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Image for representation only | Photo Credit: PAUL NORONHA Equity benchmark indices traded lower in early trade on Wednesday amid weak trends from the U.S. markets and selling in IT stocks. Extending its previous day’s decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 229.04 points to 73,448.09. The Nifty slipped 63.15 points to 22,293.15. Among…
To the untrained eye, it might look like just another used napkin. But the serviette, expected to fetch up to $635,000, was actually soccer legend Lionel Messi‘s springboard to greatness at FC Barcelona, and records the promise of a contract made to him at the tender age of 13. The napkin has gone on show…
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has scored a surprise victory on Super Tuesday, upsetting Donald Trump to win Vermont. That victory will do little to dent Mr. Trump’s primary dominance, however. The former President won 11 other states…
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Kylian Mbappe lethally fired Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League quarter-finals with a brace in a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad on Tuesday, his team cruising through 4-1 on aggregate. Coach Luis Enrique has slashed Mbappe’s minutes in recent weeks after the player told the club he would leave at the end of the season,…
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Harry Kane scored a goal in each half as Bayern Munich beat Lazio 3-0 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals 3-1 on aggregate. Kane headed Bayern level in the tie in the 38th minute, cancelling out Lazio’s lead from the first leg with his first Champions League knockout goal in five years. Thomas…
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The RBI directive means that a card issuing bank or non-bank can not force the card of any particular network on a customer. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued directions to card issuers not to enter into any arrangement or agreement with card networks that restrain them from availing…
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The rupee stayed flat at 82.90 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, resisting downward pressure from a stronger American currency and volatile crude oil prices in the overseas markets. The local unit was also dragged down by the negative sentiment in the equity markets, however, it found support due…
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Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin© AFP Veteran Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that he occasionally becomes friends with media people in order to acquire footage of opponent batters during practice. Ashwin, who will play his 100th Test match in Dharamsala on Thursday, recalled how he used this strategy during the 2020-21 Border…
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Jajpur (Odisha): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, showed a humble gesture toward children in the middle of a speech in Odisha and asked the Special Protection Group (SPG) commandos to collect the pictures (brought as gifts) from the children at a public rally and said that he will write a letter to them. Addressing…
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PM Narendra Modi is visiting Bengal amid the political storm over Sandeshkhali Kolkata: Amid the tug of war between Bengal Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a meeting today at Barasat. Barasat is in the same North 24 Parganas…
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