India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon outfoxes India in Indore Test, Australia eye famous win

India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon outfoxes India in Indore Test, Australia eye famous win

India suffered an embarrassing batting collapse for the second consecutive day as Australia closed in on a famous win in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Indore. After being bowled out for 109 in the first innings on Wednesday, India folded for 163 on Thursday, giving Australia a target of 76 after just…

Reliance may roll out affordable gene testing kit within weeks: Report

Reliance may roll out affordable gene testing kit within weeks: Report

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is foraying into genetic mapping in a bid to make it more affordable to India’s consumer market, reported Bloomberg news. The energy-to-telecom conglomerate is planning to roll out a comprehensive genome sequencing kit within weeks, added the report. This was confirmed by Ramesh Hariharan, chief executive officer of Strand Life Sciences…

Sensex, Nifty fall as foreign investors continue to sell; IT stocks drag

Sensex, Nifty fall as foreign investors continue to sell; IT stocks drag

Benchmark stock market indices fell on Thursday due to sustained selling pressure from foreign institutional investors. This is because they are worried about the possibility of a prolonged high interest regime across the globe. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.42 per cent to 59,159.40 as of 9:36 am, while the NSE Nifty 50 was trading…

Gold, silver price today, March 2, 2023: Precious metals witness dip on MC

Gold, silver price today, March 2, 2023: Precious metals witness dip on MC

After witnessing mixed trends in the Indian markets yesterday, both gold and silver rates edged lower today. Precious metals were trading on the lower side of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Gold futures, maturing on April 5, 2023, stood at Rs 55,820 per 10 grams, recording a marginal dip of…

Blinken in India for G-20 foreign ministers’ meet, Quad, bilateral talks also on agenda

Blinken in India for G-20 foreign ministers’ meet, Quad, bilateral talks also on agenda

During his three-day trip to India, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken will reaffirm the strengthening of the bilateral relationship, the White House said Wednesday. Blinken, 60, arrived in New Delhi Wednesday night after his Central Asia trip. He is in New Delhi primarily to attend the G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting. On the sidelines of…

North Korea’s Kim demands more farmland to boost food production

North Korea’s Kim demands more farmland to boost food production

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered improvements to infrastructure and expansion of farmland to ramp up food production, state media said on Thursday, amid warnings of an impending food crisis. Kim gave instructions to revamp irrigation systems, build modern farming machines and create more arable land as he wrapped up the seventh enlarged plenary…

India prepared to contribute to peace process: PM Modi on Ukraine war

India prepared to contribute to peace process: PM Modi on Ukraine war

India is fully prepared to contribute to any peace process, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. “From the very beginning of the Ukraine conflict, India has made it clear that this dispute can only be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy,” PM Modi said, adding, “And India is fully prepared to…

1 killed, another injured as car rams into 2 rickshaws in Thane

1 killed, another injured as car rams into 2 rickshaws in Thane

A car rammed into two rickshaws on Thane’s Eastern Express Highway on Wednesday night, leaving one man injured and another dead. While a man named Abhimanyu Arjun Prajapati died on the spot, another one named Ahmed Ansari was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Police said that the car driver fled, leaving the car on…

Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on sidelines of G20, discusses border dispute

Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on sidelines of G20, discusses border dispute

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting. This was the first such bilateral interaction between the two leaders. The discussion between Jaishankar and Qin focused on addressing the current challenges to the bilateral ties between India and China. The…

Low prices of potatoes, onions make farmers weep. Could the farm laws have helped?

Low prices of potatoes, onions make farmers weep. Could the farm laws have helped?

Onion prices have crashed in Maharashtra. Potato prices have spiralled downwards in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and some other states. The crashing of onion and potato prices has once again highlighted the plight of Indian farmers who are compelled to destroy their crops. Would the farm laws introduced in 2020, and repealed a year later after…