INDIA

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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, […]

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 […]

EDMC kicks off ‘Adopt a Tree’ drive

11:59 pm July 22, 2021

New Delhi : The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has planned to plant 4,800 saplings in the area as part of its ‘Adopt a Tree’ drive, which was launched on Thursday by its mayor. All 64 wards will be covered under this plantation drive, officials said. East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sundar Aggarwal inaugurated the ‘Adopt a Tree’ campaign by planting […]