Wall Street benchmarks closed at record highs on Friday, as easing geopolitical tensions in West Asia fuelled a broad risk rally across global markets, sending equities higher and oil lower.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notched their third straight record closes, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its strongest finish since late February. Gains…
Image used from reprsentative purposes NEW DELHI: The distress call from one of the Indian oil tanker’s that came under gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday has surfaced after two India-flagged vessels, forcing multiple ships to abort transit and turn back.The audio from the captain of the India-flagged tanker, shared by ABC News…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is very likely to witness more number of heatwave days during summer this year, mostly in April and May, said IMD director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Saturday. Mohapatra’s remark on Odisha to TOI came after he released IMD’s all India hot weather season forecast from March to May and monthly forecast for March…
PM Kusum Yojana: भारत में खेती का असली दम पानी और मिट्टी में है. लेकिन बिना बिजली के सब अधूरा रह जाता है. सालों से हमारे किसान भाई कभी महंगी डीजल की मार झेलते थे. तो कभी रात-रात भर जागकर बिजली आने का इंतजार करते थे. इसी सिरदर्द को खत्म करने के लिए सरकार लेकर…
The Centre is setting up a Rs 1 lakh crore Economic Stabilisation Fund to strengthen its ability to manage external disruptions and maintain fiscal stability, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.Intervening in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the second batch of supplementary demands for grants, she said the proposed fund is designed…
You walk into the day with extra weight in your presence. People notice. The Sun and Jupiter support honour and respect in society, and even small interactions, with security staff, shopkeepers, colleagues, feel smoother.Still, the day isn’t perfectly straight. Some happiness, some confusion. You may doubt yourself more than usual, and that’s the Moon playing…
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Chanchal Rana on Friday wrote to Census director Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, requesting his permission to proceed with appropriate punishment against 436 teachers, who didn’t turn up for training for the Census exercise.The teachers data was taken from school and mass education department, and they were personally contacted to join…
Women Reservation Bill: बीते दो दिनों से लोकसभा में महिला आरक्षण को लेकर जमकर बहसबाजी हुई. सरकार की पूरी कोशिश थी कि किसी भी तरह से इन बिलों को पास करा लिया जाए, लेकिन विपक्ष अड़ा रहा और आखिरकार सरकार को हार का सामना करना पड़ा. सरकार की तरफ से जो बैटिंग की जा रही थी,…
The ongoing Middle East war has drained Dubai of much of its travel appeal. Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is operating some flights to Dubai almost empty, as travellers avoid the Persian Gulf. Flights from the US and continental Europe have been hit hardest, with occupancy on several routes dropping sharply, as thecarrier faces…
Commuters shield against the sun Bhubaneswar: The IMD forecast on Thursday said both day and night temperature would witness a gradual rise by two to three degrees Celsius in the state during next three days.Such forecast came amid slight fall in night temperature in some pockets of the state. Hill station G Udayagiri in Kandhamal…
