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NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has got a youth from Uttaralhand rescued from a cowshed in Punjab following an intervention by BJP MP Anil Baluni who said the person was kept like a bonded labourer for over 15 years.The youth was allegedly forced to work at a cowshed in Dinewal village of Punjab’s…
Mumbai: Indian stock markets extended their gains for the second straight day on Wednesday, supported by strong buying in media and technology shares. Investors were relieved after crude oil prices dropped and tensions between Iran and Israel eased following a ceasefire. The Sensex closed 700.4 points higher at 82,755.51, gaining 0.85 per cent. The Nifty…
NEW DELHI: At least two people have died and around 20 are feared swept away after a series of cloudbursts, flash floods, and heavy rain battered parts of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, triggering widespread destruction across Kangra and Kullu districts.Rescue teams recovered two bodies from the Manuni Khad stream in Kangra district, where floodwaters inundated…
Multibagger small-cap stock: Elitecon International Limited’s board of directors announced on Wednesday, 25 June 2025, that the company is set to raise ₹75 crore from the public markets via a preferential allotment, according to an exchange filing. Stock market investors will focus on the company’s shares on Thursday, 26 June 2025. According to the BSE…
Mumbai: Ola Electric’s stock has taken a massive hit, plunging 72 per cent from its record high of Rs 157.40, which it had touched on August 20, 2024 — just six days after making a strong debut on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) at Rs 75 per share. Since then, the stock has been falling…
NEW DELHI: Mallikarjun Kharge‘s ‘Modi first, country later’ swipe at Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday added a new chapter to the ongoing saga of an open, often bitter, fight between the Congress and its Thiruvananthapuram MP.That Congress and Shashi Tharoor are at loggerheads does not make news anymore. Since February this year, when Tharoor made his…
Shashi Tharoor. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, widely recognised for his eloquence in English, drew widespread praise this week for speaking fluent French while strongly criticising Pakistan’s inclusion in an upcoming anti-terrorism conference organised by Russia. During a meeting in Moscow with Russian Liberal Democratic Party chairman Leonid Slutsky, Tharoor responded in…
Indogulf Cropsciences IPO: Indogulf Cropsciences completed its anchor round on Wednesday, 25 June 2025. As per the exchange filing, the agrotech firm raised ₹58.19 crore from anchor investors ahead of the public issue. According to the BSE filing, Indogulf Cropsciences allotted a total of 52,43,242 or over 52.43 lakh equity shares to the anchor investors…
Mumbai: Gross inward foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India surged to $8.8 billion in April this year, higher than $5.9 billion in March and $7.2 billion in April 2024, according to the RBI’s monthly bulletin released on Wednesday. Manufacturing and business services accounted for nearly half of the gross FDI inflows in this month….
KURUKSHETRA: Union minister of state (MoS) for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj, SP Singh Baghel on Wednesday described the Indian Constitution as a sacred text on par with the sacred Bhagavad Gita, Guru Granth Sahib, and theBible, emphasising that it must be respected and honoured as the foundation of India’s democracy. Notably,…
Power generators will hedge revenue, distribution companies hedge costs and traders bring liquidity according to NSE’s factsheet on the product. | Photo Credit: pixelfusion3d National Stock Exchange (NSE) is set to launch a new security called “Electricity Futures” in order to hedge losses due to electricity price fluctuations. This will allow power buyers, sellers, traders,…
Today’s evening news wrap consists of CBSE’s move to biannual Class 10 board exams, Shubhanshu Shukla becoming the first Indian in space in 40 years, and more top stories from politics, sports, and finance.After multiple delays, the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission was finally launched at 2.31am Eastern Time (12.01pm IST) Wednesday and India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu…
New Delhi: India’s domestic air passenger traffic registered a 1.89 per cent increase during May this year to 1.4 crore, compared to the corresponding figure of 1.38 crore in the same month last year, according to the latest data compiled by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Operations at over 30 airports near the…
New York, Jun 25 (AP) US stocks are hanging near their all-time high on Wednesday as financial markets catch a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Iran war will not disrupt the global flow of crude oil. The S&P 500 was 0.2 per cent higher in early trading and sitting just…
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved an outlay of Rs 5,940 crore for a revised master plan with greater emphasis on sustainable livelihood generation for families affected by the underground fire raging in the coal mines of Jharia in Jharkhand.The revised plan, called the Jharia Master Plan, makes a provision for a livelihood grant…
UPI has transformed the digital payments landscape in India, the IMF paper said. Photo: X/@UPI_NPCI A new paper published by the International Monetary Fund has lauded the impact of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system in India and has said those looking to move from cash to digital payments should also carry out the other…
