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February 28, 2025 8:07 PM
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The benchmark domestic equity indices witnessed a significant downturn today, with both the Sensex and Nifty ending in negative territory. The Sensex plunged by 1,414.33 points, or 1.90 percent, to settle at 73,198.10. The Nifty tumbled 420.35 points, or 1.86 percent, to 22,124.70. The domestic stoc...
February 28, 2025 7:32 PM
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, today directed their teams that the India-EU Free Trade Agreement should be concluded within the year. Briefing the media in New Delhi this afternoon, Secretary (West) Tanmaya Lal termed it an important ...
February 28, 2025 7:18 PM
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US markets fell yesterday, weighed down by a slump in chipmaker Nvidia as investors focused on data pointing to a cooling US economy. The Nasdaq tumbled 2.8% to 18,544 points. It was the Nasdaq's deepest one-day percentage drop in a month. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% to end at 5,861 points. The Dow...
February 28, 2025 7:17 PM
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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Sindhupalchok at 2:51 am on Friday, with tremors felt in Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the epicentre was at Bhairav Kunda in the Sindhupalchok district. A landslide occurred in Dugunag...
February 28, 2025 6:32 PM
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India's foreign exchange reserves grew 4.7 billion dollars to a two-month high of 640.48 billion dollars as of February 21. As per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India, this growth was mainly driven by foreign currency assets that increased by 4.2 billion dollars to 543.84 billion dollar...
February 28, 2025 6:31 PM
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A total of 18 people were rescued after a fire broke out on a fishing trawler off the coast of Alibag in Maharashtra's Raigad district today. The mishap occurred early in the morning while the trawler was approximately seven nautical miles from Alibag’s Akshi coast. Police said a distress call was s...
February 28, 2025 6:27 PM
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Key Asian markets declined today, with benchmarks in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea tumbling more than 2 percent as US President Donald Trump’s decision to push ahead with 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and to double tariffs on Chinese products to 20% left investors reeling....
February 28, 2025 6:25 PM
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The combined Index of Eight Core Industries, or the core sector, grew by 4.6 percent in January 2025, compared to the same month last year. The production of cement, refinery products, coal, steel, fertilisers, and electricity recorded positive growth in January 2025. Infrastructure sector data meas...
February 28, 2025 6:22 PM
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Global crude oil prices fell today over global economic growth, fuel demand, and signs of a US economic slowdown. The Brent crude oil prices slipped 59 cents, or 0.8%, to 72.98 dollars a barrel. US crude fell 65 cents, or 0.9%, to 69.70 dollars a barrel. Factors, including expectations of economic s...
February 28, 2025 8:49 PM
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In Bangladesh, the National Citizens' Party (NCP), a new political platform formed by student activists from the July-August Movement, was officially launched this evening at Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka. Leaders from the Jatiya Nagorik Committee and Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, who played a ...
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