Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) Rupee pared initial losses and settled on a higher note at 87.07 (provisional) against the US dollar, up by 6 paise on the back of a rise in risk appetite in global markets. Forex traders said easing tensions over trade tariffs and hopes of peace between Russia and Ukraine enthused investors. Moreover, the proposed GST reforms and a recent credit rating upgrade by a foreign agency have bolstered confidence in the Indian economy. Rupee declined in the first half of the day on

Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 213 points on Wednesday, extending its rally to the fifth consecutive day on heavy buying in IT shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 213.45 points or 0.26 per cent to settle at 81,857.84. During the day, it jumped 341.23 points or 0.41 per cent to 81,985.62. The 50-share NSE Nifty edged higher by 69.90 points or 0.28 per cent to 25,050.55. Among Sensex firms, Infosys surged the most by 3.88 per cent, followed by Tata Consultancy Servi

Canberra, Aug 20 (The Conversation) The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House earlier this year, he was berated by Donald Trump. On Monday, he returned with European leaders by his side. He emerged with some signs of progress on a peace deal to end Russias war against Ukraine. The presence of the European leaders no doubt had a great impact on the meeting. After Trumps recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, they were concerned he was ali

Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices declined in early trade on Wednesday after a four-day rally tracking weak trends in Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 146.64 points to 81,497.75 in initial trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 47.5 points to 24,933.15. From the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Tata Motors, Trent, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Tata Motors were among the laggards. However, Eternal, Bharti Airtel, Infosys and NTPC were among the gainers. In Asian mar

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The INDIA bloc on Tuesday picked former Supreme Court Judge, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy as its candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidential elections slated to take place on September 9. The announcement was made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the national capital following the INDIA bloc meeting. B Sudershan Reddy will file his nomination for the Vice Presidential polls on August 21. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, He will nomination

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a swipe at the Centre, suggesting that the government was avoiding questions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar and instead holding a special discussion on Indias space programme. While congratulating Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla for his Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Yadav said the government might be looking at the stars to decide when

Adelaide, Aug 19 (The Conversation) As our population ages, were living longer and dying older. End-of-life care is therefore an increasingly important part of aged care. In Australia, around 50% of people aged over 85 die in an aged care home. But what does this mean for those who work in aged care? Research suggests aged-care staff experience a unique type of grief when residents die. However, their grief often goes unrecognised, and they may be left with insufficient support. Forming relation

Gaya (Bihar) [India], August 19 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday commenced the third day of his Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar from Gaya, continuing his 16-day campaign to highlight alleged voter suppression and electoral manipulations by the BJP and Election Commission of India (ECI) through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Meanwhile, The Election Commission on Sunday refuted any claims of vote theft and electoral roll manipulation, while addressing a press c

Mumbai, Aug 19 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 19 paise to 87.20 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, reflecting the optimism around domestic reforms and equities, though external risks remain elevated. Forex traders said the rupee is holding firm at current levels, tracking the recent rally in domestic equities after sweeping tax reforms announced by PM Narendra Modi. Moreover, suspected RBI intervention and cautious optimism around the Ukraine-Russia conflict supported investors sentim

WASHINGTON August 19, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump said Monday hes begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russias invasion of Ukraine, while affirming that the U.S. would back European security guarantees aimed at preventing Moscow from reinvading its neighbor once the current conflict ends. Details of the security guarantees and Trumps efforts to arrange peace talks were still evolving as an extended meeting

Gaya Ji (Bihar), Aug 19 (PTI) Asserting that vote chori is an attack on Bharat Mata, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday warned the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners of stern action when the INDIA bloc forms government. Intensifying his attack on the Election Commission, Gandhi also said the whole country would ask the poll body for an affidavit and if given time, his party would bring out the vote chori in every assembly and Lok Sabha constituency. The fresh atta

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Opposition leaders will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharges residence here on Monday evening to discuss a joint candidate for the vice-presidents post. Defence Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh has also reached out to the leaders of some opposition parties, including Kharge, who is the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, for unanimously electing the new vice-president. Sources said the opposition wants to field a non-pol

