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October 14, 2024 7:29 PM

Asian markets see gains as Shanghai Composite surges over 2%

Three out of five major Asian indices closed higher today. China's Shanghai Composite jumped more than two per cent, South Korea's Kospi climbed one per cent and Singapore's Straits Times Index added more than half per cent. Conversely, Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.7 percent. Meanwhile, the market i...

October 14, 2024 7:26 PM

Oil prices drop as China’s stimulus plans disappoint investors

Oil prices declined today as China's stimulus plans failed to inspire confidence among investors.   In the global crude market, Brent crude was trading 2.1 per cent down at 77 dollars and 38 cents per barrel. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was also trading 2.2 per cent down at 73 doll...

October 14, 2024 7:24 PM

Sensex rises 592 points to close at 81,973; Nifty gains 164 points

The domestic benchmark indices today ended with gains of more than half a per cent. The BSE Sensex climbed 592 points to close at 81,973 and the NSE Nifty ended with an uptick of 164 points to settle at 25,128.   The broader market at Bombay Stock Exchange also ended in positive territory. Th...

October 14, 2024 7:15 PM

Rupee closes at 84.06 against US dollar in forex market

In the Forex market, the rupee today ended at 84 rupees and six paise against the US dollar.   The dollar index, which indicates the US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies, is trading at 103.12 in intra-day trade....

October 14, 2024 6:21 PM

Odisha wins best state in 5th National Water Awards 2023

The 5th National Water Awards 2023 were announced in New Delhi today. Odisha has bagged the first prize in the category of Best State followed by Uttar Pradesh in the second position. Gujarat and Puducherry have jointly secured the third position.   President Droupadi Murmu will confer the 5t...

October 14, 2024 6:14 PM

West Bengal govt urges protesters to cancel ‘droho carnival’

West Bengal Government has requested the protesters to withdraw their proposed 'droho carnival' tomorrow on the day of the government's carnival programme. Following state chief secretary Manoj Pant's meeting with the doctors' association at Swasthya Bhawan, Shri Pant informed the media that an e-ma...

October 14, 2024 6:02 PM

India to face New Zealand in three ODIs after Women’s T20 WC

After the culmination of the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup on the 20th of this month in Dubai, India will be playing a three-match ODI series against New Zealand from the 24th to the 29th of this month. The matches are scheduled at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.   India, who are the hos...

October 14, 2024 5:59 PM

West Bengal govt urges doctors’ organisation to withdraw from hunger strike

No solution arises in today's meeting between the state chief secretary Manoj Pant and the Doctors' Association. The meeting was attended among others by the president of West Bengal Doctors Forum Dr. Kaushik Chaki and the secretary of the Association of Health Service Doctors, West Bengal, Dr. Utpa...