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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Friday as investors preferred to book profits after four days of record-breaking rally and weak trends from global markets. Fall in blue-chip Reliance Industries also dragged the benchmarks lower. The 30-share BSE Sensex hit its new all-time high of 81,587.76 in the initial trade but failed to…
For the 725,000 Indian immigrants living in the U.S. without a visa, the third-largest group of undocumented immigrants, President Joe Biden’s recent executive order on immigration brings much-needed relief. It eases the path to employment and citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, or ‘dreamers’, that is, undocumented residents who were brought to…
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Dr S Somanath receives his doctorate degree at the IIT-Madras convocation ceremony New Delhi: He was beaming when the Vikram Lander part of the historic Chandrayaan-3 mission touched down on the moon surface on August 23 last year. But his smile was brighter as he received today his PhD degree at the 61st Convocation of…
90% flights in Bengaluru affected due to CrowdStrike Microsoft outage New Delhi: The global Microsoft outage has affected 90 per cent flights operating from Bengaluru airport’s Terminal 1, sources have said. IndiGo airlines officials said the situation is likely to continue till midnight. Twenty-six flights have been cancelled in Terminal 1 and 2, most of…
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Travelers wait in Terminal 1 for check-in at Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, Friday July 19, 2024. A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday. | Photo Credit: AP Shares in the cybersecurity group CrowdStrike were down some 20% in pre-market trading on Wall Street on July…
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Seven people, including three Bangladesh nationals, have been arrested after raids in the five states. New Delhi: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police have uncovered how a racket operating across five states was luring Bangladeshi nationals into selling their kidneys and then selling the organs to those in need at a much higher cost. Seven…
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Demand for electricity in India expected to surge by a massive eight per cent this year New Delhi: With demand for electricity in India expected to surge by a massive eight per cent this year, the world’s demand is rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by robust economic growth, intense heat waves and…
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CEO of Lockheed Martin, Jim Taiclet met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has applauded global defence giant Lockheed Martin’s commitment towards realising the vision of ‘Make in India, Make for the World.’ The CEO of Lockheed Martin, Jim Taiclet met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. The Prime…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during the Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters. File | Photo Credit: AP Turkey and Niger agreed to boost cooperation on energy, mining, intelligence and defence, after the West African nation asked Western military personnel to leave and terminated the mining contracts of many Western countries. Also Read: Niger…
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The Team India squad announcement for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka was a bitter-sweet moment for Suryakumar Yadav. While the attacking batter would’ve been jubilant to get the team’s captaincy in T20Is, he was also dropped from the ODI squad, with the selectors and new head coach Gautam Gambhir making their stance…