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August 17, 2024 8:17 PM
China's Ministry of Water Resources today activated a Level-IV emergency flood response in the Xinjiang Uygur region in anticipation of severe rainfall and potential flooding. Heavy to torrential rains are forecasted in China's northwestern areas till Monday. The National Meteorological Cente...
August 17, 2024 8:12 PM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that India is committed to ensuring that the Global South takes on a larger role in shaping global development governance. In her address at the Finance Ministers’ Session of the 3rd Voice of the Global South Summit, Mrs. Sitharaman sought the con...
August 17, 2024 7:51 PM
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar called upon the nation to embrace economic nationalism, urging the industry, trade, and commerce sectors to prioritise local production. The Vice President was speaking at an event in Nellore today. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Dhankhar emphasised the concept ...
August 17, 2024 9:09 PM
Various doctors' forums and associations continued their protests across the country over the rape and murder of a doctor at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Our correspondent reports that only emergency services are open in various cities. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) call...
August 17, 2024 7:17 PM
Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal has said today that technology has emerged as a significant enabler for digitally empowering society, and the country is advancing with a citizen-centric, technology-driven modern legal system. He was inaugurating the Arbitration Centre at ...
August 17, 2024 6:35 PM
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that not only the healthcare fraternity but the entire nation is concerned about the rape and murder of the doctor at a medical college and hospital in Kolkata. Speaking to the media in Bhubaneswar today, he said that there has been o...
August 17, 2024 6:09 PM
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a new state-of-the-art Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of the Indian Coast Guard during his visit to Chennai tomorrow. He will also inaugurate the Marine Pollution Response Centre in Chennai and the Coast Guard Air Enclave in Puducherry. The ...
August 17, 2024 5:58 PM
Oil prices settled down nearly 2 percent on Friday, little changed on the week with Brent crude below 80 dollars a barrel, as investors tempered expectations of demand growth from top oil importer China. Brent crude futures fell 1.7 percent to settle at 79 dollars and 68 cents per barrel. U.S...
August 17, 2024 5:43 PM
US stocks ended higher on Friday, extending their biggest weekly percentage gains of the year as worries of an economic downturn eased and investors focused on the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium next week. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched their seventh straight session of gains as stoc...
August 17, 2024 5:38 PM
The domestic equity benchmarks concluded the week on a positive note. For the week ending Friday, the benchmarks experienced declines on one of the four trading days, resulting in a small recovery of the first week’s fall. The Nifty Mid-Cap and Nifty Small-Cap indices also increased. The Nifty clo...
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