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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha on February 6, 2024. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 6 said inflation has come down within the tolerance band as a result of the steps taken by the government to check price rise, especially in perishable commodities. Replying to a…
Gold prices fell ₹150 to ₹63,200 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid bearish cues from the overseas markets, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at ₹63,350 per 10 grams in the previous close. Silver also tumbled ₹600 to ₹74,900 per kilogram, while it had settled at ₹75,500 per…
File. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy The rupee declined 2 paise to close at 83.05 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on February 6, amid a firm American currency against major currencies overseas. However, positive sentiment in the domestic equity markets and lower global crude prices supported the domestic unit, forex analysts said. Investors were cautious…
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File. | Photo Credit: SHASHI ASHIWAL Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded nearly 1% on February 6 following buying in IT giants TCS and Infosys and fresh foreign fund inflows. After a firm beginning, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 454.67 points or 0.63% to settle at 72,186.09. During the day, it jumped 529.98 points or…
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A general view of the LHC experiment during a media visit at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, July 23, 2014. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher expressed confidence Monday about moving forward with a multibillion-euro project to build a larger and more powerful particle collider that could help unlock more mysteries…
This GOES-West GeoColor composite satellite image provided by The National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows a storm moving over California and the Western U.S. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of…
Residents evacuate on a motorcycle amid wildfires into Vina del Mar, Chile, Feb. 3, 2024. Scientists say climate change creates conditions that make the drought and wildfires now hitting South America more likely. | Photo Credit: AP At least 123 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the India Energy Week 2024, on February 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India was working on the development of environmentally friendly energy sources to enhance its energy mix. He was delivering the inaugural address at the second edition of India…
Norway’s Telenor said it had opened the world’s southernmost mobile phone base station in Antarctica, bringing regular cellphone services to a corner of the frozen continent for the first time. | Photo Credit: Reuters Norway’s Telenor said on Monday it had opened the world’s southernmost mobile phone base station in Antarctica, bringing regular cellphone services…
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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, a crew member of the next mission to the International Space Station, attends a news conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko, who’s 59 has made five…
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