Mumbai, Apr 19 Equity indices tripped in the last half-an-hour of trade on Tuesday to notch up losses for the fifth consecutive session as finance and IT counters continued to bear the brunt of heavy selling amid negative global cues. Russia ramping up its offensive in Ukraine, coupled with unabated foreign fund outflows, a depreciating […]
Srinagar, Apr 19 Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported nine fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,53,955, officials said here. While five cases were reported from Jammu district and four cases were from Kashmir, they said. Seventeen of the 20 districts in the union territory did not report […]
New Delhi, Apr 19 Even as streets near Jahangirpuri’s Kushal Chowk on Tuesday witnessed some resumption of normal activities, an uneasy calm continued to prevail in the violence-hit area. Most shops remained closed for the fourth consecutive day, but a few vegetable and fruit carts were seen on the streets near Kushal Chowk. People were […]
Washington, Apr 19 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday made a strong case for regulating cryprocurrencies at a global level to mitigate the risk of money laundering and terror funding. Participating at a high-level panel discussion organised by the IMF, the Finance Minister said that as long as the non-governmental activity of the crypto assets […]
Chennai, April 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu is set to purchase power to the tune of 6000 MW to overcome the shortage of power in the months of April and May. Sources in Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) told BPNS that an agreement is made with power suppliers to purchase 3047 MW for the […]
Chennai, April 18 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Water resources minister and senior leader of the DMK, S. Duriamurugan has said that Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin would decide on whether the state should accept the supervisory committee till the National Dam Safety Authority becomes functional. Duraimurugan was speaking in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly on Monday. Minister […]
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) After the Tamil Nadu government issued orders sanctioning Rs 3.6 crores for the formation of the Drone Police Unit for Chennai, similar demands have arisen from Coimbatore and Madurai city police units. A senior officer with the Coimbatore City police while speaking to BPNS said, “ We have sought permission to […]
Puducherry, April 19 (BPNS) The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth organization of the CPM has demanded reservation of jobs in private sector in Puducherry Union Territory. The organization also demanded a minimum monthly salary of Rs 21,000 as also safety for women in the workplace. DYFI Puducherry unit president, A. Bhaskar while […]
Chennai, April 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government is to create a corpus of Tamil words for terms to be used in various sectors like medical, engineering, and technology. Tamil Nadu minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil culture, Thangam Tenarasu while speaking in the state legislative assembly on Tuesday said. The minister said that this […]
Chennai, April 19 (BPNS) The protests against the Tamil Nadu Governor, R.N. Ravi not forwarding the Anti–NEET bill passed for the second time by the legislative assembly to the President of India has turned murkier. The Dalit outfit Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Dravida Kazhagam (DK) activists along with the CPI and CPM workers staged […]
