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In the biggest single-day fall in four years, benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty plunged by nearly 6 per cent on Tuesday as vote counting trends showed the BJP may not have a clear majority in the Lok Sabha polls. Reversing its Monday’s sharp gains of over 3 per cent, the 30-share BSE Sensex nosedived…
Image for representational purposes | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee tumbled 45 paise to close at 83.59 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday as the ruling BJP is unlikely to muster an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha elections. Besides, a massive sell-off in domestic equities and a strong greenback against major currencies…
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: PTI As financial markets went for a tumble on June 4 after the trends of the Lok Sabha poll results showed that the BJP was not getting a majority on its own, the Congress said the markets were given an artificial booster dose by the exit polls and…
A city’s skyline is visible at twilight. | Photo Credit: Daniel Mota/Unsplash Q: How can the sky glow even after sunset? – Jaivanthika Karthikeyan The Sun may have set from our perspective — but hasn’t yet from the perspective of the upper atmosphere. The Sun still shines at the atmosphere, but at a sharp angle…
Logo of the Adani Group installed at a roundabout on the ring road in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. FILE | Photo Credit: REUTERS Shares of all Adani Group companies tumbled on Tuesday as the initial trend showed BJP winning a lesser number of seats than predicted in exit polls. The stock of Adani Ports plummeted 20 per…
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The rupee plunged 26 paise to 83.40 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Tuesday as initial counting for the Lok Sabha elections indicated a mixed trend. A weak trend in domestic equity markets also dented sentiments in early deals, forex traders said. According to television reports, the BJP-led NDA surged ahead with leads…
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The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tanked over 5 per cent in late morning trade on Tuesday as the initial trend showed BJP winning lesser number of seats than predicted in exit polls. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 3,311.87 points or 4.33…
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a replay screen shows Chang’e-6 probe collecting samples on the moon surface, at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing, on June 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off…
Altruism is widespread in nature. Worker honey bees devote their entire life to foraging and caring for their sister, the queen, and her offspring, but do not themselves reproduce. In widow spiders, a male allows a female fertilised by him to eat him, and thus nourish herself and her offspring. A meerkat, a mongoose found…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: G.R.N. Somashekar The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a directive mandating all Food Business Operators (FBOs) to remove any claim of ‘100% fruit juice’ from the labels and advertisements of reconstituted fruit juices with immediate effect. All the FBOs have also…
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