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Indian indices Nifty and Sensex opened flat on Friday, near the record closing of the previous day. The Nifty Index opened at 22,930 points, very close to the 23,000 mark. The Sensex also sustained Thursday’s rally and opened near 75,335, close to the 75,500 mark. “The net inflow number by FIIs on Thursday is Rs […]
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that severe heatwave conditions prevailing over Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Punjab have improved. It added that heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are mainly expected over Rajasthan and Gujarat for the next three days. Further, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over the southern parts […]
On the occasion of the 2568th Buddha Jayanti, devotees visit the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, a world heritage site and a sacred place for Buddhist faithful to offer their prayers. Monks from India, Nepal and China performed rituals, sang hymns and offered offerings in the Maya Devi temple’s sacred garden. A peace procession was […]
Senior BJP leader & Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two election rallies in Himachal Pradesh today ahead of the sixth and seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 25 and June 1. In Himachal Pradesh, election campaigning is intensifying as the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held on June 1, […]
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to pass any direction on a plea seeking the uploading of Form 17C data on the Election Commission of India website and publication of booth-wise voter turnout data. A bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to grant any interim relief to petitioners and said it […]
A top Indian official, Kamal Kishore, started his term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s special representative for disaster risk reduction. On May 20, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) welcomed Kishore, who began his term as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and the head of […]
Preparations are in full swing for 6th phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. 58 constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories are covered in this phase. National Capital Delhi is all set to go to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. In the seven Parliamentary Constituencies of Delhi, a […]
Biomass and fossil fuels, including traffic emissions, are major contributors to the harmful particulate matter (PM) found in the air across Northern India and targeting these emission sources can effectively reduce pollution’s harmful effects on human health, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications. Dr. Deepika Bhattu, Associate Professor at IIT Jodhpur […]
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday morning departed for Tehran to attend the funeral of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. “VP Jagdeep Dhankhar embarks on a visit to Tehran to attend the […]
Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 30th time on Wednesday morning, setting a new world record. “This morning at 7:49 am, Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record he had set just nine days earlier. This marks his 30th ascent to the top of the world,” said Khimlal […]
