Day: July 23, 2021

Forex reserves zoom to record high of USD 612.73 bn

9:46 pm July 23, 2021

Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 835 million to touch a record high of USD 612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended July 9, 2021, the reserves had surged by USD 1.883 billion to USD 611.895 billion. In the reporting week ended […]

Major fire at Bokaro Steel Plant;No casualty

9:42 pm July 23, 2021

Bokaro: A major fire that broke out at SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant Friday morning could be controlled without any casualty, a SAIL official said. The fire broke out at about 8.40 am, due to a leakage in the Torpedo Ladle in Blast Furnace 2, a Steel Authority of India Ltd. spokesperson said. The official said […]

Man beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Kota

9:37 pm July 23, 2021

Kota (Raj): A 35-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by three people, who later dumped the body in a drain, police said on Friday. The body was recovered from the drain near a factory in the industrial area under the Anantpura police station on Thursday morning. The dead has been identified as Raju Bairwa, […]

US launched several airstrikes in support of Afghan forces

12:16 am July 23, 2021

Washington: The U.S. military launched several airstrikes this week in support of Afghan government forces fighting Taliban insurgents, including in the strategically important province of Kandahar, officials said Thursday. The strikes demonstrate U.S. intentions to continue supporting Afghan forces with combat aircraft based outside the country, at least until the scheduled conclusion of the U.S. military withdrawal on August 31. The Biden administration has not said whether it will continue […]

Zomato, Paytm, others face temporary disruption after Akamai outage

12:07 am July 23, 2021

New Delhi: Various online platforms in the country, including Zomato and Paytm, faced temporary disruption in services late Thursday evening due to a global outage at internet infrastructure company Akamai Technologies. In a tweet around 10 PM IST, Akamai said it was experiencing a service disruption. It said it was actively investigating the issue, and clarified that this was not the result […]