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August 2, 2024 8:13 PM August 2, 2024 8:13 PM
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Wall Street stocks tumbled yesterday after weak manufacturing data sparked worries about a US recession. The S&P 500 sank 1.4 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.2 per cent. The Nasdaq Composite saw the steepest decline, collapsing 2.3 per cent.
August 2, 2024 8:11 PM August 2, 2024 8:11 PM
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All five major Asian Indices closed in red today. Japan's Nikkei plunged over six per cent, its biggest daily fall since the March 2020 COVID-19 crisis. South Korea's Kospi lost 3.79 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.12 per cent, Singapore's Straits Times index declined 1.14 per cent, and Ch...
August 2, 2024 8:11 PM August 2, 2024 8:11 PM
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The Indian rupee slipped today as local stocks declined, tracking a global equity sell-off caused by concerns of a slowdown in the United States. The rupee depreciated 0.04 per cent to close at 83.75 against the U.S. dollar. The dollar index, which indicates its strength against a basket of six othe...
August 2, 2024 8:10 PM August 2, 2024 8:10 PM
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat, Konkan, and Goa tomorrow. An orange alert has been issued for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Chhattisgarh, Eastern Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Coastal Karnataka, Sub...
August 2, 2024 7:58 PM August 2, 2024 7:58 PM
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Incessant rains and gusty winds have disrupted normal life in many parts of the Darjeeling Hill areas. Power supply in most of the hilly areas has been disrupted in the last 36 hours, resulting in significant hardship for residents. Internet services have also been interrupted. Official sources repo...
August 2, 2024 7:52 PM August 2, 2024 7:52 PM
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Devastating wildfires continued to wreak havoc across the western United States, with California battling one of its largest fires in history and Colorado fighting rapidly growing fires that have claimed a life. In Northern California, firefighters are battling the Park Fire, currently the largest a...
August 2, 2024 7:57 PM August 2, 2024 7:57 PM
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In Uttarakhand, relief and rescue operations continue for the second day today to take the pilgrims stranded in Kedarnath Dham to safe places. More than six thousand people have been rescued safely from the Kedarnath till now. Akashvani correspondent has reported that the rescue operation is being c...
August 2, 2024 7:14 PM August 2, 2024 7:14 PM
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Karnataka state forest minister Eeshwar Khandre has said that all those encroaching on the forest land in Western Ghats will be evicted. In a meeting held in Bengaluru today, the minister instructed the senior officials from his department to evict any habitation that was built on forest land after ...
August 2, 2024 7:11 PM August 2, 2024 7:11 PM
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BJP today said that United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis has recently praised India for lifting 80 crore people out of poverty and 25 crore people out of multidimensional poverty. Briefing media in New Delhi, senior party leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the UNGA President h...
August 2, 2024 7:09 PM August 2, 2024 7:09 PM
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The Rajya Sabha today took up discussion on a private member resolution moved by DMK member M. Mohamed Abdulla urging the government to repeal NEET and NTA and revert to medical admissions based on the criteria of state governments. Intervening in the discussion, Leader of the House and Union Health...
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