New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to place on affidavit steps taken since September last year to set up a search committee for the Lokpal. The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to file the affidavit on the matter by January 17. “You […]
Mumbai : The rupee appreciated 34 paise to 69.86 against the US dollar in opening trade Friday amid weakening American currency and positive opening of the domestic equity market. Forex traders said, the American currency lost some ground against major currencies overseas, while on the domestic front, the equity […]
New Delhi : The government Friday indicated that printing of Rs 2,000 bank notes, introduced post-demonetisation in November 2016, has been stopped for now as there is enough stock in circulation. In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said printing of notes is planned as per the […]
Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex Friday rebounded nearly 200 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,700 mark, driven by recovery in auto, metal and banking stocks amid buying by domestic institutional investors. The 30-share index, however, pared some early gains and was trading 103.90 points, or 0.29 […]
New Delhi : The country’s services sector activity slowed slightly in December, as new work orders and business activity moderated from November’s recent high, while job creation saw a significant uptick, a monthly survey said Friday. The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index fell to 53.2 in […]
Washington : The US has urged its citizens travelling to China to exercise “increased caution” due to “arbitrary enforcement of local laws” and special restrictions on dual US-Chinese nationals, days after the detention of two Canadians by Chinese authorities. In an updated travel advisory, the US State Department said […]
Mexico City : Mexico called on the United States Thursday to investigate the use of force by border patrol agents against members of a Central American migrant caravan who tried to rush the US-Mexican border on New Year’s. “The foreign ministry sent a diplomatic cable today to the United […]
Islamabad : Pakistan and the US are discussing plans to hold a maiden meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump but it hinges on the “positive outcome” of the Pakistan-brokered talks to strike a peace deal in Afghanistan, a senior official here said. In his first […]
Beijing : China has developed a massive bomb, said to be the country’s answer to the US-built ‘Mother of All Bombs’, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon, official media reported on Friday. China’s defence industry giant NORINCO for the first time showcased the aerial bomb, the country’s largest non-nuclear bomb, […]
Washington : Veteran Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, considered an ardent supporter of India-US ties, has been elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second time, becoming the most powerful elected woman in the US. Pelosi, 78, second in line for the presidency, took the gavel as […]
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