Taking a cue from global markets and cautious approach ahead of futures and options (F&O) expiry as well as the second quarter GDP data announcement, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened lower. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 33,602.76 points on Wednesday, opened lower at 33,542.50 points. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that there has been a “positive change” in the mindset and self-confidence of the people ever since his government came to power in 2014. “If we see the country as a living entity then the positive attitude that has come to India, was never before,” Modi said while […]
The Muslim population in some European countries could triple by 2050 while it will barely change in others, according to new projections. The projections were in a report titled “Europe’s Growing Muslim Population” released on Wednesday night by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre, reports the Guardian. The report shows a stark west-east divide. The Muslim […]
The Agung volcano with a deadly history on the popular resort islands of Indonesia’s Bali, has spewed ash 7,600 metre high and closed its international airport for a third day on Wednesday. The Ngurah Rai International Airport continued to remain closed with more than 100,000 passengers left stranded so far, Efe news reported. Experts believe […]
Following a letter in which Twitter along with others had asked US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its plan to end net neutrality, the agency’s Indian-origin Chairman Ajit Pai has dubbed the micro-blogging site as a “part of the problem”. During an event hosted by the “free market think tank” R Street Institute and […]
Night temperatures improved on Wednesday throughout Jammu and Kashmir due to partial cloud cover, the Met said. “The present dry weather is likely to continue till Saturday or Sunday,” an official of the MET department said. He said the minimum temperature in both Srinagar and Jammu showed improvement on Wednesday over Tuesday as Srinagar recorded […]
Polling for the third and final phase of civic body polls began on Wednesday amid tight security in Uttar Pradesh. It covers 233 urban bodies spread across 26 districts, including five municipal corporations of Bareilly, Saharanpur, Jhansi, Firozabad and Moradabad, an official said. Voting for 76 Nagar Palika Parishads and 152 urban panchayats is also […]
Twitter blocked a New York Times account for almost 24 hours last weekend, saying a tweet violated the micro-blogging website’s rules against hateful conduct. The tweet by @nytimesworld – the account of the international reporting team — had promoted an article about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to indigenous people in two provinces. The […]
The Supreme Court on Monday asked a batch of petitioners to mention next week their plea for extension of interim relief on linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with the Aadhaar scheme. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked senior counsel Shyam Diwan to mention the matter […]
Indonesian authorities on Monday raised the alert level for Bali’s Mount Agung to its highest level over fears of an imminent major eruption and have closed the island’s main airport until Tuesday. Thick ash started shooting upto 3,400 metres into the air above the mountain’s summit on Saturday, driving east and southeast along the archipelago, […]