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Stock markets rally for 2nd day on easing crude oil prices, buying in IT firms
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (506+ words) MUMBAI: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended nearly one per cent higher on Thursday amid softening crude oil prices, following positive developments on the geopolitical front and buying in blue-chip IT stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 579. 48 points,…...
India, Japan unveil transformative initiatives to boost ties
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (597+ words) NEW DELHI: India and Japan on Thursday unveiled a raft of landmark initiatives including an economic partnership framework and defence pact to co-develop military hardware following summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi. The…...
UK government to apologise for state's role in decades of forced adoptions
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (437+ words) LONDON: The British government will make a formal apology on Thursday for separating tens of thousands of unmarried mothers from their babies, a practice that lasted for decades until the 1970s. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the final weeks of his…...
Ram temple donation row: CPI MP urges PM for CAG audit; cites 'betrayal of devotees"
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (425+ words) NEW DELHI: CPI Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a CAG audit of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust donations and a judicial inquiry into alleged irregularities, accusing the RSS,…...
Rain deficit leaves TN's Vadamalli farmers staring at heavy losses ahead of Onam
11+ hour, 23+ min ago (335+ words) COIMBATORE: A prolonged dry spell and the failure of seasonal rains have left Vadamalli farmers in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district struggling to save their crop, with large stretches of flowering plants beginning to wither across Thondamuthur Block. Farmers in the…...
CJP protest day 13: Wangchuk's sugar drops to 60; Dipke launches 'chai pe charcha with cockroaches"
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (302+ words) NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk's blood sugar level dropped to 60, and his blood pressure remained low on the fifth day of his hunger strike at Delhi Jantar Mantar on Thursday, while Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a…...
A major Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv as Ukraine keeps striking Moscow's oil sector
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (589+ words) KYIV: Russia hammered Kyiv in a major drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring scores more in what Moscow described as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities that have caused fuel shortages…...
Beijing says China-EU trade talks set in fall, to be held regularly each year
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (309+ words) HONG KONG: China and the European Union will hold ministerial-level trade talks once or twice a year, China's Commerce Ministry said Thursday, as the two sides work to increase and rebalance trade. The EU faces growing pressure to reduce its…...
Mayiladuthurai double murder: CPI-affiliated body seeks swift action from TN govt
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (264+ words) CHENNAI: The CPI affiliated Tamil Nadu Oppressed People's Rights Movement has urged the state government to take swift action in the alleged caste honour killing of a young couple in Sathankudi village in Mayiladuthurai district. In a joint statement, state…...
Rs 35 crore bribe to TVK MLA: Chennai cops arrest four more, hunt for Senthilbalaji
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (294+ words) CHENNAI: After arresting four more people in connection with the alleged Rs 35-crore bid to lure a TVK MLA, the Greater Chennai Police are now hunting for influential DMK leader and MLA V Senthilbalaji and his brother V Ashok Kumar,…...