Day: October 28, 2020

Rupee drops by 16 paise to over 1-month low on strong dollar demand

7:13 pm October 28, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 16 paise to settle at more than one-month low of 73.87 against the US currency on Wednesday due to month-end dollar demand from importers and the greenback’s gains against major currencies. Losses in domestic stock markets and uncertainty ahead of expected fresh stimulus measures also weighed on the investor sentiment. […]

Gold smuggling case: Suspended IAS officer taken into ED custody; Oppn demand CM’s resignation

7:08 pm October 28, 2020

Kochithiruva: Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar, facing probe in the Kerala gold smuggling case, was taken into custody by the ED from a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, with the opposition mounting pressure on CM Pinarayi Vijayan demanding his resignation over the matter. Minutes after the high court rejected his anticipatory bail pleas in the […]

New deaths as fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh keeps flaring

7:02 pm October 28, 2020

Yerevan: Deadly fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh showed no signs of abating Wednesday despite a US-brokered cease-fire that took force just two days ago and has so far failed to halt the flare-up of a decades-old conflict. Nagorno-Karabakh officials said Azerbaijani forces hit Stepanakert, the region’s capital, and the nearby town of Shushi with the Smerch long-range multiple rocket […]

UP govt will bear all expenses of NEET topper Aakanksha Singh’s graduation studies: CM Adityanath

6:56 pm October 28, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday felicitated Akanksha Singh, who scored 100 per cent marks in the recent NEET 2020 examination, terming her as a role model for all girls. While congratulating Akansha, who is a native of Kushinagar district of the state, the Chief Minister announced that the entire expenditure of […]

Delhi University VC Yogesh Tyagi suspended

6:50 pm October 28, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi was suspended on Wednesday on the orders of President Ram Nath Kovind who has also directed an inquiry against him over allegations of dereliction of duty, according to officials of the Ministry of Education (MoE). The move comes amid a power tussle in the central university. The President, who is the […]