Negative global cues subdued the Indian equity markets during the early morning trade session on Friday. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was flat — marginally down by 0.20 points to 8,615.05 points. The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 27,983.14 points, traded at 27,872.67 points […]
The Democratic Party has accused the Republican Party of coordinating efforts, along with their presidential nominee Donald Trump, to intimidate minority voters intending to cast ballots in the November 8 elections and has filed a court motion on the matter. Sources on Thursday confirmed that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed a motion in […]
An enormous Antarctic bay, home to penguins and killer whales, became the world’s largest protected marine area on Friday. A UN body sealed the deal after five years of negotiations, at a meeting in Hobart, Tasmania. “It’s near pristine and how many near pristine parts of the ocean do we have left on the planet?” […]
Life expectancy in Australia has hit a new high, with babies born in 2015 expected to live two years longer than those born in 2005, according to a report issued on Friday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showed that life expectancy had hit 84.5 years for females and 80.4 years for males, but […]
Russia described the latest report by the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) in Syria as “unconvincing,” saying that the report is “not substantiated by sufficient testimonial basis”. “We can say now that in most cases they are not substantiated by sufficient testimonial basis, first of all material proof, they are full of contradictions and therefore, […]
The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan weakened to a six-year low against the US dollar on Friday. The central parity rate of the yuan weakened 122 basis points to 6.7858 against the US dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to […]
Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence had a narrow escape as his plane skidded off the runway while landing at LaGuardia airport in New York in heavy rain, media reports said. Emergency crews were on site but all passengers on the plane including Pence, were said to be fine. The plane, which was coming from Fort […]
Expanding the Surface family, Microsoft has unveiled Surface Studio, Surface Dial and a more powerful Surface Book along with an announcement that a major update is coming to more than 400 million Windows 10 devices in early 2017. “At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve […]
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied that the government forces are using chemical weapons during the ongoing battles in the country, media reports said. The ministry statement denied accusations made recently in a report inquiry by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which blamed the Syrian forces […]
More than 10,500 people have to date been recorded as internally displaced as a result of the Mosul military operation in Iraq, a UN spokesman told reporters here Wednesday. “The majority of the displaced are sheltering in host communities while others are sheltering at three displacement camps outside of Mosul,” Xinhua news agency quoted UN […]