Benchmark Equity Indices End Nearly 1% Higher; Sensex Surges 753 Points
Maharashtra, Jan 18 (ANI): File photo of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building as Sensex slips by 439.77 points, currently at 48,594.90. Nifty down by 152.45 points, currently at 14,281.25., in Mumbai on Monday. (ANI Photo)

April 21, 2026 4:43 PM

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Benchmark Equity Indices End Nearly 1% Higher; Sensex Surges 753 Points

Benchmark domestic equity indices ended nearly one per cent higher on Tuesday. The Sensex surged 753 points or 0.96 per cent, to close at 79,273, while the Nifty advanced by 212 points or 0.87 per cent to settle at 24,577. In the broader market on the National Stock Exchange, the Mid-cap 100 rose ha...

Garia Puja Celebrated Across Tripura with Devotion and Festive Zeal 

April 21, 2026 3:45 PM

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Garia Puja Celebrated Across Tripura with Devotion and Festive Zeal 

Garia Puja is being celebrated across Tripura on Tuesday with great enthusiasm and devotion. People from both tribal and non-tribal communities are participating in the festivities, spreading messages of harmony, goodwill, and welfare. Community pujas have been organized at several locations in Agar...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Arrives in Berlin, Receives Military Honours

April 21, 2026 3:33 PM

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Arrives in Berlin, Receives Military Honours

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who is on a three-day visit to Germany has reached Berlin this afternoon. In a social media post, Mr Singh shared that he was flown in a special German Airforce Aircraft and escorted by fighter jets during his flight from Munich to Berlin and accorded military honours ...

Japan scraps ban on lethal weapons exports

April 21, 2026 2:31 PM

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Japan scraps ban on lethal weapons exports

Japan today scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression. The approval by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet of the new guideline clears a final se...

US-Iran two-week ceasefire nears expiration amid fresh negotiations

April 21, 2026 2:02 PM

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US-Iran two-week ceasefire nears expiration amid fresh negotiations

The fragile two-week US-Iran ceasefire is set to expire tomorrow evening, clouding prospects for fresh negotiations and the future of the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump depicted the extension of the truce as "highly unlikely". Trump said that he expects strikes to resume immediatel...

Campaigning for first phase of Assembly election in West Bengal ends today

April 21, 2026 1:59 PM

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Campaigning for first phase of Assembly election in West Bengal ends today

Campaigning for the first phase of the assembly election in West Bengal ends today. A total of 152 seats will go under the polls in the first phase, deciding the fates of 1478 candidates. Canvassing for the first phase of the assembly election in West Bengal ends today. Political parties are doing l...