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August 12, 2026 10:08 AM
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Wednesday as higher crude oil prices weighed on investors' sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 35.99 points to 78,097.31 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty skidded 3...
August 12, 2026 9:46 AM
PM Modi to release former President Ram Nath Kovind's autobiography today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release former President Ram Nath Kovind's autobiography, “Triumph of the Indian Republic: My Life, My Struggles,” at a function at Vigya...
August 12, 2026 9:40 AM
Delhi and adjoining areas of the National Capital Region (NCR) are likely to witness cloudy skies and intermittent rainfall on Wednesday, providing some respite from humid weather conditions. According to weather forecasts, the national capital is e...
August 12, 2026 9:37 AM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is in Jaipur to attend the two-day meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors, being held under India’s BRICS presidency. The meeting will begin at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Hotel Ramba...
August 12, 2026 8:58 AM
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed that those involved in food adulteration be booked under the stringent anti-organised crime law, the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), saying such unscrupulous elem...
August 12, 2026 1:17 AM
Land availability, urban planning reforms, rental housing and access to finance must remain at the centre of efforts to expand affordable housing in Indian cities, Member of NITI Aayog Rajiv Gauba said on Tuesday. Addressing the National Conference ...
August 12, 2026 1:12 AM
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called upon people across the country to mark Hariyali Amavasya on August 12 by planting saplings, with members of the Vriksh Mitra Parivar pledging to ...
August 12, 2026 12:25 AM
Four leading U.S. human rights groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its campaign aimed at dismantling the International Criminal Court, calling the effort unconstitutional. President Donald Trump last year issued an executive order a...
August 12, 2026 12:24 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of being "devious negotiators" in an interview released late on Monday and described some of his current options in the war — "just bop along" and let Tehran fail economically or hit them "really, really har...
August 12, 2026 12:23 AM
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its behaviour and accept Iran's conditions to end the war, the newly appointed secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said on Tuesday. His comments are the st...
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