News Snippets

  • Calcutta HC says dying decleration made to independent witnesses is valid evidence and legally admissible
  • Bengal to merge all education departments into a single unit. It will also have 1000 Vidya Bharati schools (run by RSS) within a year
  • Government will allow heavy vehicles to use retrofit devices to curb emission
  • In a horrible incident, 14 masked men were captured on CCTV ransacking the office of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Camac Street in Kolkata early on Thursday. Police have arrested 6 persons in this matter
  • Regional Indian carrier FLY91 is reported to have placed orders for 40 ATR 72-600 aircrafts valued at $1bn, making it the largest global order for such aircrafts
  • The Aditya Birla group launced Ultravolt, its own range of electrical wires and cables
  • As the RBI dollar-swap scheme netted impressive funds, rupee closed 49 paise higher and was at its best in two months at Rs 94.48 per dollar
  • After the 12-mintue swing in major indices of about 4200 points last week, Sebi has decided to change method for derivative trade and tweak CAS
  • Kenya asks Tata Chemicals to wind up operations in the country, says it did not benefit the nation
  • Stocks continue losing streak on Thursday: Sensex drops 417 points while Nifty sheds 41 points
  • China Masters badminton: K Srikanth overcomes Canadian Victor Lai to enter last 16 and Satwik-Chirag also enter quarterfinals but Tanvi Sharma loses
  • BCCI clears the air on Rohit Sharma, says he is playing well and is definitely in contention
  • Javelin thrower Yashvir Singh, who won bronze in the CWG, was named replacement for injured Neeraj Chopra for the Asian Games
  • Women's Asia Cup: Smriti Mandhana (124 in 64 balls) scores a record-breaking ton to lead India to a 137-run win over Hong Kong and a place in the semifinals
  • MP government denies nod to prosecute minister Vijay Shah over his comments against Col Sofiya in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor
Supreme Court says Bar Council writ runs over registered lawyers and not over law students