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Gold prices remained flat at Rs 1,00,920 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday, according to the All India Sarafa Association. On Saturday, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had declined Rs 500 to close at Rs 1,00,920 per 10 grams from Thursdays closing of Rs 1,01,420 per 10 grams. The Bullion markets were closed on Friday on the countrys 79th Independence Day. In the local market, the yellow metal of 99.5 per cent purity remained flat at Rs 1,00,500 per

Mumbai, Aug 18 (PTI) Stock markets rose sharply on Monday, with Sensex closing higher by 676 points and Nifty climbing 1 per cent on heavy buying in auto and consumer durables stocks, buoyed by plans for big bang reforms in the GST regime by Diwali. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 676.09 points or 0.84 per cent to settle at 81,273.75. During the day, it zoomed by 1,168.11 points or 1.44 per cent to 81,765.77. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 245.65 points or 1 per cent to end at 24,876.95. Intra-da

Aurangabad (Bihar), Aug 18 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is a new weapon of vote chori and vowed to protect the one person, one vote principle. He made the remarks in a post on his WhatsApp channel while talking about his meeting with a group of people who had cast their vote in the previous Lok Sabha election but their name had been deleted in the SIR exercise in Bihar. Gandhi met the group at the launch of his Vote Adhikar Y

Aug 18 (Reuters) White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Indias purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscows war in Ukraine and had to stop, adding that New Delhi was now cozying up to both Russia and China. If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner of the U.S., it needs to start acting like one, Navarro wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times. Indias Foreign Ministry has previously said the country is being unfairly singled out for buying Russian oil while

Mumbai, Aug 18 (PTI) The rupee edged higher by 20 paise to 87.39 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, amid a positive trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the uncertainty over the trade tariffs issue between India and the US is likely to keep market participants cautious. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 87.46 against the US dollar, then touched 87.39, registering a gain of 20 paise over its previous close. On Thursday, the rupee settled for the

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters) India has proposed lowering the Goods and Services tax (GST) on small cars to 18% from the current 28% as part of sweeping consumption tax cuts, a government source said on Monday. The reduction, part of a programme of tax cuts announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, will boost sales of the countrys biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki. The federal government has suggested lowering GST on small petrol and diesel cars to 18% from the current 28%, said the sourc

Mumbai, Aug 14 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat in a highly volatile trade on Thursday with investors taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of the US-Russia talks. Extending gains to the second day, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 57.75 points or 0.07 per cent to settle at 80,597.66. During the day, it rallied 211.27 points or 0.26 per cent to 80,751.18. The 50-share NSE Nifty rose by 11.95 points or 0.05 per cent to 24,631.30. Among Sensex firms, Eternal, Infosys, Asian

New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish details of 65 lakh deleted names from the voters list with reasons of non-inclusion to enhance transparency in Bihars special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order while hearing pleas challenging the June 24 ECI decision to conduct the SIR of electoral roll in Bihar. It directed the list of 65 lakh voters whose

Aug 14 (Reuters) Gold extended gains to a third straight session on Thursday, supported by rising expectations of an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in September following tame inflation data, which also weighed on the dollar. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $3,359.81 per ounce as of 0410 GMT. U.S. gold futures for December delivery added 0.3% to $3,408.50. Markets are pricing in the chance that the Fed cuts 50 basis points in September. So the dollars weakening, golds going up as a result

BERLIN, August 14, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be very severe consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska. Trump made the comment in response to a question from a reporter after announcing this years Kennedy Center Honors recipients in Washington. He did not say what the consequences might be. The remark came soon after Trump consulted with

> Patna, Aug 14 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that Vaishali MP, Veena Devi, who belongs to the ruling NDA, has two voter (EPIC) cards. The Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly in a post on X shared screenshots taken purportedly from the draft electoral rolls published in Bihar as part of Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Veena Devi is a second term MP was elected on Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party ticket, headed by Union minister Chirag Paswan. :-

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he had a unique experience of having tea with some dead voters from Bihar and thanked the Election Commission for it. A group of seven voters from Bihar met the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha at his residence and shared their experience of how they were declared dead by the EC and their names removed from the electoral rolls. There have been many interesting experiences in life, but I never got the chance to have tea with

