Day: May 29, 2019

Attacks by extremists on Afghan schools triple: UNICEF

2:13 pm May 29, 2019

United Nations: Attacks on schools in Afghanistan tripled in 2018, surging from 68 in 2017 to 192, the United Nations agency for children said in a report, as the Taliban and other extremist groups in the war-torn country continue to wage a campaign of violence against softer targets. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday […]

US again refuses to label China as currency manipulator

2:09 pm May 29, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration once again refused to label China as a currency manipulator, even though on Tuesday it kept Beijing on a list of countries whose trade surpluses with the US and other indicators are closely tracked. In its semi-annual report on macroeconomic and foreign exchange policies of major trading partners of the US, […]

Australian jailed to 10 years over British backpacker rape

2:05 pm May 29, 2019

Sydney: An Australian man who kidnapped and repeatedly raped a British backpacker during a month-long ordeal in the country’s Outback has been jailed for 10 years. Marcus Allyn Keith Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cairns, in the far north of Queensland state, to charges of rape and deprivation of liberty […]

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US removes India from its currency monitoring list

2:00 pm May 29, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration on Tuesday removed India from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners, citing certain developments and steps being taken by New Delhi which address some of its major concerns. Switzerland is the other nation that has been removed by the US from its currency monitoring list which among others include […]

Sensex, Nifty turn choppy amid weak global cues

1:57 pm May 29, 2019

Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmarks opened on a negative note Wednesday amid weak global cues and fresh foreign fund outflow. After falling over 100 points in opening session, the 30-share index was trading 40.01 points, or 0.10 per cent, lower at 39,709.72. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 8.85 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 11,919.90. […]

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