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May 21, 2026 4:14 PM
Indian benchmark equity indices ended lower on Thursday as losses in IT, FMCG and financial stocks weighed on investor sentiment amid continued monitoring of the geopolitical situation in West Asia. The Nifty settled at 23,654.7, slipping 4.3 points...
May 21, 2026 6:27 PM
India and the African Union have agreed to postpone the Fourth India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS IV), which was scheduled to be held in New Delhi from May 28 to 31. According to a joint press release issued on Thursday, the decision was taken follow...
May 21, 2026 5:40 PM
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has placed proposed amendments to anti-doping laws in the public domain for stakeholder consultation, seeking to criminalise organised doping-related activities while protecting athletes from criminal prosecut...
May 21, 2026 3:50 PM
India’s electrical equipment industry could witness major expansion over the next decade, backed by rising domestic demand, rapid electrification, renewable energy adoption, and growing export opportunities, according to a new report by McKinsey &a...
May 21, 2026 3:37 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation diplomatic tour was marked not only by strategic agreements and high-level engagements, but also by a rich display of India’s cultural heritage through thoughtfully curated gifts presented to world leade...
May 21, 2026 3:34 PM
Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of Israel's far-right police minister have been released from prison and will be deported to Turkey on Thursday, officials said. The activists were arre...
May 21, 2026 3:35 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni planted a Black Mulberry sapling in Rome on Wednesday under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” initiative, symbolising environmental consciousness and the growing cultural connection be...
May 21, 2026 3:32 PM
Scientists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Nainital, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have developed a new method to detect ...
May 21, 2026 3:41 PM
Economic activity in the euro zone shrank at its sharpest rate in more than two-and-a-half years in May as a war-driven surge in living costs hammered demand for services across Europe and firms accelerated layoffs, surveys showed on Thursday. S&...
May 21, 2026 3:12 PM
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said India and the United States are working as “natural partners” with growing cooperation across sectors such as technology innovation, defence manufacturing, digital infrastructure,...
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