Day: April 21, 2020

US stocks open sharply lower amid pressure on oil market

8:23 pm April 21, 2020

New York: Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower Tuesday as the oil market remained under pressure and more large companies withdrew their earnings forecasts due to the uncertain economic outlook. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2.2 per cent at 23,129.42. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 1.8 per cent […]

Noida: Police constable dies after truck hits his bike

4:24 pm April 21, 2020

Noida (UP): A police personnel was killed on a highway here after his motorcycle was allegedly hit by a truck, police said on Tuesday. The driver of the truck is absconding, they said. The incident took place on Monday night on the Noida-Greater Noida expressway near Amity University, the police said. “The deceased has been […]

Movement of people between Ghaziabad, Delhi banned: DM

4:21 pm April 21, 2020

Ghaziabad: The district administration on Tuesday banned the movement of people between Ghaziabad and Delhi as per lockdown orders, an official said. However, people with valid passes and engaged in essential and emergency services will be allowed to move between the two cities, District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said. There is no relaxation in lockdown […]

Rupee settles 30 paise lower at 76.83 against US dollar

4:05 pm April 21, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee settled for the day lower by 30 paise at 76.83 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, tracking weak domestic equities and strengthening of the US dollar overseas. Forex traders said the decline in the rupee was largely due to sharp drop in oil prices and stronger greenback which edged higher […]

BJP attacks Congress over liquor ‘smuggling’

4:03 pm April 21, 2020

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress after its youth wing functionaries were caught allegedly smuggling liquor, saying this has exposed the opposition party’s “character”. The Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V dubbed the arrest a “conspiracy” which, he claimed, was aimed at defaming his organisation’s relief work to […]