Stock markets fall for fourth day on relentless foreign fund outflows; Sensex drops 570 points
Mumbai: Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for the fourth straight day on Thursday as relentless foreign fund outflows, high bond yields and a fresh spike in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentim…
Rupee slumps 37 paise to close at 96.31 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee slumped below the psychologically important 96 per dollar mark on Thursday to close at 96.31 (provisional) against the US dollar, the lowest level in more than two months, on risk aversion in global mar…
From a small Kerala village to two Asian Games silvers: Ancy Sojan’s long jump journey
Ancy Sojan has done it again. The 25-year-old Indian long jumper leapt 6.53 metres to win her second Asian Games silver.But the journey to the podium began in a small village in Kerala, where her father first introduced …
Tewolde Gebremariam assumes charge as Air India CEO
New Delhi: Tewolde Gebremariam formally assumed charge as the CEO and MD of Air India on Thursday.Gebremariam, whose appointment was announced on August 5, received security clearance this week.Air India CEO-designate se…
Hundred years of UPSC: How India's civil services exam has changed over the years
In 1863, 21-year-old Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to qualify for the elite Indian Civil Service (ICS) under British rule. He travelled to England to sit for an examination that, at the time, was conducted…
Gujarat announces state award for pilot Machchhar, prayer held at Somnath temple for his recovery
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Thursday announced that Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who thwarted his co-pilot’s alleged attempt to crash a Flydubai flight despite being stabbed, will be awarded the ‘Visisht G…
Israel vows to get to 'root' of flydubai attack, UAE launches investigation
Jerusalem/Dubai: Questions loomed on Thursday over the motives and background of a co-pilot who stabbed the captain of a passenger jet on its way to Israel, in what Israeli officials have said was an apparent attempt to …
Left parties step up protests in Tamil Nadu over 'deletion' of 13 crore voters, demand removal of CEC
Chennai: Left parties intensified their agitations across Tamil Nadu on Thursday, demanding the immediate resignation or parliamentary impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the alleged disen…
Kerala High Court allows medical termination of 30-week pregnancy of 15-year-old rape survivor
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has allowed the medical termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a 15-year-old rape survivor, following a plea by her mother.Justice Harisankar V Menon allowed the plea filed by the girl’s mothe…
'Beginning a new chapter': Eight surrendered Maoists clear Class 10 open school exam in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Geeta Narote, a surrendered Maoist cadre from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division who once carried a rifle in her arms is now holding a pen and has cleared the Class 10 State Open School examination, hoping to pursue …