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August 5, 2024 2:57 PM

Sensex declines on Monday: a review of the five largest drops

India's benchmark stock index, opened with a sharp decline on Monday. This isn't the first time the index has experienced such drops, often triggered by major global and domestic economic events. Here, we take a look at the five biggest intraday fall...

August 5, 2024 2:59 PM

How missed warnings, ‘over-tourism’ aggravated deadly India landslides

With a steeply pitched tiled roof piercing misty green hills in southern India and a stream gushing through rocks nearby, the Stone House Bungalow was one of the most popular resorts in the Wayanad area of Kerala state. It was empty when two landsli...

August 5, 2024 2:10 PM

DU admissions: Over 3 lakh candidates in fray for admission to 71,000 UG seats

A total of 3,00,090 candidates have registered so far for the 71,000 available undergraduate seats at Delhi University (DU) for the academic session 2024-25, a senior university official said on Monday. The number of registrants is expected to rise a...

August 5, 2024 2:01 PM

India to host first BIMSTEC Business Summit in New Delhi from August 6-8

India is preparing to host the first-ever BIMSTEC Business Summit in New Delhi from August 6-8, marking a significant step towards fostering greater regional collaboration in the Bay of Bengal region. The Ministry of External Affairs, in partnership ...

August 5, 2024 1:29 PM

Himachal Pradesh: Search, rescue ops underway in Samej village after cloudburst in Shimla

Relief and rescue operations are in full swing in the flood-affected Samej village near Rampur in Shimla district, as Himachal Pradesh grapples with the aftermath of catastrophic cloudbursts that have ravaged various parts of the state. The recent c...

August 5, 2024 1:21 PM

Uttarakhand: NDRF rescues 94 stranded people, 8 personnel from Kedarnath valley

Eight National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) personnel and 94 individuals, including children and patients were rescued from the Kedarnath valley on Monday. Rescue operations, which had been hindered by poor weather conditions, resumed today. The Indi...

August 5, 2024 12:28 PM

Delhi LG has power to nominate ‘aldermen’ in MCD: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's decision to nominate 10 'aldermen' to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Narasimha, JB Pardiwala said that the LG...

August 5, 2024 10:30 AM

Hardeep Singh Puri to introduce bill to amend Oilfields Act in Rajya Sabha on Monday

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri is set to introduce the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024 in the Rajya Sabha today. The bill aims to update the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act of 1...

August 5, 2024 9:44 AM

Sensex falls around 1,600 points & Nifty plunges 500 points as global markets sink

Indian markets experienced one of the worst falls on Monday with both the indices Nifty, and Sensex registering high losses during the opening trade. Indian stock markets followed the global bloodbath. The Nifty 50 index declined 414.85 points or 1....

August 5, 2024 9:22 AM

Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple witnesses scores of devotees offering prayers on third Monday of ‘Sawan’

Prayers were offered at the Mahakaleshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on the third Monday of 'Sawan'. On the occasion, Bhasma Aarti was also performed at the temple. Prayers were also offered at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh and Gaur...

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