Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Friday following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 107.47 points or 0.34 per cent higher during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 27.75 points or 0.28 per cent higher at 9,916.45 points. […]
The death toll in a suicide attack at a shrine in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has increased to 20 with more than 30 others injured, authorities said on Friday. The toll was confirmed early Friday morning by the district authorities, reports Dawn news. The explosion took place on Thursday evening at the entrance to the Pir […]
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has warned that if India launched a surgical strike on the countrys nuclear installations, nobody should expect restraint from Islamabad either, the media reported on Friday. Asif’s made the remarks on Thursday in response to Indian Air Force chief B.S. Dhanoa’s statement on Wednesday that if India needed to […]
Betting big on the best combination of artificial intelligence (AI), software and hardware, Google on Wednesday launched Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones and refreshed Daydream View virtual reality (VR) headset for India. Pixel 2 comes in just black, clearly white and kinda blue colours while Pixel 2 XL has just black and black […]
The fundamental mutual interests of Moscow and Washington, including fighting terrorism, will help to improve their relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Addressing a plenary session of the Russian Energy Week (REW), which kicked off in Moscow on October 3, Putin said the two countries share fundamental interests, including energy policies, fighting cybercrime, […]
Amid rumours of rift between himself and US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he never considered leaving his post and was committed to Trump’s foreign policy goals. The news came out after NBC News reported that Tillerson almost resigned after he had called the President a “moron”. “I’m not going […]
The governments of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay launched a joint bid to host the 2030 Football World Cup in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina, Tabare Vazquez of Uruguay and Horacio Cartes of Paraguay met at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, along with FIFA president Gianni Infantino and the president of […]
The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas gunman who killed 59 people in one of the deadliest mass shootings in history, has said that she had no prior knowledge of the attack, the media reported. In her first public statement since the Las Vegas massacre took place on Sunday night, Marilou Danley, 62, on […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that he has no plans to resign and will not do so and reaffirmed his commitment towards President Donald Trump, the media reported. At a State Department press conference on Wednesday, Tillerson also denied reports that Vice President Mike Pence had to urge him to stay in the […]
The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained its hawkish stand refusing to cut rates in view of the rising inflationary pressure and concerns over fiscal slippage. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 31,671.71 points on Wednesday, opened higher at […]