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The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled about 1.5% on May 09 amid heavy foreign fund outflows and selling in HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Reliance Industries. Declining for the third day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 1,062.22 points or…
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All but out of contention for the IPL play-offs, KL Rahul’s future as Lucknow Super Giants skipper is uncertain for the remaining two games after the team received a pasting at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. After his captaincy and archaic T20 batting style, there is still no clarity if the management would…
Punjab Kings (PBKS) will be taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Match 58 of the Indian Premier League, 2024, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, on Thursday. Punjab Kings have played 11 matches in the series and are ranked eighth on the points table with eight points, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru have…
The envoy said that he is thankful to the “heroes” of NDMC. The New Delhi Municipal Council and its workers received high praise from Denmark’s Ambassador to India Freddy Svane for cleaning a trash-ridden service lane near the Embassy of Denmark in Delhi’s Chanakyapui. Now, the envoy, in a new video, thanked the workers of…
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Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images On May 3, home broadband customers all over Nepal had significant downtime for around five hours, as internet service providers (ISPs) couldn’t pay bandwidth fees to the company that controls much of the country’s access to the global internet: Bharti Airtel Ltd. A tax…
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The Sei whale is listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List A rare and endangered whale died likely due to a collision with a cruise ship as it approached New York City’s Port of Brooklyn over the weekend. According to the New York Post, a 44-foot whale was found dead on the front of the…
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India’s javelin stars will kick off the outdoor season at the Doha leg of the Diamond League on May 10 with a new sense of ‘belief’. Leading the challenge will be world and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and his comrade-in-arm, Kishore Jena. The events, including the Federation Cup in Bhubaneswar on May 14-15, leading to…
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Manika Batra in action© X (formerly Twitter) Manika Batra has become the first Indian woman table tennis player to enter the quarterfinals of an elite WTT event following her victory over world number 14 Nina Mittelham at the Grand Smash event. After stunning world number two Wang Manyu in the second round, Batra extended her…
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Between 1950-2015 share of the Hindu population fell by 7.82% while that of Muslims went up by 43.15% New Delhi: The share of the Hindu population decreased by 7.82 per cent between 1950 and 2015 in India, while that of Muslims increased by 43.15 per cent, suggesting that there is a conducive environment in the…
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File picture of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka will hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16, the country’s top electoral body announced on Thursday. In a notice signed by its chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake, the Election Commission said it will call for nominations to hold the Presidential election…