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    Sensex jumps over 150 pts in early trade; Nifty tests 14,650
    Business

    Sensex jumps over 150 pts in early trade; Nifty tests 14,650

    Mumbai, April 16: Equity benchmark Sensex advanced over 150 points in early trade on Friday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, Asian Paints and HCL Tech amid largely positive cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 160.43 points or 0.33 per cent higher at...
    Monsoon to be normal this year: IMD
    National

    Monsoon to be normal this year: IMD

    New Delhi, April 16: The Southwest monsoon, which brings nearly 75 percent of rainfall to the country, is expected to be normal this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.The Long Period Average (LPA) will be 98 per cent with an error margin of plus and minus 5 percent, said...
    PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical grade oxygen
    National

    PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical grade oxygen

    New Delhi, April 16: Amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday undertook a comprehensive review to ensure adequate medical grade oxygen supply in the country and called for ramping up its production.With cases hitting a new peak in several parts of the country,...
    Social media blackout in Pak amid anti-France protests
    International

    Social media blackout in Pak amid anti-France protests

    Islamabad, April 16: Pakistan on Friday blocked social media platforms amid fears that activists of a radical Islamist group might use the technology to stoke violent protests against last year's depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in France.Followers of far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a...
    Debabrata Saikia: Assam Cong has a leadership pool and party will decide on the CMs post
    Assam

    Debabrata Saikia: Assam Cong has a leadership pool and party will decide on the...

    Guwahati, April 16: Former leader of opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia is the son of former Assam chief minister Hiteshwar Saikia, who was instrumental in the signing of the Assam Accord. Saikia is one of the frontrunners for the top post of Chief Minister in case the Congress comes to...
    No state has asked to stop train services: Railway Board chairman
    National

    No state has asked to stop train services: Railway Board chairman

    New Delhi, April 16: No state has asked the railways to stop any train service yet, Railway Board Chairman Suneet Sharma said on Friday, adding that wherever the states have raised concerns about containment zones, passengers have undergone random tests and checks at the destinations.Addressing a...
    Female student held for smuggling gold worth Rs 1 cr
    National

    Female student held for smuggling gold worth Rs 1 cr

    Lucknow, April 16: A 22-year-old female student from Kolkata was arrested by customs sleuths at Lucknow airport for smuggling gold worth Rs 1.13 crore.The student, whose father is a wholesale dealer in rice, was returning from Dubai on an Indigo flight which landed in Lucknow on April...
    Youth World Boxing C
    Sports

    Youth World Boxing C'ship: Arundhati in QFs, 3 others also win in another good...

    New Delhi, April 16: Khelo India Games gold-medallist Arundhati Choudhary (69 kg) advanced to the quarterfinals, while three others also notched up opening-round wins in another good day for the country's boxers at the youth world championships for men and women in Kielce, Poland.However, it was...
    Manipur makes it mandatory for people entering the state to produce COVID-19 negative report
    North East

    Manipur makes it mandatory for people entering the state to produce COVID-19...

    Imphal, April 16: The Manipur government has issued an order making it mandatory for all persons entering the state to produce a negative COVID-19 test report, an official said on Friday.The official said the order shall become effective from April 18. The order issued by Deputy Secretary, Health...
    Arunachal Pradesh reports 8 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 16,920
    North East

    Arunachal Pradesh reports 8 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 16,920

    Itanagar, April 16: Eight more persons including two security personnel, tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the total caseload in the northeastern state to 16,920, a senior health official said here on Friday.Three new cases were reported from Lower Dibang Valley, two from...
    No Haj without two vaccine doses: Haj Committee of India
    National

    No Haj without two vaccine doses: Haj Committee of India

    Mumbai, April 16: In a major development, the Haj Committee of India (HCI) has said that no Indian Muslims shall be allowed to go for the annual Haj pilgrimage unless they have taken the two vaccine doses.The HCI CEO Maqsood Ahmed Khan made the announcement late on Thursday following the latest...
    US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia
    International

    US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia

    Washington, April 16: The US has launched diplomatic and financial offensives against Russian officials and businesses in retaliation for election-meddling and Moscow-linked hacking that compromised major federal agencies. The move included the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats from the US and...
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