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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday personally received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi’s Palam Airport, marking the start of his two-day state visit to India. PMModi greeted Putin with a handshake and warm embrace, before both leaders left the airport together in the same vehicle. Putin Visit To Boost India-Russia Trade To…

Despite key indices Nifty 50 and Sensex hitting record highs recently, broad market optimism remains limited, with nearly half of NSE’s top 500 stocks still lagging a key technical benchmark. A study by Samco Securities shows that within the Nifty 500 universe, only 40 per cent of stocks are trading above their 50-day simple moving…

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has written to employees acknowledging the severe disruptions that have hit the airline in recent days, conceding that IndiGo “could not live up to the promise” of providing a good travel experience to passengers. The carrier has seen more than 300 flight cancellations on Thursday alone, with scores of services delayed…

Anish Giri at the Global Chess League (GCL Photo) NEW DELHI: Coming into the second edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) last year in October, the current Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri had a turbulent time. In the span of one month, his ratings dropped drastically from 2746 to 2724.To put things into perspective,…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh with Russian defence minister Andrei Belousov (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: India on Thursday sent out a strong signal about the continuity of its partnership with Russia, with defence minister Rajnath Singh emphasising that bilateral defence cooperation remains steady “despite the geopolitical uncertainty.” His remarks came at the 22nd India-Russia Inter-Governmental…

Swaraj Kaushal (Image/X@BansuriSwaraj) NEW DELHI: Swaraj Kaushal, former Mizoram governor and the husband of late union minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Thursday at the age of 73.He was rushed to AIIMS after complaining of chest pain in the afternoon, where doctors declared him dead, a BJP leader said. The Delhi BJP in a statement,…

Search operation launched after bomb threat (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Security agencies on Thursday launched an extensive search operation in Rajasthan’s Ajmer after the district administration received a bomb threat email. The email claimed that RDX-based explosives had been planted at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, the district collectorate and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in…

Joe Root’s long wait for a Test century in Australia ended on Thursday, and the landmark brought unexpected relief for former Australian opener Matthew Hayden, who had publicly made a bold promise if Root failed to score a century in Australia on the tour. Hayden, who had wagered that he would “walk nude around the…

The rupee pulled back from its weakest-ever level on Thursday, ending the day at 89.96 against the US dollar, a gain of 19 paise, as a softer dollar index and reports of the Reserve Bank of India’s intervention helped steady the currency. Traders said the US dollar lost ground after ADP non-farm payroll numbers came…

Then-Gujarat CM Modi accompanying then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in a meeting with Putin NEW DELHI: As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to visit India for a much-anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, old images of the two leaders have resurfaced online. The photographs, taken in Moscow in 2001, show Modi — then the Chief…