Oil prices up by 1.5%

March 7, 2025 6:33 PM

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Oil prices up by 1.5%

Oil prices edged up today. Brent Crude was trading over one and a half percent up at around 70 dollars and 54 cents per barrel. WTI Crude was also trading over one and a half percent up at around 67 dollars and 39 cents per barrel when reports last came in.

IAF Jaguar aircraft crashes at Ambala, Pilot safe

March 7, 2025 6:31 PM

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IAF Jaguar aircraft crashes at Ambala, Pilot safe

A Jaguar aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at Ambala today. According to the Indian Air Force, the accident occurred during a routine training sortie after encountering a system malfunction. It said that the pilot manoeuvred the aircraft away from any habitation on the ground before ejecting ...

Rupee strengthens by 23 paise against US dollar

March 7, 2025 6:25 PM

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Rupee strengthens by 23 paise against US dollar

In the Forex market, the rupee rebounded today and strengthened by 23 paise to settle at 86 rupees and 88 paise against the US dollar amid a decline in the American currency index. The dollar index, which indicates the US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies, is trading...

Major Asian markets slipped

March 7, 2025 6:19 PM

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Major Asian markets slipped

Major Asian indices fell today. Japan's Nikkei lost more than 2.2 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined over half percent, South Korea's Kospi dropped almost half percent, China's Shanghai Composite slipped 0.25 percent, and Singapore's Straits Times index ended nearly flat. Meanwhile, major Europ...

BJP accuses K’taka govt of dedicated budgetary allocation for minorities

March 7, 2025 6:37 PM

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BJP accuses K’taka govt of dedicated budgetary allocation for minorities

BJP today accused the Karnataka government of engaging in appeasement politics following the dedicated budgetary allocation for minorities by the Congress regime. Briefing the media in New Delhi, party spokesperson Anil Antony hit out at the Congress over the provision of a 4 percent reservation for...

India-USA advancing discussion on Bilateral Trade Agreement-MEA

March 7, 2025 8:16 PM

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India-USA advancing discussion on Bilateral Trade Agreement-MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs today said that India and the United States of America are in the process of advancing discussions on a multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement. Briefing the media in New Delhi today, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vis...