At a time when Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan continues to remain behind bars, the Information Minister of Punjab province, Azma Bukhari has termed Khan's prison as his 'in-laws house', Geo News reported.
The European Central Bank (ECB) cut the key interest rates for the first time in five years on Thursday. It reduced three key policy rates by 25 basis points (100 basis points is equal to 1 percentage point).
Indian markets continue to recover from the losses of election results day. The Nifty 50 index surged 201 points, or 0.89 percent, to 22,821.40, while the BSE Sensex climbed 692 points to 75,074, reflecting a 0.93 percent gain.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) rejected the plea for bail of forcefully abducted Ahmed Farhad Shah. The court while rejecting the plea commented that the legal points stated by his counsel did not apply to the case at hand, Dawn reported.
As discussions continue about Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar potentially supporting a party after the BJP falls short of a majority to form a government, AAP leader Sanjay Singh commented on Wednesday that prior to 2019, Naidu had spoken out against "dictatorship."
The Sensex opened 270.85 points higher at 72,349.90, while the Nifty gained 156.30 points, starting the day at 22,040.80. Among the Nifty companies, 40 showed advances, and 10 recorded declines.
Indian stock indices witnessed a bloodbath on the day the Lok Sabha results are being announced, where incumbent BJP performed below par and seems it may fall short of exit poll predictions and the majority mark.
The World Champion Ding Liren, who has been underperforming with four losses in a row, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanandhaa R. However, he missed a trick and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, with Pragg remaining on the third spot of the standing
Arjun Erigaisi, with an ELO rating of 2769.7, has so far added 8.7 points to his tally and is only behind Magnus Carlsen of Norway, USA's Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He had briefly reached a career-high live rating of 2771.2 earlier this week and is
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, revealed that they would continue to enforce substantial oil production cuts totalling 5.86 million bpd.
At the opening bell, the Sensex plunged by 1,135.48 points to 75,333.30, while the Nifty dropped by 408.35 points to open at 22,855.55. Among the Nifty companies, only 6 were advancing, and 44 were declining, reflecting widespread caution among investors.