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The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was dragged lower on March 11 by banking stocks, including State Bank of India and HDFC Bank, and industrial counters, snapping two straight sessions of gains. The Sensex fell 616.75 points, or 0.83%, to 73,502.64. While Power Grid and Tata Steel were the biggest losers on the gauge, sliding 2.41%…
The AQAP, considered the most dangerous active Al-Qaeda branch had claimed the 2015 attack on French weekly Charlie Hebdo. | Photo Credit: AP The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaeda is dead, the militant group announced late on Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday. New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday and updated him on the recent developments in the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The two leaders “also discussed the effort to release the hostages and…
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The truck driver fled the spot after the accident, police said. (Representational) Raisen: Five people were killed and 11 injured after a truck allegedly overtaking from the wrong side ploughed into a wedding procession in the Sultanpur area of Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Monday, a senior official said. The procession had arrived from Anchalkheda…
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Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration picture. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bitcoin hit a record high on March 11 above $71,000, as the surge in the biggest cryptocurrency showed no signs of slowing down. Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday became the latest regulator to pave the way for digital asset trading…
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New Delhi: Agni-5 MIRV, the landmark ballistic weapons system, takes India’s second-strike capability to the next level, giving it “higher potency, better influence and denser zone,” said Dr V K Saraswat, former Director General of DRDO and currently Member Science and Technology, NITI Aayog, who was deeply involved with its development. The missile, developed over…
The CAA would help to remove “legal barriers to citizenship”, sources said. (Representational) New Delhi: The Government implemented the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA on Monday, four years after the controversial law was passed. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees who had sought shelter in India before December…
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The petitioners then filed interim applications seeking a stay on notification of the FCU. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant an interim stay on setting up a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules to identify fake and false content on social media against the government, noting…
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Of the injured, the condition of five is serious, police said (Representational) Raisen, Madhya Pradesh: Five persons were killed and 11 injured after a truck overtaking from the wrong side ploughed into a marriage procession in Sultanpur in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Monday, a senior official said. The marriage procession was proceeding from Anchalkheda…
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Super seniors: Ashwin, Siraj, Kuldeep, Bumrah and Jadeja took the conditions out of the equation with match-winning performances. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY Shoaib Bashir’s reaction after he was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja at Dharamshala summed up, in a way, the five-match Test series between India and England. The tall off-spinner signalled a…
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