The Nifty 50 index opened at an unprecedented 24,369 points, while the BSE Sensex began the session at an all-time high of 80,321.79 points. This bullish trend continues from the June 10 rally, after which the Sensex has surged by more than 3,000 points till date.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has been making steady progress since work began in November 2021. The project initially faced delays due to challenges in land acquisition.
As proceedings of Rajya Sabha began this morning, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhhar offered condolences on the loss of lives in the stampede in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha which was adjourned sine die on Tuesday recorded a productivity of 103 per cent, a press release said. The session began on June 24 with oath-taking by the new members.
The six-day-long protests, sit-ins, shutter-downs, demonstrations, and wheel-jam strikes began on May 8 against the Government of Pakistan and the PoJK government, demanding subsidised electricity and flour.
The police said that as soon as they got the information of the incident, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were called and began the rescue operation.