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Sensex drops over 100 points on global selloff, profit-booking

Mumbai :  The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 100 points in early session Tuesday, breaking its three-day winning run as metal, IT, realty and banking stocks retreated, tracking sell-off in the global market. The 30-share index dropped 104.41 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 35,670.47 points in opening trade. […]

Ex-Bihar minister Manju Verma surrenders before court

Begusarai (Bihar) :  Former Bihar minister Manju Verma, who had been evading arrest in an Arms Act case lodged in the course of investigations in the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal, surrendered before a court here Tuesday. Verma reached the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Prabhat Trivedi in […]

IMF demands details of Pakistan’s financial assistance deal with China: Report

Islamabad : The IMF has demanded Pakistan provide all details of China’s financial support to the cash-strapped country to avail a bailout package from it, according to media reports. The International Monetary Fund mission is in Pakistan and holding talks with officials over arranging an unspecified amount to help […]

Equality means ending global pandemic’ of violence against women: UN chief

United Nations :  The world cannot pride itself on being fair and equal until women and girls can live free of fear, violence and insecurity, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said. Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic, the UN Secretary-General said at a special event here […]

Xi visits Philippines as China, US wrangle for supremacy

Manila :  Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in the Philippines Tuesday for his first state visit to the country, a traditional US ally that is a key prize as Beijing and Washington jostle for supremacy in the Pacific. China won a windfall partner with the 2016 election of President […]

White House restores full press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta

Washington : The White House has restored the full press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, less than two weeks after it temporarily suspended them following the journalist’s altercation with President Donald Trump during a news conference. The Trump administration’s decision came after a judge ordered that Acosta could […]

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