Sensex declines 111 points, Nifty settles at 22,453

April 2, 2024 4:20 PM

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Sensex declines 111 points, Nifty settles at 22,453

Benchmark equity indices snapped a three-day winning streak to close marginally lower on Tuesday. BSE Sensex declined 111 points, or 0.15 percent, to finish at 73,904. The NSE Nifty fell nine points, or 0.04 percent, to settle at 22,453. In the forex market, the rupee ended marginally lower at 83 ru...

Bangladesh’s economic outlook dims; World Bank lowers GDP forecast for FY25

April 2, 2024 4:18 PM

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Bangladesh’s economic outlook dims; World Bank lowers GDP forecast for FY25

The World Bank has lowered the GDP growth forecast for Bangladesh by 0.1 percentage point to 5.7 per cent for the next fiscal year (FY2025). High inflation, a persistent balance of payments deficit, financial sector vulnerabilities, and global economic uncertainty has been disruptive for the post-Pa...

General Elections: Know the journey of VVPATs to EVMs

April 2, 2024 2:17 PM

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General Elections: Know the journey of VVPATs to EVMs

Once upon a time, long before the buzzwords of EVMs and VVPATs, India relied on the humble ballot box for elections. Citizens cast their votes on pieces of paper, sealed them in the box, and waited for painstaking manual counting. It consumed massive amounts of paper, was time-consuming, and was pro...

BJP releases a list of 112 candidates for upcoming Odisha assembly polls

April 2, 2024 1:04 PM

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BJP releases a list of 112 candidates for upcoming Odisha assembly polls

BJP today released a list of 112 candidates for the upcoming Odisha assembly polls. Jaynarayan Mishra will be the party candidate from Sambalpur while Manas Kumar Datta will contest from Balasore assembly seat. Sitanshu Sekhar Mohapatra will fight from Bhadrak and Krushna Chandra Patra from Dhenkana...