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Gold prices slipped Rs 500 to Rs 1,01,020 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday due to continuous selling by stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 1,01,520 per 10 grams in the previous market session. In the national capital, gold of 99.5 per cent purity dipped Rs 500 to Rs 1,00,600 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) on Wednesday. However, silver prices traded flat at Rs 1,12,00

London, Aug 13 (The Conversation) Your dog tilts its head when you cry, paces when youre stressed, and somehow appears at your side during your worst moments. Coincidence? Not even close. Thousands of years of co-evolution have given dogs special ways to tune in to our voices, faces and even brain chemistry. From brain regions devoted to processing our speech to the love hormone or oxytocin that surges when we lock eyes, your dogs mind is hardwired to pick up on what youre feeling. The evidence

Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) The rupee traded in a tight range and slipped 6 paise to 87.69 against the US dollar in morning trade on Wednesday as depreciation pressures are still lingering amid persistent foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a narrow range as the Reserve Bank of India has stepped up its efforts to curb excessive rupee depreciation. At the interbank foreign exchange market rupee opened at 87.63, then touched an intra-day low of 87.69 against the US dollar in

Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on Wednesday as steady US inflation data propelled a sharp rally in global markets. Besides, retail inflation slowing to an 8-year low of 1.55 per cent in July also led to the positive trend in domestic equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 327.79 points to 80,563.38 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty edged up by 112.15 points to 24,599.55. From the Sensex firms, Bharat Electronics, Tata Motors, Power G

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said several large trade agreements were still waiting to be completed, including with Switzerland and India, but the South Asian country had been a bit recalcitrant in talks with the United States. Bessent told Fox Business Networks Kudlow he hoped the Trump administration could wrap up its trade negotiations by the end of October. Thats aspirational, but I think we are in a good position, he said, adding I think we

After 25 years of research, scientists at Northwestern University, USA, have discovered why some adults can live well into their 80s and beyond with near-perfect cognition. These super-agers, as the researchers call them, are aged 80 or older, but their memory is as good as that of adults in their 50s and 60s. Since 2000, scientists have studied 290 of these super-agers, and autopsied 77 of their brains, to understand what makes them so resistant to cognitive decline. The scientists discovered p

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a highly volatile trade on Tuesday dragged down by blue-chip bank stocks and caution ahead of domestic and US inflation data. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 368.49 points or 0.46 per cent to settle at 80,235.59. During the day, it hit a high of 80,997.67 and a low of 80,164.36, gyrating 833.31 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty went lower by 97.65 points or 0.40 per cent to 24,487.40. Investors are also awaiting cues from the US

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) The rupee consolidated in a narrow range to settle just 3 paise higher at 87.72 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid a negative trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a tight range as a late decline in domestic markets and foreign fund outflows capped sharp gains for the domestic unit. Moreover, there is an overall negative bias amid uncertainties over the trade tariff issue between India and the US. At the interbank foreign exc

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday called the Bihar SIR (special intensive revision) row largely a trust deficit issue as the Election Commission of India (ECI) claimed roughly 6.5 crore people of the total 7.9 crore voting population didnt have to file any documents for they or their parents featured in the 2003 electoral roll. The top court is hearing a batch of pleas against the Election Commission electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and

New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet in Parliament at 10:15 am on Tuesday to discuss their strategy for the proceedings in the House. A day earlier, the INDIA bloc and its leaders came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI) amid allegations of vote theft in the previous assembly and general elections. The opposition MPs were detained by the Delhi police this morning for protesting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in po

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) The rupee traded in a narrow range and edged higher by 10 paise to 87.65 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, amid a positive trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a tight range and the overall bias is expected to be negative amid uncertainty over the trade tariffs issue between India and the US. Moreover, investors are in a wait-and-watch mode ahead of the US CPI inflation data and are also awaiting cues from the US-Russia talks

WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the worlds two biggest economies. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he signed the executive order for the extension, and that all other elements of the Agreement will remain the same. Beijing at the same time also announced the extension of the tariff pause via the official news agency Xinhua. The previous de

Bhubaneswar, Aug 12 (PTI) The BJD said that it would approach the Orissa High Court regarding discrepancies during the 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha polls, as the EC has failed to give any satisfactory reply to the regional outfit on the issue. BJD spokesperson Amar Patnaik, MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo and former MP Sarmistha Sethi made the announcement at a press conference here on Monday. Around eight months ago, BJD had submitted fact-based evidence to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regardi

