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The Indian stock market surged to new record highs on Thursday, boosted by easing retail inflation in both India and the US, and expectations that the US Federal Reserve might cut interest rates soon. The Sensex gained 379.66 points, or 0.50%, to trade at 76,986.23, while the Nifty rose 118.00 points, or 0.51%, to 23,441.00. […]
Two terrorists involved in the Kathua terror attack have been neutralised and a search operation is continuing, said Jammu and Kashmir police officials on Wednesday. A gunfight had broken out between security forces and terrorists in Hira Nagar area of Kathua district on Tuesday evening. “A new infiltrative group has emerged in the region and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting of the Kuwait fire tragedy in New Delhi on Wednesday (June 12). At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait on Wednesday (June 12) after a fire broke out in a building housing foreign workers, with Kuwait’s deputy prime minister accusing property owners of committing violations that […]
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that score-cards of 1563 candidates who got “grace marks” in the 2024 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) exam will be cancelled and the candidates will have a chance to reappear for the exam. NTA told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for Italy on Thursday to attend the G7 annual summit, marking his first trip abroad after assuming office for the third consecutive term. India has been invited as an Outreach Country to the summit, being held in the Apulia region of Italy from June 13-14. The G7 group comprises seven […]
A record 175,000 Indian pilgrims have descended on the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual Haj pilgrimage this year, with the massive group being supported by a range of new services and amenities provided by the Indian government. In the first, around 95% of the 140,020 pilgrims traveling through the Haj Committee […]
In response to the devastating fire at a residential building in Kuwait, the Kerala government has announced a financial aid package of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for the injured. Meanwhile, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh arrived in Kuwait on Thursday […]
On stage on Monday CEO Tim Cook’s Apple announced a splashy deal with OpenAI to include its powerful artificial intelligence model as a part of its voice assistant, Siri. But in the fine print of a technical document Apple published after the event, the company makes clear that Alphabet’s Google has emerged as another winner […]
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will commence on June 24 for the oath and affirmation of newly elected members, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. The session will conclude on July 3. The 264th Session of the Rajya Sabha will also begin on June 27 and conclude on […]
Janasena Party chief Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday took oath as minister in the Andhra Pradesh government. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu took oath as Chief Minister of the state. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Amit Shah and JP Nadda, who is also BJP chief. Governor S Abdul Nazeer […]
