Market on a roll: Sensex captures new heights; Nifty tops 12,050

Mumbai, Nov 25: Equity benchmark Sensex surged nearly 530 points to scale a new closing peak of 40,889.23 on Monday, buoyed by renewed optimism over US-China trade deal and government’s divestment measures to curb fiscal deficit. Further, reconstruction of Sensex indices and hopes of rate cut by the […]

Sri Lanka won’t do anything that will harm India’s interests: Prez Rajapaksa

Colombo, Nov 25: Sri Lanka will work with India and it won’t do anything that will harm its interests, newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said ahead of his visit to New Delhi later this week. Rajapaksa, who is considered pro-China, said he wanted Sri Lanka to be a […]

Taiwan ruling party says China ‘enemy of democracy’ after meddling allegations

TAIPEI – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s ruling party denounced China as an “enemy of democracy” on Monday following fresh claims of Chinese interference in the island’s politics ahead of presidential and legislative elections on Jan. 11. The allegations, reported by Australian media, were made by a Chinese asylum […]

Landslide democratic win puts pressure on leader of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s leader pledged to listen to public opinion on Monday and referred to deep-seated problems in society after a landslide election victory by opponents of Chinese rule amid months of sometimes violent pro-democracy unrest. Democratic candidates secured almost 90% of 452 district council seats […]

Iran stages pro-government rallies after days of violent unrest

DUBAI – Thousands of supporters of Iran’s clerical establishment rallied in Tehran on Monday, accusing the United States and Israel of instigating the most violent anti-government protests for a over a decade in the Islamic Republic. Thousands of young and working-class Iranians took to the streets on Nov. […]

AYUSH Ministry hosting WHO Meetings on developing Standardized Terminologies and Benchmarks documents of Practice for Traditional Medicine

open view news desk Ministry of AYUSH is hosting two important WHO meetings during the last week of November and first week of December 2019 at the Institute of Prost Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (IPGT & RA), Jamnagar, Gujarat and another is Morarji Desai National Institute […]

CM Tripura Shri Biplab Kumar Deb calls on DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

open view news desk The Chief Minister of Tripura, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh here today and discussed a wide range of […]

‘A friendly hand’: pope urges more help for Fukushima victims

Pope Francis on Monday urged renewed help for victims of Japan’s 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima disaster, warning “nobody can start over alone” as he noted “concern” over nuclear power. On the penultimate day of his Japan trip, the pontiff heard the stories of those who survived the […]

Hong Kong leader vows to ‘listen’ as voters send sharp rebuke to Beijing

Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader vowed Monday to “listen humbly” to voters after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has stirred months of violence. In a rout that stunned the semi-autonomous territory, candidates seeking […]

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