Across the country, petrol and diesel prices remained stable on Monday, December 6, 2021. Fuel rates have been stable for over a month after the central government decided to cut down petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5 and Rs 10 respectively by slashing the excise duty on the fuels. However, last week, the Delhi…
Indian shares inched lower on Monday after snapping two straight weekly falls, as more cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant were reported over the weekend. By 0350 GMT, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was down 0.27% at 17,150.05, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) dipped 0.12% to 57,627.59.…
On December 6, while gold was trading on the lower side of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), silver recorded a marginal hike. Witnessing a downfall of Rs 27 or 0.6 per cent, gold futures maturing on February 4, 2022, are trading at Rs 47,953. Meanwhile, silver futures maturing on March 4, 2022, are retailing at Rs…
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday hit out at Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh after he called him a “traitor” for leaving the Congress and defecting to the BJP. “I don’t want to fall to that level… People who called Osama (bin Laden) as ‘Osama Ji’ and…
Lewis Hamilton won a twice-halted Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to go level on points with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen and set up a winner-takes-all title showdown. The first race to be hosted by Jeddah had almost as many twists and turns as the season itself. On a chaotic night in Jeddah, the first…
Vivo’s sub-brand IQOO is reportedly working on a new Neo 6 smartphone. In the latest development, an alleged Google Play Console listing of the handset has been leaked, revealing some of its specifications. The iQOO Neo 6 Google Play Console page indicates that it may have a 6.62 inch AMOLED FHD+ display with a…
The death toll in the firing incident that followed a security operation in Nagaland on Saturday evening has risen to 15. As many as 14 civilians and one soldier were killed in the incident. Security forces had opened fire on civilians in Nagaland’s Mon district in two consecutive incidents of firing on Saturday…
Residents of Mathura woke up on Monday morning to find their city resembling a fortress, especially the areas around the temple town’s most iconic landmark — Shri Krishna Janmasthan Temple. The local administration, supervised by top officials of the Uttar Pradesh government, has ramped up security after a few…
Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has stepped down as the host of a talk show on Sansad TV to show solidarity with the 12 Opposition MPs who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha. In a Twitter post, Shashi Tharoor said he was stepping down as the host of talk show ‘To The Point’ on Sansad TV.…
BSF jawans in Punjab opened fire at a drone on Sunday that was noticed along the Indo-Pak border. The drone, however, managed to flee to Pakistan. The incident was reported from the old Sundargarh border outpost. After the incident, Border Security Force jawans are closely combing the area for any other security…