SEOUL, South Korea, August 12, 2025 (AP) South Koreas new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lees office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats. Their Aug. 25 summit will follow a July trade deal in which Washington agreed to cut its reciprocal tariff on South Korea to 15% from the initially proposed 25% and to apply the same reduced rate to Sout

A latest research adds to the growing notion that advice to limit egg consumption to avoid increasing bad cholesterol and risk of heart disease was based on scrambled data. What raises bad LDL cholesterol is actually the types of food we tend to eat alongside our eggs, such as bacon and sausage, according to a study from the University of South Australia that finds eggs have been unfairly beaten up for decades. Advice has long been to limit egg consumption especially the cholesterol-containing

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday hit out at the BJP-led Centre over the detention of Opposition MPs in New Delhi during their march against the Election Commission (EC), saying the world has seen that democracy is being murdered in India. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Thackeray maintained the BJP-led NDA government has smeared democracy with its own hands by detaining the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were protesting against the EC over the vote theft iss

BRUSSELS, August 11, 2025 (AP) Ukraine and its backers in Europe insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week, but the Europeans concede that Moscow is unlikely to give up control of Ukrainian land it holds. Ahead of the summit in Alaska on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal could include some swapping of territories, but the Europeans see no sign that Russia will offer anything to swap. Europeans and

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Snapping a five-day rally, gold prices retreated from record high levels and ended Rs 900 lower at Rs 1,02,520 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday as stockists turned to selling amid easing geopolitical tensions. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had climbed Rs 800 to hit a record peak of Rs 1,03,420 per 10 grams on Friday. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity, which also reached the peak of Rs 1,03,000 per 10 gra

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day on a negative note, lower by 8 paise at 87.66 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, as it came under pressure due to continued dollar demand by importers and a rebound in crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee pared initial gains on positive crude oil prices, dollar demand from importers and foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 87.56 and moved in a range of 87.

NEW DELHI, August 11, 2025 (AP) India s opposition parties held a protest Monday calling for the rollback of a controversial revision of the voter list in one of the countrys poorest states, where key elections are scheduled in November, and warning it could lead to voter disenfranchisement. Hundreds of lawmakers and supporters began the protest from parliament and were confronted by police, who stopped them from marching towards the election commission office in the capital, New Delhi. Police

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in positive territory in early trade on Monday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and a rally in the US markets. A firm trend in Asian markets further contributed to the optimism in equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 104.84 points to 79,962.63 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 55.85 points to 24,419.15. From the Sensex firms, State Bank of India, Trent, NTPC, Tata Motors, UltraTech Cement and Kotak Ma

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, August 11, 2025 (AP) Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to recognize a Palestinian state and amid growing criticism from officials in his government over suffering and starvation in Gaza. Australias government has also criticized plans an

Patna, August 11, 2025 (BBC) A few days ago, Indias Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters list. But opposition parties and election charities say the exercise was rushed through and many voters in Bihar have told the BBC that the draft rolls have wrong photos and include dead people. The Special Intensive Revision better known by its acronym SIR was held from 25

KYIV, Ukraine, August 8, 2025 (AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy quickly reversed course last month on a law that would have curbed the independence of the countrys anti-corruption watchdogs after widespread protests that threatened the stability of his leadership for the first time since Russias invasion. Its unlikely that the damage to the presidents image can be changed as easily. Zelenskyys reversal followed years of public discontent that simmered around his inner circle, some of

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) Describing the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls as an institutionalised chori, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the Election Commission is openly colluding with the BJP to carry out this theft with the objective of taking away the voting rights of the poor. Gandhi made the charge in a video released on his YouTube channel in which he also claimed that SIR has been brought in Bihar because the EC knows that we have caught their chori. H

New York, Aug 8 (PTI) The US got involved directly when India and Pakistan went to war, and President Donald Trump was able to deliver peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed. Since May 10, Trump has repeated his claim many times that he helped settle the tensions between India and Pakistan and told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a lot of trade with them if they stopped the conflict. India has been consistently mai