- World
Bangladesh requests loan from IMF; economists say reforms in financial sector needed
Dhaka: Bangladesh has formally requested for a USD 4.5 billion loan from the Washington-based multilateral lender IMF to combat the ongoing financial crisis in the country, according to a media report. The…
- India
Only 11% of 69 cr beneficiaries have taken Covid precaution doses
New Delhi: Only 11 percent of the nearly 69 crore eligible beneficiaries aged 18 years and above taking the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine till July 25, has become a cause of…
- Bangalore
One year of Bommai govt: Karnataka Congress gives ‘zero’ score
Bengaluru: Giving a “zero” score for the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka, as it is all set to complete one year in office, the state Congress on Tuesday said sowing the…
- India
Defence ministry clears arms procurement proposals worth Rs 28,732 crore
New Delhi: The defence ministry on Tuesday approved the procurement of military equipment and weapons worth Rs 28,000 crore, including swarm drones and close-quarter battle carbines, to bolster the overall combat prowess…
- Automobile
Audi to focus on electric vehicles from 2033: Official
Coimbatore: German luxury car maker Audi would be focusing only on electric vehicles by 2033 and would stop making cars run on international combustion engines (ICE), a top official said on Tuesday.…
- Business
Gold falls Rs 28; silver declines Rs 203
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday fell by Rs 28 to Rs 51,192 per 10 grams, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal finished at…
- Stock Market
Sensex, Nifty slide nearly 1 pc on losses in IT, banking shares
Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty slid by nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday due to profit booking in IT, banking and FMCG shares ahead of the expected aggressive rate hike by…
- Delhi
One contact of Delhi monkeypox patient has complained of body ache, being monitored: Sources
New Delhi: One of the contacts of the monkeypox-infected resident of Delhi has complained of body ache and is being monitored to check for any other symptoms, sources said on Tuesday. The…
- News
At 2,135 daily COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra spike by 172%
Mumbai: The COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra jumped by 172 per cent to 2,135 on Tuesday compared to the number of infections reported a day before while 12 persons died due to the…
- Delhi
Delhi LG approves withdrawal of cases against migrant labourers for lockdown violations
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the withdrawal of 15 cases against 64 migrant labourers for violating lockdown measures during the Covid pandemic, an official statement said on…
- Chennai
TN HC refuses to quash proceedings against Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to set aside the criminal proceedings pending against Murugan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, before a lower court in…
- India
Short term bail for man who chopped wife’s body into 72 pieces
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has granted short-term bail to a man, who is serving a life sentence for killing his wife and chopping her body into 72 pieces in 2010. A division…
- India
No Kashmiri Pandit resigned from Jammu and Kashmir govt job after terror attacks: MHA
New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that as per information provided by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, no Kashmiri Pandit working…
- India
MP: People hold liquor, meat party at cow shelter; probe ordered
Tikamgarh: Some unidentified persons were allegedly found consuming alcohol and cooking meat at a gaushala (cow shelter) in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, prompting the authorities to initiate an inquiry, an official said…
- India
ED records Sonia Gandhi’s statement in National Herald money laundering case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday recorded Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s statement on the second day of questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said.…
