Stock Market: Sensex at 918 points, Nifty at 278 points

August 6, 2024 11:24 AM August 6, 2024 11:24 AM

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Stock Market: Sensex at 918 points, Nifty at 278 points

Domestic benchmark indices rebounded sharply today, rising over a per cent in early deals amid mixed cues. It comes a day after global share markets including Indian stocks suffered massive losses.   The Sensex at the BSE jumped 918 points or 1.17 per cent to trade at 79,678 mark in morning dea...

Kerala: Search operation begins at Sunrise Valley area of Soochippara in Wayanad

August 6, 2024 11:23 AM August 6, 2024 11:23 AM

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Kerala: Search operation begins at Sunrise Valley area of Soochippara in Wayanad

In Kerala, the authorities today began search for more bodies at the Sunrise Valley area of Soochippara in Wayanad this morning. As the terrain is inaccessible, a 12 member team comprising two trained forest officials, four members of the Special Operations Group and six army men were airdropped in ...

IMD forecasts widespread rainfall over northwest and east India

August 6, 2024 8:51 AM August 6, 2024 8:51 AM

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IMD forecasts widespread rainfall over northwest and east India

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls over northwest and east India during next 2 to 3 days. The IMD said that heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim today, and over Arunach...

Telangana: Sixteen crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) lifted

August 6, 2024 8:50 AM August 6, 2024 8:50 AM

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Telangana: Sixteen crest gates of Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) lifted

In Telangana, sixteen crest gates of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) were lifted yesterday, releasing 1.63 lakh cusecs of water downstream, as the dam across River Krishna began filling up. The inflow to the project was recorded at 3.16 lakh cusecs at 8 pm. Initially, irrigation officials lifted s...

Another batch of 1873 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu

August 6, 2024 8:41 AM August 6, 2024 8:41 AM

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Another batch of 1873 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu

Another batch of 1873 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu for the Kashmir valley to perform pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave Shrine. The pilgrims left the base camp in a cavalcade of 69 vehicles early this morning.   The batch included 1579 Men, 202 Women, 65 Sadhus and 27 Sa...

Paris Olympics 2024: Avinash Sable qualifies for men’s 3000m steeplechase final

August 6, 2024 8:31 AM August 6, 2024 8:31 AM

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Paris Olympics 2024: Avinash Sable qualifies for men’s 3000m steeplechase final

At Paris Olympics 2024, Avinash Sable created history last night by becoming the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the men's 3000m steeplechase final. Sable finished fifth in his heat with a timing of 8:15.43 minutes to qualify for the finals scheduled for 8th of August.   Earlier, in Ta...

Assam: Normal life affected in Guwahati due to flash floods caused by heavy rain

August 6, 2024 8:14 AM August 6, 2024 8:14 AM

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Assam: Normal life affected in Guwahati due to flash floods caused by heavy rain

In Assam, normal life was severally affected in Guwahati yesterday evening due to flash floods caused by heavy rain. Massive water logging has been reported at several areas in Guwahati. Vehicular movement was badly affected due to water logging. People had to wait for hours to reach home due to mas...