Indian stock indices started off Wednesday’s session marginally higher, extending gains for the fourth consecutive session. The upbeat start was fueled by positive overnight cues from US markets. At 9:27 am, the benchmark Sensex was trading at 73,193.81, up 89.20 points or 0.12%, while the Nifty rose 37.35 points or 0.17% to 22,255.20. All major […]
Slamming the Western media over the “negative” coverage of Indian elections, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the countries which “have to go to court for deciding election results” are giving “gyan” on conducting polls. Taking a swipe, he said the Western countries “feel” they have influenced the world for the last 200 years, […]
Three people have been rescued after at least 14 people were trapped after a lift collapsed at the Kolihan mine of Hindustan Copper Limited in Jhunjhunu district. Efforts are on to evacuate the remaining ones. According to the latest information from the rescue site, the rescue teams have reached all the trapped workers. Dr Pravin […]
Clarifying his “infiltrators” and “those with more children” remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with a news channel said that he did not only talk about Muslims, but spoke about every poor family, adding that the day he starts doing Hindu-Muslim, he will be “unworthy of public life.” In this interview, PM Modi […]
President Joe Biden will visit the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to announce plans by Microsoft Corp to build a $3.3 billion high-tech data center that will create thousands of jobs, the White House said. The Microsoft facility in Racine County, in southeastern Wisconsin, will be built on the same land where Taiwan […]
Several areas of Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region experienced rare snowfall on Tuesday (May 7). According to local media, snow hit parts of communes such as Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, Vitacura, Puente Alto, La Reina and Pirque. Authorities have advised locals in the Santiago Metropolitan Region to dress accordingly and drive carefully. According to data from […]
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis against Rafah, where hundreds of […]
Donald Trump’s trial in Florida on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office has been indefinitely postponed, a judge decided on Tuesday (May 7), greatly reducing the odds he will face a jury in either of the two federal criminal cases against him before the November 5 U.S. election. Trump, seeking to regain […]
Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will participate in the Federation Cup National Championship 2024, to be held from May 12 to 15 in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. “As per entries, Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena will compete in the domestic competition starting May 12 in Bhubaneshwar,” the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) posted […]
Borussia Dortmund showed great composure to reach their third Champions League final after Mats Hummels’ second-half goal earned the visitors a 1-0 victory against misfiring Paris St Germain for a deserved 2-0 aggregate win on Tuesday. Hummels headed home from a corner five minutes into the second half to send the Germans, who won the […]
