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Benchmark indices started the session on a positive note, but the selling intensified during afternoon trade, with all sectoral indices ending in the red. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Equity benchmark index Sensex on March 13 crashed over 900 points to sink below the 73,000 level due to widespread selling pressure amid a sharp…
India vs England: File photo of Sunil Gavaskar© AFP The Indian cricket team just finished a 4-1 rout of England in a five-Test series. Rohit Sharma marshalled a young Indian cricket team with absolute control as the side consolidated its place on top of the World Test Championship standings. The loss was a first for…
New Delhi: On the occasion of No Smoking Day, doctors, cancer victims and hotel associations urged the government to remove designated smoking rooms in hotels, restaurants and airports to protect people from second-hand smoke. While appreciating the government for initiating the process to amend COTPA 2003 and setting a target of making India 100 per…
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At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 82.82 and witnessed an intra-day low of 82.91 and a high of 82.82 against the greenback during the trading session. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee declined by five paise to settle at 82.85 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on March 13, tracking…
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Knocking on the door of a woman at odd hours asking for a lemon is preposterous, the court said. Mumbai: Knocking on the door of a woman at odd hours asking for a lemon is preposterous and unbecoming of a CISF personnel, the Bombay High Court said refusing to quash the penalty imposed on him…
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A file photo of Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ won a vote of confidence in Parliament on March 13, as the country struggled to maintain political stability. Prachanda, 69, a former guerilla leader from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) — the…
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A file photo of Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ won a vote of confidence in Parliament on March 13, as the country struggled to maintain political stability. Prachanda, 69, a former guerilla leader from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) — the…
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In Gaza, UNRWA runs the enclave’s schools, its primary healthcare clinics Washington: U.S. officials are preparing for a pause on funding the main U.N. agency for Palestinians to become permanent due to opposition in Congress, even as the Biden administration insists the aid group’s humanitarian work is indispensable. The United States, along with more than…
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Congress has said the tax tribunal’s order freezing its funds was “an attack on democracy” New Delhi: The Congress will move the Supreme Court to cancel a Delhi High Court order that allowed a tribunal to recover over Rs 100 crore outstanding tax from the party, sources said. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) on…
File photo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma© AFP Former England cricketer Nasser Hussain on Tuesday said that sometimes people confuse the India skipper Rohit Sharma as a “laidback” player. The 36-year-old had a stupendous series against England, he scored 400 runs after playing all five matches at a strike rate of 64.21. The India…