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Stock market today: Indian equity benchmarks traded in green on Monday, supported by strong buying in banking and IT stocks. BSE Sensex climbed 200.80 points (0.25%) to 81,407.97, while the NSE Nifty 50 advanced 62.20 points (0.25%) to 24,956.45.Earlier at 9:37 am, the Sensex was up 94.83 points at 81,302.00, and the Nifty gained 28.85…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) BHOPAL: Three more children died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Sunday after allegedly having cough syrup, taking the toll to 14 on a day a government doctor was arrested, an SIT was formed and the body of a two-year-old girl was exhumed for autopsy – the first among the reported…
An official looks at bottles of the cough syrup after a raid by the Drug and Pharmaceuticals Department officials in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. (Picture credit: PTI) BHOPAL/NEW DELHI: As the number of children dying of renal failure in MP’s Chhindwara district after consumption of cough syrup rose to 11, with two more fatalities reported on…
Agra: A day after 13 people were swept away during Durga idol immersion in Agra, officials on Friday said that the death toll in the incident has risen to five, while seven others are still missing.One injured person has been rescued.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when around 50 villagers from Kusiyapur Dugarwala in Kheragarh…
Indonesia school collapse (Pic credit: AP) The death toll from the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia has risen to 13, authorities confirmed late on Friday, as search operations continue for students still trapped under the rubble on the fifth day. The Al Khoziny school, a pesantren or Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo,…
Asian shares were mostly flat on Tuesday as investors stayed cautious ahead of a possible US government shutdown.HSI slipped 0.11% or 29 points reaching 26,593. South Korea’s Kospi also shed 0.06% or 1 point, trading at 3,429 at 10:45 AM IST.Meanwhile, Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.01% or 5 points to 45,049. Shanghai and Shenzhen also traded…
NEW DELHI: The First Information Report (FIR) in the Tamil Nadu stampede case has blamed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay‘s late entry to the rally for “overcrowding and restlessness” among the crowd that eventually led to the death of 41 people and left 60 injured.The stampede at Velusamypuram occurred after actor Vijay stayed inside his…
Silchar: A former employee of the defunct Cachar Paper Mill in Assam’s Hailakandi district died on Friday night, adding to the rising number of deaths among workers of the two closed units of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL).The deceased, Nurul Hoque (66), a resident of Surtara in Cachar, had been battling cancer for the past…
Accenture, the global IT services and consulting firm with a significant Indian workforce, reported a 7 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue to $17.60 billion for the June-August 2025 quarter, reflecting steady client demand and digital transformation projects, the company said on Thursday. The growth included a 2.5 per cent foreign-exchange impact, PTI reported.Julie Sweet,…
The US Treasury is in discussions with Argentina to provide a $20 billion swap line to the South American country’s central bank, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday, as right-wing President Javier Milei seeks to stabilise markets ahead of upcoming midterm elections. Following the announcement, the Argentine peso gained 2.4 percent to 1,333.90 per dollar.“The…
