Global cues push equity markets higher

Global cues push equity markets higher

Positive Asian cues, along with value buying pushed the key indices of the Indian equity market higher during the early morning trade session on Monday. According to market observers, healthy buying was witnessed in automobile, capital goods and oil and gas stocks. At 9.30 a.m., the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE traded […]

EC squads seize cash, liquor, gold in Karnataka

EC squads seize cash, liquor, gold in Karnataka

The Election Commission’s surveillance and flying squads have seized over Rs 9.9 lakh in cash, 18.9 litres of liquor and 2.4kg gold in poll-bound Karnataka, said an official on Saturday. “The flying squads have seized Rs 9,91,700 cash, 18.9 litres of liquor, eight silk sarees, 2.4kg gold (worth over Rs 49 lakh) in the past […]

Google helps Delhi Police to identify sender of alert

Google helps Delhi Police to identify sender of alert

The Delhi Police SIT, investigating the CBSE paper leaks case, has got a response by Google team which helped them identify the man who has sent the mail to alert the Board Chairman Anita Karwal, a police officer said. The police officer, speaking anonymity because he was not authorised to give probe details, said: “The […]

Russia expels 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia expels 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia has decided to expel 60 US diplomats and close the American Consulate in St. Petersburg in retaliation to a similar move by Washington against Moscow over the former-spy poisoning incident in Britain, media reports said. The 60 diplomats — 58 from the US mission in Moscow and two from Yekaterinburg — were declared “persona […]

Indian accused of smuggling fake journalists into Australia

Indian accused of smuggling fake journalists into Australia

An Indian national has been charged with people smuggling after allegedly attempting to sneak a team of fake journalists into Brisbane, Australian authorities said Thursday. The group was posing as a media contingent coming to the state of Queensland to cover the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which start on the Gold Coast on April 4, CNN […]

Moon-Kim to meet on April 27

Moon-Kim to meet on April 27

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet on April 27 for the first time since 2007, the two countries announced on Thursday after high-level talks. The two leaders will meet at the Peace House on the southern side of the border village of Panmunjom, Yonhap News Agency quoted an […]

Abbas blames Israel, US for Mideast peace deadlock

Abbas blames Israel, US for Mideast peace deadlock

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday held both Israel and the US responsible for the deadlock in the Middle East peace process, Palestinian media reported. Abbas’ remarks were made in a meeting with Foreign Minister of Morocco Nasser Bourita in the West Bank city of Ramallah, saying that the Israeli measures and the unfair US […]

S. Africa to investigate Indian family’s citizenship

S. Africa to investigate Indian family’s citizenship

South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs said on Tuesday it will institute a full-scale inquiry into the Indian Gupta family’s citizenship. Terms of reference for an inquiry will be drawn up once all information has been gathered from the Home Affairs Department and Parliament, said Acting Committee Chairperson Donald Gumede, Xinhua reported. “The […]

EU lawmakers continue fact-finding trip to West Bank

EU lawmakers continue fact-finding trip to West Bank

Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday continued their fact-finding trip to the occupied West Bank a day after their visit to the city of Hebron coincided with the takeover of two Palestinian homes there by Israeli settlers. The socialist MEP delegation, headed by Elena Valenciano of Spain, is attempting to gauge the Israeli occupation’s […]

Cyber attacks pose serious threat to financial system: FINMA

Cyber attacks pose serious threat to financial system: FINMA

Cyber attacks are now the most serious threat facing the Swiss financial system, the CEO of the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said Tuesday. “The risks connected with these attacks are growing with the pace of global digitalization,” Xinhua quoted the Chief Executive Mark Branson as saying. “Cyber attacks are now the most serious […]