Parliament panel summons Twitter over misuse of its platform

New Delhi (IANS) Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology has asked Twitter to appear before it on June 18 and put its views on prevention of misuse of its platform.

The meeting will be held in Parliament complex where…

Sensex, Nifty climb new record highs

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices continued their record run on Tuesday.

The BSE Sensex touched a fresh high of 52,836.31 and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange hit an all-time high of 15,889.60 points.

Healthy buying…

Year after Galwan clash: Indian Army develops military infra, deploys around 60K troops

New Delhi (IANS) A year after the Galwan valley clash in eastern Ladakh, China is still sitting at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) while India has geared up for a long grind.

Indian and Chinese military delegates have had 11 rounds of talks…

Pak, India agree to share ownership of Basmati rice

Islamabad (IANS) In a rare agreement between two arch-rivals India and Pakistan, which have a history of long-time rivalry with disputes on every front from sea to land, exporters from both sides of the border have mutually agreed to share the ownership…

Equity indices recover to end at record closing highs

Mumbai (IANS) Key Indian equity indices recovered by the end of the day's trade on Monday to settle at record closing levels, after a largely subdued trade for most part of the session.

The BSE Sensex closed at 52,551.53, higher by 76.77…

Base effect: India's WPI inflation zooms to 12.94% in May

New Delhi (IANS) Base effect, along with high transportation fuel cost, lifted India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 12.94 per cent in May from a rise of 10.49 per cent in April.

Significantly, this is the highest…

China tests its stealth bomber H-20's capabilities opposite Ladakh

New Delhi (IANS) China is conducting the final trials of Xian H-20 strategic stealth bombers at its Hotan airbase, opposite eastern Ladakh, as the US pulls out its troops from Afghanistan and the border standoff with India continues.

Top government…

Ram temple trust slams allegations of fraud

Ayodhya (IANS) The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has strongly denied allegations of corruption levelled by opposition parties, in land purchase.

In a statement issued around midnight on Sunday, the Trust said, the current sellers…

India logs 70K Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths

New Delhi (IANS) India's Covid cases continued to witness decline as it recorded 70,421 new Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare…

Sensex down 300 points; finance, auto stocks lead selloff

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices declined on Monday morning tracking mixed cues from the Asian market along with profit booking by traders after the indices scaled new highs last week.

The across-the-board selloff was led by auto,…