Day: September 16, 2019

US stocks open sharply lower amid pressure on oil market

Sensex drops 262 pts as crude oil prices boil

6:57 pm September 16, 2019

Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday slipped nearly 262 points due to panic sell-offs by investors who were caught off guard by massive spike in crude prices after drone attack on the Saudi Arabia’s largest oil processing facility. Tracking oil prices movement, the Indian rupee saw heavy depreciation in value against the US dollar, […]

Paine proud of Australia despite defeat in fifth Test

3:20 pm September 16, 2019

London: Australia captain Tim Paine said it was mission accomplished even though his team lost the fifth and final Ashes Test against England to draw the series 2-2. The tourists came into the match at the Oval seeking their first series victory in England since 2001 but came up short, losing by 135 runs on […]

Long way to go: Deepika Padukone on mental health awareness

3:16 pm September 16, 2019

New Delhi: Deepika Padukone says the conversation around mental health awareness may have opened up a lot in recent years but there is still a long way to go. The actor, who is the founder of The Live Love Laugh Foundation, was in the capital for the initiative’s inaugural ‘Lecture Series’ to discuss the stigma […]

John Mulaney joins Hailee Steinfeld in ‘Dickinson’

3:14 pm September 16, 2019

Los Angeles: Comic-actor John Mulaney has been roped in to star in upcoming period drama “Dickinson”. The Apple TV Plus series will see Hailee Steinfeld in the title role of the acclaimed 19th century poet Emily Dickinson. According to Entertainment Weekly, Mulaney will play essayist-philosopher Henry David Thoreau. No additional details about the “SNL” star’s […]

Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

Woman jumps in front of metro train

2:59 pm September 16, 2019

New Delhi: A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train on Delhi metro’s Yellow Line on Monday, police said. Aisa Khan, a resident of Roshanara Garden, Shakti Nagar, died on the spot after jumped off platform No 2 of the GTB Nagar Metro station in the morning, an officer said. […]