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Mumbai: Indian stock market’s benchmark Sensex opened 205 points down on Wednesday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.9 per cent. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex fell 205.27 points or 0.37 per cent to close at 54,902.07 points at 10:30 am. The broader […]

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday retained its growth projection at 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal on the back of improvement in urban demand and gradual recovery in rural India. Unveiling the third monetary policy for the current fiscal, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Indian economy remained resilient, and the […]

New Delhi: Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has issued a chilling warning of carrying out ‘suicide bombings’ in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in a bid to take avenge of the insult to the Prophet Mohammed. “The saffron terrorists should now await their end in Delhi, Bombay, UP and Gujarat. They should find refuge […]

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the interest rate by 50 basis points to a two-year high of 4.9 per cent as it doubled down to tame inflation that has surged in the last couple of months. The rate hike comes on the back of a 40 bps increase effected by RBI […]

Latur: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party took action against Nupur Sharma only when “something happened in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain”. “After 10 days PM Narendra Modi said to suspend (Nupur Sharma). No action was taken when we were saying, raising the issue. They acted when something happened in Qatar, Saudi […]

New York: An Indian origin patient was among those who had a “miracle” cure using a cancer medication that is being tried out by a research centre here achieving an unprecedented healing rate when all 14 patients in the trial had their cancers disappear. “It’s a miracle”, Nisha Varughese said about the immunotherapy drug’s efficacy in […]

Bengaluru: The number of fresh Covid cases have been steadily increasing in Karnataka. After a gap of three months as many as 348 new cases have been reported min a span of 24 hours. The positivity rate has increased to 2.11 per cent. The state recorded 382 cases on March 3. After a long gap, the […]

Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother in a fit of rage here after she refused to allow him to play PUBG. The boy shot his mother with his father’s licensed revolver and kept the body hidden in one of the rooms of the house. He sprayed room freshener in […]

Hyderabad: Amazon India on Tuesday launched the second edition of Machine Learning (ML) Summer School, an immersive programme that aims to provide students an opportunity to learn key ML technologies. Conducted over four weekends in July, the course will provide students with an opportunity to gain skills on key ML topics, including Supervised Learning, Deep […]

Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday voiced support for suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, saying she was “entitled to her opinions” amid international condemnation over the politician’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The BJP on Sunday suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged derogatory […]

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department on Tuesday said software services provider Infosys has been directed to look into the issue relating to malfunction of search option on the e-filing portal. After many users complained of issues while accessing the I-T portal and reported that it was hacked on Tuesday, which also happens to be […]

New Delhi: The government is “open” to big tech platforms suggesting an effective self-regulatory appellate mechanism that can offer a “better solution” to resolve grievances raised by social media users, IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday, asserting new amendments to social media rules will be finalised before July end after extensive consultations. The comment […]

Dubai: Iraq and Libya have joined over a dozen Muslim countries in condemning the controversial remarks made by now-suspended and expelled BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad. In response to a statement issued by the Parliamentary Committee on Awqaf and Tribals of Iraq on the controversial tweets, the Spokesperson of the Embassy of India in Iraq […]

Mumbai: Maharashtra Police on Tuesday asked suspended BJP functionary Nupur Sharma to appear before them on June 22 to record her statement in connection with her alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad, an official said. An FIR had been registered against Sharma, the former national spokesperson of the BJP, by the Mumbra police in the […]

Hyderabad: India’s largest prototyping centre T-Works and CARE India, a not-for-protfit organisation, entered into an agreement to build affordable and accessible innovations in health, education, economic empowerment and humanitarian assistance. T-Works, CARE India partnership has started working towards enhancing access to foundational and science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) learning for children in rural […]

New Delhi: There are so many news TV channels in so many Indian languages that they are in a constant race to attract a more or less fixed base of viewers who also have the option of watching entertainment shows, movies and sports apart from OTT platforms. This race has prompted many news TV channels […]

Tata Starbucks has on Tuesday announced the introduction of an all-new vegan product lineup in India. Starting this month, the company is adding three food products: Vegan Sausage Croissant Roll, Vegan Hummus Kebab Wrap, and Vegan Croissant Bun. This lineup is developed in partnership with Imagine Meats, a local plant-based food venture by celebrity couple […]

Hyderabad: With the growing popularity of online dating and people looking to make connections, dating apps have upped their safety net. In line with this, Tinder has introduced five features that one needs to know to have a ‘zen’ experience. UnMatch and report anytime Tinder members have the ability to unmatch and report a person […]

Medininagar:  RJD chief Lalu Prasad had a narrow escape on Tuesday morning as a fire that broke out in a room of the circuit house in Jharkhand’s Palamu district where he was staying could be doused in time, officials said. Prasad, 73, was having breakfast in his room around 8 am when the wall-mounted fan […]

Mangaluru: The Uppinangady Government First Grade College management has suspended 23 girl students, who staged a protest demanding permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms last week. The Puttur BJP MLA and the College Development Committee (CDC) chairman Sanjeeva Matandoor told PTI on Tuesday, “The students staged a demonstration. So they were suspended on Monday.” According […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet as many as 47 BJP corporators of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), along with office bearers of the Hyderabad unit and other senior leaders today in New Delhi. This is the first time that during his tenure as a Prime Minister, he has called for such […]

New Delhi: Gold prices on Tuesday fell by Rs 56 to Rs 50,814 per 10 grams in futures trade as speculators reduced their positions amid low demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold contracts for August delivery traded lower by Rs 56 or 0.11 per cent at Rs 50,814 per 10 grams in a business […]

Chandigarh: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reached Punjab’s Mansa district on Tuesday and met the parents of singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was gunned down by assailants on May 29, and expressed grief. Several Congress leaders, including state party chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, were among others, […]

Bengaluru: The authorities are on high alert after the detection and arrest of a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist here, who had been living in disguise for the past two years. Since the state is passing through a sensitive phase and unrest-like situation, especially after the hijab row and the mosque-temple issue, the police are not taking […]