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May 21, 2024 12:46 PM
Indian couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's debut production, "Girls Will Be Girls," is set to be screened at the prestigious 77th Cannes Film Festival. The iconic Alexandre III theatre will host the film on May 22 and 23, followed by an additional screening at the Raimu Hall on May 24. Directed by ...
May 21, 2024 10:55 AM
Asian stocks drifted lower while the dollar held firm on Tuesday as investors awaited minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting to gauge the timing and extent of possible interest rate cuts this year. Japan's tech-heavy Nikkei edged higher though, driven by chip shares after the Nasdaq...
May 17, 2024 5:55 PM
Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to protect their beaks while foraging. And a Galapagos Islands finch uses cactus spines to dig grubs out of holes. Sea otters als...
September 16, 2024 6:06 PM
India's banking sector is ready and fit to support the country's growth in the coming years, K V Kamath, Chairman of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure & Development, said in an interview with ANI. Kamath said that after the government took steps to minimize the non-performing asset...
May 17, 2024 3:56 PM
Nearly two-thirds of the world's coral reefs have been subjected to heat stress bad enough to trigger bleaching over the past year, the leading agency monitoring coral reefs said on Thursday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last month that the world's coral...
May 17, 2024 2:43 PM
China on Friday announced "historic" steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, allowing local governments to buy "some" apartments, relaxing mortgage rules and pledging to deliver unfinished homes. Investors hoped the measures marked the beginning of more decisive government intervention t...
September 16, 2024 5:57 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a massive public rally in Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Friday, drawing thousands of supporters. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray is set to share the stage with the PM, further boosting the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prospects in t...
September 16, 2024 5:57 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that the rise in voter turnout from 14% in the past to nearly 40% now in the Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir is the greatest testament to the success of the abrogation of Article 370. "All leaders of extremist groups voted. It does not mat...
September 16, 2024 6:17 PM
Indian benchmark indices started Friday's trading session on a muted note, influenced by global cues. The Nifty 50 index declined by 29 points to 22,374.20 in the early trade while the BSE Sensex lost 149 points to 73,548 at the time of filing this report. Ajay Bagga, Banking and Market Expert, sai...
September 16, 2024 6:17 PM
Indian software firm Zoho is planning a foray into chipmaking and seeking incentives from the federal government, two sources with direct knowledge of the proposal said, with one of them pegging the investment plan at $700 million. Zoho, established in 1996 and now headquartered in India's Tamil Na...
