Day: July 27, 2020

Badrinath soil, Alaknanda waters dispatched for Ayodhya

7:58 pm July 27, 2020

Gopeshwar: Some soil from Badrinath and water from Alaknanda river, a tributary of the Ganga, were ceremoniously dispatched to Ayodhya on Monday for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Ram temple. Alaknanda’s water contained in a Kalash and the soil of Badrinath were dispatched from the Singh Dwar of the Himalayan temple by RSS, […]

24 arrested for organising party in Port Blair hotel

7:53 pm July 27, 2020

Port Blair: Twenty-four persons were arrested in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for organising a party at a hotel, violating the guidelines related to COVID-19, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided hotel TSG Emerald in Phoenix Bay area of Port Blair on Sunday night, they said. It was found that total 91 […]

Rupee settles unchanged at 74.83 against USD

7:45 pm July 27, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee pared its initial gains and settled on a flat note at 74.83 to the US dollar on Monday, tracking subdued equity market and cautious global cues. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened on a strong note at 74.70, but erased the gains to finally close at 74.83, unchanged […]

Gold jumps Rs 905, silver zooms Rs 3,347

7:40 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices in the national capital continued to hit new highs, rising by Rs 905 to Rs 52,960 per 10 gram on Monday, in line with the rally in international market, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had closed at Rs 52,055 per 10 gram in the previous trade. Silver was also […]

Govt launches ‘Mausam’ app for weather forecasts

7:37 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday launched a mobile application which will provide city-wise weather forecasts, nowcasts and other warnings. The mobile application, ‘Mausam’, has been designed and developed jointly by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and the India […]