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August 16, 2024 8:57 PM
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Brent and WTI Crude trading more than two percent down in the Global Crude Market today. The Global Oil Benchmark Brent crude down nearly two and half a percent, to 79 dollars and 40 cents per barrel. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is trading nearly 3 percent down, to 75 dollars and 96 cents...
August 16, 2024 8:47 PM
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The broadcast sequence of hourly news bulletins of Akashvani will be revised, starting 18th of August at 12:00 midnight Hindi news bulletins will be broadcast first, followed by 5-minute English news bulletins. From 18th August, the Hindi bulletin will air on the hour, with the English bulletin foll...
August 16, 2024 8:45 PM
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Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi today felicitated Neeraj Chopra and other Indian Army sports persons for their accomplishments at the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj Chopra, who is a Subedar Major in the Indian Army, won a silver medal in javelin, while Subedar Bommandevara Dhiraj secured fourth plac...
August 16, 2024 8:39 PM
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Two more cases of Mpox disease were detected in Pakistan today, bringing the total to three. The report comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the outbreak a global health emergency. Pakistan reported the first suspected case o...
August 16, 2024 8:22 PM
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The National Coal Index (NCI Provisional) has shown a decline of 3.48 percent in June 2024 at 142.13 points compared to June 2023, where it was at 147.25 points. This indicates sufficient availability of coal in the market to meet the growing demands. The impressive growth of 14.58 percent in...
August 16, 2024 8:18 PM
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The government will start a programme called Kisano Ki Baat on radio to make science accessible to farmers. It will be modeled after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly Mann Ki Baat programme on Akashvani. Interacting with farmers in New Delhi, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministe...
August 16, 2024 8:17 PM
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In Pakistan, four people including two policemen were injured in an explosive attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today. The incident happened in the provincial capital of Peshawar where a police vehicle was attacked by a roadside explosive device. The rapid response unit of police was on i...
August 16, 2024 8:14 PM
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The five major Asian indices experienced gain today. Japan's Nikkei gained 3.51 percent, South Korea's Kospi increased 1.95 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 1.84 percent, Singapore's Straits Times index added 1.11 percent and China's Shanghai Composite Index marginally up by 0.07 percent....
August 16, 2024 8:11 PM
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Domestic Benchmark Indices, Sensex and Nifty traded firm and ended the week's last session more than one and half a percent up today. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex zoomed 1,331 points, or 1.68 percent, to close at 80,437. The NSE Nifty advanced 397 points, or 1.65 percent, to close at 24,541. ...
August 16, 2024 8:09 PM
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Australia and New Zealand today announced joint economic and energy commitments to support the clean energy transition in the region. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon announced at a joint press conference that New Zealand would join ...
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