A health catastrophe more devastating than the Bhopal gas tragedy and the Chernobyl nuclear tragedy has unfolded in West Bengal, warns a new scientific report. But a simple project to provide arsenic-free water gives villagers fresh hope.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, the domestic unit commenced higher at 61.80 a dollar from previous close of 61.92.
Addressing a 'fateh' (victory) rally with leaders from the ally Shiromani Akali Dal on the dais, the Gujarat chief minister, who donned a saffron turban, also dismissed as "rumours and a pack of lies" the controversy about migration of Sikh farmers from Kutch region in his state, promising that no Sikh farmer will have to leave Gujarat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore learnt it the hard way that star power does not always guarantee success after succumbing to the lowest ever score in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Sunday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Bollywood and black money go a long way.
Heroines usually turn in commendable performances, when they appear in stellar roles.
Rupee hits more than two-year low; RBI intervenes
The EU-India partnership is poised for a quantum leap.
State-owned fuel retailers, who control 95 per cent of the petrol pump sales, sell diesel at government-fixed rates, which are way lower than the cost of production.
The movement of prices in international oil market and rupee-dollar exchange rate shall continue to be closely monitored
Although Virat has scored 47 more runs, Warner's strike rate of 168.6, which is better than Kohli's strike rate of 137, puts both batsmen almost at par.
Shah wants to focus this time on a mentoring role and help youngsters with innovative ideas live their entrepreneurship dreams by providing them a platform for "institutionalisation, globalisation and scaling up" of their ventures.
'He ruined my life but he did not help me with a single paisa. I wonder what kind of charity he does when he does not pay the very people who are the victims of his bad deeds. All he did was to pay the compensation the court ordered him to pay me,' Abdullah Rauf Sheikh tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.
Virat Kohli's golden run with the bat in IPL sees him lead the MVP rankings in the ongoing IPL, with RCB team mate AB de Villiers a distant second. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji anaylse the players' performance in Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.
The home currency failed to keep momentum going and largely traded in a narrow range with positive bias in the absence of any market moving factors
'In Rajiv Gandhi's time, out of every Re 1 spent by the government only 15 paisa reached the public.' 'At this moment, I cannot say that the entire Re 1 reaches the common man's pocket, but yes, two-thirds of that money definitely reaches the common man.' 'And the rest of the money will also reach soon.'
This is the fourth increase in rates in six weeks
For the last three weeks, we had been warning about substantial weakness in the six month forward premiums on USD/INR, and had called for the six-month forwards testing the 41.50/44.50 level.
Overall forex market sentiment remained cautious
Bharti Enterprises Group CFO Sarvjit S Dhillon said there is more clarity on the regulatory front now, which is a good sign for the industry.
The savings would be better spent and might actually reach the poor, says Rahul Khullar.
New fuel to cost 15-20 paise less per litre
Sheela Bhatt visits a large urban basti a mere 20-minute drive from the prime minister's home to discover a story of grim struggle in the time of lockdown.
Marking the first anniversary of the National Democratic Alliance government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday presented a report card for one year which he asserted has been free of corruption and scams but has brought bure din (bad days) for those who have "robbed" the country in their 60 years of rule.
Reflecting nervousness over the prospect of the Federal Reserve tightening policy and event risk, traders stayed on the sidelines
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose on Saturday once again sounded defiant, saying he will not pay any fine or penalty.
Mallya showed his net worth at Rs 615 crore, mainly in shares and bonds.
Modi slammed opposition parties for seeking proof of the damage done by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan's Balakot.
Year-to-date, the rupee is the worst-performing currency in Asia, weakening 4.184 per cent against the US dollar.
Joining the bandwagon of companies slashing mobile Internet tariffs, telecom operator Tata Docomo on Tuesday announced a cut in its 2G and 3G mobile Internet rates by a whopping 90 per cent from 10 paise to 1 paisa per kilobytes from July 1.
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