Indian equity markets opened on a higher note during the early morning trade session on Tuesday as broadly positive global cues and healthy buying in banking, automobile and healthcare stocks buoyed investors’ sentiments. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 45 points or 0.50 per cent to 9,090.20 points. The […]
Judge Neil Gorsuch, US President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, may fall short of the votes needed for his Senate confirmation next week, a media report said. Gorsuch, 59, needs 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle required of high-court confirmations in the Senate, but Republicans, who hold just 52 seats, may not have the […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed Republican lawmakers from the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus for the failure of a Republican healthcare plan to replace former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, after blaming Democrats for the loss on Friday. “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth […]
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised here on Sunday. Thousands of people joined rallies nationwide, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over corruption allegations, BBC reported. At least 500 other protesters were detained in the capital and across the country. In a tweet after […]
An e-rickshaw driver has been arrested under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for raping a seven-year-old girl in south Delhi, police said on Sunday. Accused Romi Rana, 27, of Tughlaqabad village was arrested on Saturday night after the girl and her younger brother narrated the incident to their mother. The […]
Border trade between India and Myanmar was disrupted on Sunday for several hours along the international border in Manipur due to protest by villagers on the Indian side. However, the stand-off was resolved after talks at the official level. Police said a large number of villagers of Haollenphai near the international border shouted slogans against […]
The Reserve Bank of India currently has no plans of introducing new denomination currencies, a senior RBI official said on Sunday. “Presently RBI has no idea to introduce currencies of new denominations. The central banking institution wants to encourage cashless transactions, which are helpful to the people”, RBI Deputy Governor N.S. Vishwanathan said while speaking […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday opened lower. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 81.81 points or 0.28 per cent lower soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 28.45 points or 0.31 per cent lower at 9,079.55 points. The Sensex of the BSE, which opened […]
US-backed Syrian rebels have taken control of a key airbase held by the Islamic State group near its stronghold Raqqa. According to BBC, spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Talal Sello, on Sunday said they had seized Tabqa airport from militants. It comes as the Kurdish-led fighters advance on Raqqa, IS’s self-declared capital. Earlier […]
Spanish Defence Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal has reaffirmed Madrid’s commitment to spend two per cent of its GDP on defence, but not before the 2024 deadline established by NATO. Cospedal on Thursday met US Defence Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon here, Efe news reported. The Spanish official said at a press conference afterwards […]