Value buying, coupled with broadly positive global indices and a strengthened rupee lifted the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Besides, higher global crude oil prices and hopes of healthy quarterly results supported the key indices’ upward movement. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) gained 157.50 points or 1.85 per cent to […]
In what is an obvious reference to Pakistan’s use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy, External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that the invitation to member states of the Bimstec group for an outreach summit at the BRICS Summit last weekend showed that these countries “today represent the polar opposite of a […]
At least two persons were killed on Tuesday in a fire that broke out in an industrialist’s apartment in a residential high-rise in Mumbai’s Cuffe Parade area, officials said. The 20th floor apartment belonged to Bajaj Electricals Chairman and Managing Director Shekhar Bajaj. The blaze was reported around 6.30 a.m. and eight fire tenders brought […]
Odhisha health authorities on Tuesday confirmed that the toll of a major fire at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar was 19. On Monday night, the state government announced that 22 persons were killed due to the fire that broke out in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the dialysis ward […]
JD-U President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday targeted thed BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking credit of the army’s surgical strikes and making it a political issue in the country. According to Nitish Kumar, the Janata Dal-United fully supports the central government’s action against terrorism and salutes the Indian Army […]
To better manage and help philanthropic organisations and individuals who wish to give monetary support to battle casualty and their kin, the Indian Army has created a centralised fund to receive donations, said a government statement on Monday. The new fund ‘Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties’ will be in addition to the various existing schemes […]
Pakistan was isolated because of its pro-terror policies, India said on Monday and offered the neighbour help in acting against terrorists. China strongly defended Islamabad, its “all-weather” friend, for making “great sacrifices in fighting terrorism”. The Chinese support to Pakistan came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without naming Pakistan at the Goa BRICS […]
The ongoing quarterly results season, coupled with the direction of foreign fund flows and global trends are expected to guide the Indian equity markets during the upcoming week. “Firm close on Friday gives hopes that the recovery of Indian stocks will continue into the next week, but broad-based moves shall wait until more Q2 numbers […]
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday arrived here ahead of the BRICS-Bimstec Outreach Summit and a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hasina landed in Goa at 10:30 a.m. and was greeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Honoured to host you PM Hasina for BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit. We cherish the strong ties between […]
Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Sunday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologize for his trip to Pakistan in December last year. Kashyap vented his frustration following the cinema owners’ decision here not to screen movies with Pakistani actors, a move that has hit hard Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” which features Pakistani Fawad […]