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Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on July 5 amid profit-taking after a record rally in the last few trading sessions and selling in blue-chips HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. The 30-share BSE Sensex plunged 504.27 points to 79,545.40. The NSE Nifty slipped…
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Estelle knew she had to flee Myanmar. The military junta had just announced it would introduce conscription to bolster its forces against myriad armed groups challenging its power, and she was terrified she would be forced to fight. The former government worker, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is among thousands of…
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A serviceman of the 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces walks down a street, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ukraine’s Army has retreated from a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, Nazar Voloshyn,…
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The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation with more potentially in store. Two sources with knowledge of the case confirmed Thursday’s indictment by Federal Police, which followed another formal accusation in May against…
While Ronald Reagan, left, had pledged to leave office if he became ‘impaired’, President Biden affirmed that he is ‘racing to the end’. | Photo Credit: AP The age question for presidential candidates in the U.S. is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan in 1980 answered it with a pledge to resign if…
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Team India vice-captain Hardik Pandya had a mentally draining couple of months during the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier this year. The star all-rounder was trolled and booed by fans after he took charge of the Mumbai Indians, replacing Rohit Sharma as captain. MI’s decision to sack Rohit as captain didn’t go down…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacted with the Paris Olympics-bound Indian athletes. PM Modi spoke with javeline star Neeraj Chopra, who will aim to defend his crown in Paris, boxer Nikhat Zareen and two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu. During the interaction, PM Modi expressed confidence that India’s Olympic-bound contingent will make the…
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters After blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the government in Pakistan’s Punjab province is now set to ban all social media platforms – YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok – for six days between July 13 and 18, citing the need to control “hate…
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July, 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow’s “allies” in fighting terrorism because they are in control of…
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The T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma holds the Indian tricolour during open bus victory parade, in Mumbai, on July 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma, India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain, thanked all the Indian cricket fans for supporting the team during its campaign. “On behalf of my team and…
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