Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush to eastern South Africa last week have turned out to be just quartz, according to preliminary findings presented Sunday. Thousands of people flocked to a hillside in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province to dig for mysterious stones first unearthed by a cattle herder and…
In order to ascertain whether the vaccines administered to the residents of Mumbai’s Hiranandani Heritage housing society were genuine or fake, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday wrote to Serum Institute of India (SII) and sought details of the batch number of the Covishield vials used in the…
Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including commander and one of the most wanted militants Mudasir Pandit, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter took place in the Gund Brath area of Sopore in North Kashmir. Pandit was wanted by…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the mYoga app on the occasion of the seventh International Day of Yoga. Developed jointly by the Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization (WHO), the mYoga app intends to provide yoga training and practice sessions of varying durations to laypersons and…
India recorded 53,256 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours on Monday. This is the lowest daily case count the nation has reported in 88 days. The five states which registered maximum cases in these 25 hours are Kerala with 11,647 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 9,361 cases, Tamil Nadu with 7,817 cases, Andhra Pradesh…
The Indian market may open sharply lower on Monday amid weak global cues. At 7:35 am, the SGX Nifty was trading 185.00 points or 1.17 percent lower at 15,565.00, indicating a negative start for the broader index in India. 1. US stocks | All three main indices on Wall Street dropped Friday with investors wary of a more…
Petrol and diesel prices were unchanged on Monday as oil marketing companies (OMCs) decided to keep fuel rates static.Accordingly, the price of petrol and diesel stood at Rs 97.22 and Rs 87.97 per litre respectively in Delhi, as per Indian Oil Corporation, the country’s largest fuel retailer. In Mumbai, the…
The Indian market is expected to open lower on Monday following losses in global peers. The trend on SGX Nifty also suggests a negative start for the broader index in India. The Nifty futures were trading 164.50 points or 1.04 percent lower at the 15,585.50 level on the Singaporean Exchange at 7:10 am. Telecom…