New Delhi: The oil marketing companies kept prices of diesel and petrol unchanged across major Indian cities Wednesday. Accordingly, diesel and petrol prices in Delhi stood at Rs 86.67 per litre and Rs 95.41 per litre, respectively. In the financial capital Mumbai, they were priced at Rs 94.14 and Rs 109.98, respectively. Prices also remained static in...

Mumbai: The rupee declined 5 paise to 75.49 against the US dollar in opening trade Wednesday as persistent foreign fund outflows kept the pressure on the local unit. However, a rally in the domestic equities and sliding crude prices in the international market restricted the rupee's fall, according to forex traders. The Reserve Bank of India kept...

Jaipur: After a rocking 'sangeet' ceremony of Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, the traditional 'haldi' ceremony will be performed Wednesday. And, sources have said that Vicky Kaushal will arrive in style at the wedding venue, riding a seven horse-drawn chariot. The 'sangeet' ceremony was held Tuesday night. On the request of the couple, the 700-year-old Six Senses...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 267 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.27 million and vaccinations to over 8.24 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at...

San Francisco: Meta's current chief of the Messenger division, Stan Chudnovsky, has announced that he will be leaving the company "at some point in Q2 of next year." In a Facebook post, Chudnovsky, who joined the company in early 2015, said that he has no plans to retire, but "I am looking forward to taking a good,...

Mumbai: Hindi film actress Preity Zinta Goodenough is enjoying being a mother to her newborns Gia and Jai. She even shared a picture holding one of her twins. Preity posted the picture on Instagram, where she is seen holding her baby and smiling at the camera. The face of the baby wasn't visible as the little bundle of...

New Delhi: With 8,439 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in a day, India's infection tally rose to 3,46,56,822 Wednesday, while the count of active cases declined to 93,733, the lowest in 555 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,73,952, with 195 daily fatalities being...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 700 points in early trade Wednesday, tracking gains in index majors Infosys, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy outcome. According to experts, markets bulls are enthused by a positive sentiment in global markets after top US public health expert Dr Antony Fauci observed...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 255 new Covid-19 cases, of which 54 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,50,760. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,142. Odisha also reported two (02) new fatalities in the last 24 hours taking total...

New Delhi: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez will be appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering investigation lodged against multimillionaire alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. She will be recording her statement as a witness in the case. Fernandez has been questioned by the ED in this case earlier also. The questioning will happen...