Mumbai, Mar 18 (UNI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of Mauritius (BoM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishing a framework to promote the use of local currencies, viz., the Indian Rupee (INR) and the Mauritian Rupee (MUR) for cross-border transactions. The MoU was signed by the Governor, Reserve…
Mumbai, Mar 18 (UNI) The Rupee continued to remain firm on Tuesday too, gaining 24 paise to close at 86.56 against the US Dollar on selling of USD by bankers and importers, dealers at the Forex Market said. The domestic unit that rose 8 paise at 86.72 in opening session, rallied 24 paise to finish…
Nagpur Mar 18 (UNI) The situation is under control, and a curfew is imposed in several parts of Nagpur, while no fresh incident of violence was reported after it broke out in the city on Monday following rumours that a holy book had been desecrated during a demonstration seeking the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s…
Beijing, Mar 18 (UNI) China’s table tennis team announced its roster for next month’s ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cup on Tuesday, with the 10-player list featuring prominent names like Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha. The ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cup will be held in Macao, China, from April 14 to 20. The Chinese…
Hyderabad, Mar 18 (UNI) Telangana Health Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha has lauded Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for fulfilling the long-standing dream of Dalits in the state by implementing the Scheduled Caste (SC) classification. During the discussion on SC classification in the Assembly on Tuesday, Rajanarsimha expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister, Cabinet Subcommittee Chairman Uttam…
Costa Navarino (Greece), Mar 18 (UNI) The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has green-lit the inclusion of boxing in the sports program of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach confirmed the news at a press briefing on Monday following an IOC executive board meeting in the Romanos…
Mumbai, Mar 18 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Tuesday rallied 602 pts at 74,711 in the opening session as buying was seen across the board amid a positive Asian market. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 187.05 pts at 22,695.80. Advancing over 300 pts on Monday, the equity market was seen strong in early trade,…
Gaza/Jerusalem, Mar 18 (UNI) The Israeli army conducted on Tuesday intense airstrikes on the northern and central Gaza Strip, marking the most violent escalation since the ceasefire, according to local sources and eyewitnesses. Palestinian sources told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes launched raids of unprecedented scale, triggering successive explosions in several areas of northern and central…
Bogota, Mar 18 (UNI) Colombian military authorities confirmed Monday that they have killed Santander Franco Jimenez, the leader of a criminal organization who was accused of planning an attack against President Gustavo Petro. The 25-year-old is a veteran of the group called Gulf Clan and a close confidant of its top leader known as “Chiquito…
Yaounde, Mar 18 (UNI) At least five people were killed on Monday in clashes in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest, according to security and local sources. In the Southwest region, gunmen suspected to be separatist fighters opened fire on a taxi in the region’s capital of Buea, killing two people, a security…
