Indian Markets End Losing Streak: Sensex-Nifty Fall

January 17, 2025 7:20 PM

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Indian Markets End Losing Streak: Sensex-Nifty Fall

Benchmark domestic equity indices today logged losses, snapping their three-day winning streak. The broader market indices at BSE, including the Mid-Cap and the Small-Cap indices, ended nearly unchanged. The 30-share index at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, dropped 423 points, or 0.55 percent, to...

Sri Lanka Announces 20% Electricity Tariff Cut for first 6 months of 2025

January 17, 2025 4:14 PM

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Sri Lanka Announces 20% Electricity Tariff Cut for first 6 months of 2025

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) announced a 20 percent reduction in electricity tariffs for the first six months of 2025. The revised rates take effect from midnight tonight. The tariff cuts aim to ease the financial burden on consumers and businesses amid Sri Lanka's ongoing ec...

China Launches Pakistani Satellite PRSC-EO1 into space

January 17, 2025 3:59 PM

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China Launches Pakistani Satellite PRSC-EO1 into space

China successfully launched a Pakistani satellite into space today from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, named PRSC-EO1, was launched at 12:07 p.m (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully. The rocket also carried two other satelli...

India to Establish Own Space Station by 2035: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

January 17, 2025 3:49 PM

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India to Establish Own Space Station by 2035: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh has announced that India will establish its own station in space by 2035. This station will be named the Indian Space Station, and this project will be operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He said this while talking to journalists during h...

Indian-origin MP Chandra Arya files nomination for Canadian PM’s race

January 17, 2025 2:08 PM

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Indian-origin MP Chandra Arya files nomination for Canadian PM’s race

Chandra Arya, an Indian-origin Member of the Parliament of Nepean, Canada has officially entered the race for Prime Minister of Canada after filing a nomination and addressing the House in Kannada.   Arya, a native of Tumkur district in Karnataka, did his MBA from Dharwad before moving to Canad...

UN to help Lebanon achieve economic recovery: UN Chief Guterres

January 17, 2025 1:58 PM

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UN to help Lebanon achieve economic recovery: UN Chief Guterres

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the UN will exert all efforts to enable Lebanon to achieve economic recovery. The UN chief said he visits Lebanon to express deep solidarity with the country and its people who have suffered from successive internal and regional crises. Gut...