Month: July 2024

Sensex hits historic 80,000-mark; Nifty reaches fresh lifetime high in early trade

July 3, 2024 admin

Brokers react after the Sensex surge in early morning trade. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Equity benchmark indices started the trade on an optimistic note on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, with the Sensex breaching the historic 80,000-mark for the first time ever and the Nifty hitting its fresh lifetime high, amid heavy buying in…

Business

Brazil Held By Colombia In Copa America, To Face Uruguay Quarter-Final

July 3, 2024 admin

Colombia came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw with Brazil on Tuesday, ensuring their qualification to the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners. An equalizer from Daniel Munoz in first half stoppage time was enough to earn Colombia a share of the spoils after Raphinha had fired Brazil into the lead with…

Sports

What Led To Killer UP Stampede

July 3, 2024 admin

121 people have died and 28 are in hospital after the stampede at Hathras Hathras (UP): The stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras that killed 121 people was triggered by a mad rush for dust. Men, women and children fell over each other, getting crushed, just to collect dust stirred up by the car of a…

Nation

Calcutta High Court To Hear Bengal Governor’s Defamation Suit Against Mamata Banerjee Today

July 3, 2024 admin

CV Ananda Bose filed a defamation case against Mamata Banerjee on June 28, Kolkata: A defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to be taken up for hearing before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. Mr Bose filed a defamation case against Ms Banerjee…

Nation

Hathras Event Organisers Hid Evidence, Says FIR, No Mention Of ‘Bhole Baba’

July 3, 2024 admin

Bhole Baba’s original name is Suraj Pal Singh New Delhi: At least 121 people died after a stampede broke out at a religious event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras last evening. The tragedy occurred during a ‘satsang’ of Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari which was attended by over two lakh people. The site was overcrowded and…

Nation

After Hijab, Mumbai College Bans Jeans, T-Shirts, “Revealing Dresses”

July 3, 2024 admin

The dress code was issued by the NG Acharya and DK Marathe College New Delhi: Days after banning the hijab, a college in Mumbai has issued a new dress code barring students from wearing torn jeans, t-shirts, and “revealing dresses” on its premises. In a notice issued by the administration of the Chembur Trombay Education…

Nation

U.S. to bring in rule to address excessive heat in workplace

July 3, 2024 admin

The Biden administration proposed a new rule on Tuesday to address excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures. If finalised, the measure would protect an estimated 36 million U.S. workers from injuries related to heat exposure on the job —…

World

Iran Presidential Elections: Iran prepares for run-off polls as voters grow disenchanted

July 3, 2024 admin

Presidential candidates Saeed Jalili, left, and Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran. | Photo Credit: AP Over 20 years ago, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the U.S. for its disenchanted electorate. “It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens…

World

Myanmar youth flee into Thailand to avoid forced service

July 3, 2024 admin

A former student makes drinks at a restaurant in Bangkok, after leaving Myanmar to avoid conscription by junta. | Photo Credit: AFP When Myanmar’s junta announced a conscription law to help crush a popular pro-democracy uprising, Khaing knew there was only one way to escape its clutches, and began planning her escape. Weeks later the…

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