit. […]
United Nations : United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a “meaningful dialogue” to resolve their issues. The UN chief, speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, also said he has been offering his “good offices in […]
Bhubaneswar : The Union government is developing a Common Alert Protocol (CAP) system to warn people about impending thunderstorm and lightning strikes, which account for the second highest number of natural disaster deaths in India, a top official has said. K J Ramesh, the director general of meteorology, India […]
New Delhi : Delhiites woke up to a chilly morning with the minimum temperature settling at 5.7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. “The maximum temperature is forecast to be 22 degrees Celsius, two notches above the normal, while the minimum was recorded at 5.7 degrees Celsius,” […]
Kota (Rajasthan) : A 17-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh was shot Friday in a tiff over money matters here, police said. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar area of the city when a former friend of the injured shot him while he was returning home. […]
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to give away cattle received from the military farms to the families living below the poverty line, officials said Friday. The decision was taken here at a meeting of defence representatives and officers of animal husbandry department, chaired by advisor […]
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