Market observers noted that declining US 10-year yields as rupee gained suggested foreign institutional investors were shifting focus to emerging markets, including India. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Thursday. While Nifty50 was above 25,400, BSE Sensex was up over 300 points. At […]
Virat Kohli (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Former India cricketer and Royal Challengers Bengaluru mentor Dinesh Karthik has revealed that Virat Kohli is actively preparing for a comeback at the 2027 World Cup, with the 36-year-old star batsman maintaining his cricket training during his recent London break ahead of the ODI series against Australia. “He […]
JAISALMER: The death toll in the tragic fire accident involving a sleeper bus, travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur, rose to 21 on Wednesday. Ten-year-old Yunus succumbed to his injuries during treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur earlier this morning. Four other patients remain on ventilators in a critical condition at the hospital.The govt, meanwhile, […]
NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate for those in the age group of 15 years and above edged up marginally in September, while the rate for females rose to a three-month high, the monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed on Wednesday.The data showed that the unemployment rate for those in the age bracket of 15 […]
Violence in Ladakh (AP file photo) SRINAGAR: A court in Leh granted bail Tuesday evening to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council’s (LAHDC-Leh) Congress councillor Stanzin Tsepag and six others, including Ladakh Buddhist Association president Dolma, who had been arrested over alleged involvement in the Sept 24 violence that left four people dead.BJP has accused Tsepag […]
Italy’s highest court ruled that a Ukrainian national suspected of involvement in the 2022 explosions that crippled the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea cannot be extradited to Germany.The 2022 explosions near Denmark’s Bornholm island made global headlines after they rendered the pipelines inoperable.The defense team in the case argued that the suspect’s […]
Polar bears chilling at research station (AP) Polar bears have been observed taking shelter in an abandoned Russian polar research station on Kolyuchin Island, located off Russia’s far eastern coast, according to recent drone footage captured by photographer Vadim Makhorov, reported AP. Makhorov was filming the rugged landscape of Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea […]
Both countries declare ceasefire Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a 48-hour temporary ceasefire beginning Wednesday evening, following a week of intense cross-border hostilities that left dozens dead on both sides and significantly strained already fragile bilateral ties, reported Pakistan daily Dawn.The Pakistan foreign office (FO) confirmed the development, stating that the truce was arranged “with […]
In a historic shift, the United States passport has fallen out of the top 10 most powerful passports for the first time in its 20-year history, according to the Henley Passport Index 2025. Once ranked first in 2014, the US now sits at 12th place, tied with Malaysia, allowing visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 180 […]
NEW DELHI: Violence broke out outside Baksa District Jail in Assam on Wednesday after five people accused in connection with singer Zubeen Garg’s death were shifted there following a court order sending them to judicial custody.The accused North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma, his cousin and suspended police officer Sandipan […]
