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Equity indices edge lower, banking stocks in focus
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices dipped marginally during early hours on Thursday amid mixed global cues with Nifty private bank lowering by 1.2 per cent.
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US Justice Dept drops discrimination case against Yale
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration had filed against Yale University last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate
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Jon M Chu to direct 'Wicked' musical for Universal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): 'Crazy Rich Asians,' filmmaker Jon M Chu is all set to take on the land of Oz as he will soon be directing 'Wicked,' which is Universal's big-screen adaptation of the hit musical.
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Sensex closes above 50K mark led by pharma, financials
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): The bull roar continued at bourses on Wednesday with equity benchmark indices closing at record high peaks and exuberance over the Union Budget led to hopes of economic recovery among investors.
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Philippines logs 1,266 COVID-19 cases, total tops 530,000
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feburary 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Wednesday 1,266 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the Southeast Asian country's total tally to 530,118.
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Equity gauges in the green, pharma stocks in focus
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices rose marginally during early hours on Wednesday with pharma stocks gaining ground.
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UN Special Envoy on Myanmar 'strongly condemns' military coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 3 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General's special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, on Tuesday strongly condemned the steps taken by the Southeast Asian country's military and called it shocking.
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ADB, Japan to strengthen cooperation on clean energy in ASEAN region
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Manila [The Philippines], Feb 2 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) have signed a memorandum of cooperation to enhance their joint efforts to promote clean energy in southeast Asia.
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Sensex jumps 1,197 points as investors hope for economic resurgence
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): The bourses continued celebrating Union Budget 2021 with key equity indices moving up by 2.5 per cent on Tuesday.
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Philippines logs 1,583 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 529,000
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Manila [Philippines], Feburary 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Tuesday reported 1,583 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 528,853.
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Sensex nears 50,000 mark as Budget day rally continues
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices jumped by nearly 3 per cent during early hours on Tuesday as investors continued their positive reaction to the Union Budget amid strong global cues.
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Rejection of British National Overseas passports leaves ethnic minority co
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document
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