Bombay Stock Exchange (Photo credit: PTI file) Bombay Stock Exchange (Photo credit: PTI file) Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex plunged by 554.05 points on Tuesday, tracking deep losses in realty, auto and metal stocks amid widespread selling pressure in global markets. The 30-share index slumped by 554.05 points or 0.90 perRead More

A medic collects swab sample for COVID-19 test (Photo credit: PTI) A medic collects swab sample for COVID-19 test (Photo credit: PTI) Assam, on Monday, registered the sharpest-ever single-day spike it has seen since the beginning of the pandemic with 6,982 fresh coronavirus infections. According to the Assam government healthRead More

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of people all around the world. A report in The Lancet says that the Coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated impacts that trigger mental health conditions. The report says, “Epidemiological research suggests that long-term impacts of the pandemic on the economicRead More

Traffic plies on a road amid dense fog in New Delhi. (Photo credit: PTI) The air quality in Delhi deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ category on Tuesday morning, with the overall air quality index (AQI) at 312, the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting Research (SAFAR) data said. According toRead More

New Delhi: Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a technical glitch that forced the latter to restart his Davos Agenda address. ‘Itna jhooth teleprompter bhi nahin jhel paya (not even the teleprompter could handle such lies),’ Rahul said in a tweetRead More

Apart from Sehwag, Yuvraj and Harbhajan, Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, Badrinath, RP Singh, Pragyan and Naman Ojha and Manpreet Gony will be part of the India Maharaja team. (Photo credit: AFP) All eyes would be on swashbuckling former India opener Virender Sehwag when he leads ‘Indian Maharaja’ in the openingRead More

Australia cricket team. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)Australia’s chief selector George Bailey opined on Australia’s preparations for the upcoming tour of Pakistan as he felt the need to strengthen the pace attack. Australia is coming off a massive 4-0 win against England in the Ashes and will be riding highRead More

A medic collects swab sample to test COVID-19 (Photo credit: PTI) A medic collects swab sample to test COVID-19 (Photo credit: PTI) As the COVID curb continues to peak globally, health experts have come up with different permutations and combinations of treatments to ensure that cases don’t become severe. TheRead More

A possible drone attack may have sparked an explosion that struck three oil tankers in Abu Dhabi and another fire at an extension of Abu Dhabi International Airport on Monday that killed three people and wounded six, police said. Abu Dhabi police identified the dead as two Indian nationals andRead More

Actor wished her husband lyricist Javed Akhtar on his 77th birthday with a family photo also featuring his ex-wife, actor Honey Irani. Taking to Instagram, Shabana shared a picture as the trio posed with their children–Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar, Tanvi Azmi and Shibani Dandekar. In the photo, Shabana AzmiRead More