FPI selling stands at Rs 29,519 crore for this year
New Delhi, Feb 17 - The spike in US bond yields triggered by the higher-than-expected consumer price inflation led to sustained selling by FPIs in the cash market, says V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.
OSIRIS-REx brought back 121.6 grams of sample from asteroid Bennu: NASA
Washington, Feb 17 - The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought back 121.6 grams of material from asteroid Bennu -- doubling the sample return goal, NASA has announced.
Pawar ‘cool’ after losing NCP name, symbol; vows to rebuild his party
Pune, (Maharashtra), Feb 17 - Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar said on Saturday that the country has never witnessed a situation in which a person who founded a political party has been removed from it, but “this happened with the NCP.”
Safety inspection of Banihal-Sangaldan rail link completed ahead of PM’s J&K visit on Feb 20
Jammu, Feb 17 - Mandatory safety inspection of 48-km long Banihal-Sangaldan railway section in J&K’s Ramban district was successfully completed on Friday, ahead of the inauguration of Baramulla-Sangaldan railway train service by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20.
Oil prices not rising despite Middle East tensions as demand wanes
New York, Feb 17 - When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the price of oil jumped to over $100 a barrel. But despite the threat of an escalation of tensions in the Middle East and attacks on Red Sea shipping, oil markets have
Taylor Swift donates $100K to family of woman killed at Chiefs victory parade shooting
Los Angeles, Feb 16 - Singer Taylor Swift has made donations on a charity page totaling $100,000 early Friday morning after Lisa Lopez-Galvan was killed in a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade.
Paul McCartney reunites with stolen guitar after more than 5 decades
Los Angeles, Feb 16 - ‘The Beatles’ legend Paul McCartney has been reunited with a guitar which was stolen more than 50 years ago.
PM Modi reaches Bharat Mandapam for BJP’s office bearers’ meeting
New Delhi, Feb 17 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reached Bharat Mandapam in the national capital to attend BJP's office bearers' meeting which will set the agenda for the party's two-day national convention.
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar sample-return mission to lift off in May: Report
Beijing, Feb 16 - China is expected to launch its next lunar sample-return mission, Chang'e-6, planned to the far side of the Moon, in May, according to a media report.
Paytm QR, Soundbox, Card Machine to work beyond March 15; nodal accounts moved to Axis Bank
New Delhi, Feb 16 - Leading payments and financial services company Paytm on Friday reassured its users that its mobile app, including the widely-used Made in India QR code, Soundbox, and Card Machine will remain operational without interruption even after March 15.
LIC received refund orders for Rs 21,740cr from Income Tax Dept
New Delhi, Feb 16 - Life Insurance Corporation of India had received refund orders for Assessment Years 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
India partners Colombia on sharing open-sourced digital public infrastructures
New Delhi, Feb 16 - In a bid to promote digital transformation via India stack's capacity-building programmes, India and Colombia on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of sharing successful digital solutions implemented at population scale for
ISRO again skips ‘unlucky’ 13 while numbering its rocket
Chennai, Feb 17 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has done it again. It has skipped the number '13' -- generally considered "unlucky" -- while numbering its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, which is set to fly on Saturday evening with
Historic day with stone laying of country’s 22nd AIIMS in Rewari: Haryana CM
Rewari, Feb 16 - Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said "today was a historic day" as the foundation of the country's 22nd AIIMS was laid here.
Rajasthan: Amit Shah to attend election management committee meetings on Feb 20
Jaipur, Feb 16 - Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Bikaner in Rajasthan to attend the BJP’s election management committee meetings on February 20.
DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India over elderly passenger’s death at Mumbai airport
New Delhi, Feb 16 - The aviation watchdog, DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Air India after an elderly aboard an Air India flight from New York to Mumbai passed away after collapsing at the Mumbai airport.
Satellite Cartosat-2 successfully re-entered Earth’s atmosphere: ISRO
Chennai, Feb 16 - India’s cartograph satellite Cartosat-2 launched in 2007 successfully re-entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday.
Third round of talks with farmers’ bodies meaningful: Anurag Thakur
New Delhi, Feb 16 - Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth & Sports Affairs, Anurag Singh Thakur, said on Friday that the third round of talks with the farmers' organisations was meaningful.
BJP MP Pragya Thakur accuses Akasa Air duty manager of ‘conspiring’ against her
New Delhi, Feb 16 - BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday accused a duty manager of Akasa Air of conspiring and trying to cause huge loss to her during a Mumbai-Delhi flight she was travelling in.
New York judge in civil fraud case fines Trump $350 M, depleting available cash in election year
New York, Feb 17 - A local judge has dealt a blow to Donald Trump’s purse and ego, hitting him with a massive fine of over $350 million, depleting available cash in an election year and barring the billionaire real estate developer from