The key Indian equity indices on Tuesday touched fresh record levels for the second straight day with healthy buying in auto and metal stocks. Minutes into trade, both the S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 hit their all-time highs of 37,876.87 points and 11,428.95 points respectively. At 9.25 a.m., the wider Nifty50 traded 11,405.75 points, […]
Intermittent rains in most parts of Uttar Pradesh continued on Tuesday bringing the temperature down, the Met said as it forecast heavy showers in the eastern and central parts of the state in the next 24 hours till Wednesday. There would be off and on rains here on Tuesday, leading to further drop in the […]
The Earth is at risk of falling into an irreversible greenhouse state due to global warming, which would make several regions of the planet uninhabitable for humans, an international study revealed on Tuesday. The study led by Will Steffen from the Australian National University (ANU) warned that this situation could result in temperatures rising to […]
A small batch of 454 pilgrims on Tuesday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley as the annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after remaining suspended for two days, officials said. Police said the yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 11 vehicles. This includes pilgrims going to both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps. […]
Virat Kohli has achieved another personal milestone by becoming the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, which were released on Sunday morning following the conclusion of the Edgbaston Test. Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India’s 31-run defeat and has […]
Key equity indices – BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — touched fresh all-time highs on Monday, supported by healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and auto stocks. Both the Sensex and Nifty50 hit their all-time highs of 37,801.78 points and 11,427.00 points respectively. According to analysts, broadly positive global cues also supported the gains. At […]
Australia’s indigenous leaders have accused Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government of “humiliating” them by refusing to establish an indigenous advisory body to parliament. Turnbull on Sunday ruled out supporting a referendum on enshrining the body in the constitution, Xinhua news agency reported. The advisory body proposal was first agreed to by delegates from 250 indigenous […]
Six US senators have written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking about the tech giant’s reported plan to create a censored Chinese version of its search engine. “What has changed since 2010 to make Google comfortable cooperating with the rigorous censorship regime in China?” asked the senators, including Florida Republican Marco Rubio, Fortune reported on […]
Saudi Arabia announced that it was expelling the Ambassador of Canada and froze new trade deals with the country after Ottawas criticism of human-rights violations in the Islamic Kingdom. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday that it it was recalling its ambassador in Canada for consultation and simultaneously declared the Canadian Ambassador Dennis […]
Life across the Kashmir Valley remained adversely affected for the second consecutive day due to a separatist-called protest shutdown on Monday. Separatist conglomerate, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for the protest shutdown to voice support for Article 35A. The article has been challenged in the Supreme Court. A petition seeking abrogation of this article […]