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USD, Pound down ; Euro, Yen up

Mumbai, April 17 -- Following were the indicative currency rates and travellers' cheques buying and selling rates. CURRENCY NAME BUY SALE UAE DIRHAM 21.1792 24.7448 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 49.4567 57.22... Read More


China, Malaysia pledge support for ASEAN

Kuala Lumpur, April 17 -- China and Malaysia have pledged support for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The two countries made the announcement on Thursday in a joint statement relea... Read More


NC slams Dulat's claims in new book, calls Farooq Abdullah a symbol of democratic resistance

Srinagar, April 17 -- A day after a political storm erupted in J&K over former RAW chief A S Dulat's book, the National Conference said the party President Farooq Abdullah, is a "symbol of democratic ... Read More


Put Maha among top 5 in country in Swachh Bharat Mission: MoS

Mumbai, April 17 -- Maharashtra Minister of State for Water Supply, Meghna Sakore-Bordikar,, said on Thursday that Swachh Bharat Mission being a heartfelt initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, e... Read More


Extreme marine heatwaves tripled over past 80 years: study

London, April 17 -- The number of days each year that the world's oceans experience extreme surface heat has tripled over the past 80 years due to global warming, a new study has found. Researchers fo... Read More


Women, nephew killed, son injured as school shed collapses

Barabanki (UP), April 17 -- A woman and her nephew were killed, and her son was injured when the tin shed of a school collapsed due to rain and storm in Zaidpur area of Barabanki district in Uttar Pra... Read More


Israel says one-third of Gaza now under its military control

Jerusalem, April 17 -- The Israeli military said Wednesday it is expanding the "Morag Corridor," a new dividing line in the southern Gaza Strip, and has turned roughly a third of the enclave into "sec... Read More


Grand Alliance to form a coordination committee with Tejaswi as its President

Patna, April 17 -- The Grand Alliance ( GA) decided to constitute a coordination committee with the leader of the opposition in the Bihar assembly, Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, as its President for unity amo... Read More


New Waqf Act will change the fate of Pasmanda Muslims : Samrat

Patna, April 17 -- Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday said the new Waqf Board Act would help in ameliorating the conditions of Pasmanda Muslims. Chaudhary, while addressing a fu... Read More


19 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza: civil defense

Gaza, April 17 -- At least 19 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in Israeli attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza's Civil Defense. Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal t... Read More