Indian stocks rallied sharply on Thursday morning after consumer inflation in the US showed some moderation in July. Investor sentiments were firm on hopes that inflation has probably plateaued. At 0926 IST, Sensex traded at 59,374.61 points, up 557.32 points or 0.95 percent, whereas Nifty traded at 17,680.10 points, up […]
PM Modi extends greetings on occasion of Raksha Bandhan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the people of the country on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Thursday. “Greetings to everyone on the special occasion of Raksha Bandhan,” PM Modi tweeted. Interestingly, ahead of the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pakistani sister Qamar Mohsin […]
Bank credit grows 14.5 per cent as on July 29, shows RBI data
Bank credit grew 14.5 percent year-on-year as on July 29, data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday showed. As of July 29, banks’ outstanding loans were at Rs 123.69 trillion, as against Rs 108.00 trillion during the same period last year. Besides, banks’ deposits were at Rs […]
Task force arrests Secretariat official in connection with Uttarakhand SSSC exam rigging
Senior Superintendent of Police of Special Task Force Uttarakhand, Ajay Singh has said that it has arrested Gaurav Chauhan, Additional Private Secretary working in Public Works and Forest Department of state Secretariat in connection with the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission paper leak case. Chauhan was summoned for questioning in […]
Two terrorists attempting to infiltrate army camp in J-K gunned down; 3 soldiers killed
Two terrorists attempting to infiltrate an army company operating base in Pargal in the Darhal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri were neutralised, an Army official said on Thursday. According to officials, in the attack that took place 25 km from Rajouri and three Army personnel lost their lives. Security officials […]
ISRO successfully tests Gaganyaan Low Altitude Escape Motor
In another important milestone in the Gaganyaan project, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the test-firing of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of Crew Escape System, from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, said the officials on Wednesday. “The Crew Escape System (CES) takes away the Crew module of the Gaganyaan […]
Mumbai: CBI arrests power firm official for accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an engineer, who works with a power firm in Maharashtra’s Solapur for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh from the complainant, the probe agency said on Wednesday. According to an official statement, a case was registered on complaint against an […]
Children getting Covid-19 re-infections, other seasonal illness like foot and mouth disease: Expert
Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases among children, the health expert said that children who were infected with coronavirus in January or April are again being infected with the virus but the cases are mild that can be managed at home. However, children are also being infected with other seasonal […]
Jagdeep Dhankhar to take oath as 14th Vice President of India today
Former West Bengal Governor and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar will take oath as the next Vice President of India’ on Thursday. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the Oath of Office to the elected Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 11:45 am today. Dhankhar was […]
JP Nadda to visit Tripura to formulate strategy for 2023 assembly elections
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda will be on a two-day visit to Tripura from August 27 to make a strategy for the 2023 assembly elections. Nadda will reach Agartala on August 27. As per the sources, Nadda will hold a meeting with the party officials to decide […]
Hyderabad: 2 injured in gas cylinder explosion at restaurant
As many as two people were injured after two cooking gas cylinders exploded at a restaurant in Hyderabad, said police on Wednesday. Srinivas, Circle Inspector (CI) of Asif Nagar Police Station said that two cylinders accidentally exploded around 2 pm in the afternoon at King’s restaurant in Miraj x road at Mehdipatnam […]