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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India begins voting in fifth phase as Mumbai, Gandhi family boroughs head to polls

MUMBAI: India began voting in the fifth phase of its mammoth general elections on Monday, with seats in the...

Published 20 May, 2024 10:35am

World

India’s top court declines to order any change to vote-counting process

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court declined on Friday to order any change to the vote-counting process, rejecting...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 12:34pm

World

India begins voting in second phase of giant election as Modi vs Gandhi campaign heats up

BENGALURU/KOTTAYAM/MATHURA: India began voting on Friday in the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as...

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 11:41am

Technology

Tesla, Starlink entry on agenda when Musk heads to India

MUMBAI: Tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to visit India as his businesses seek new markets in the world’s most...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 01:41pm

World

Gandhi to Stalin: India’s disparate opposition

NEW DELHI: India’s opposition faces huge challenges as their loose coalition of more than two dozen parties take on...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 12:51pm

World

X blocks India election posts after takedown orders

NEW DELHI: Social media platform X has blocked several posts in India containing political speech after authorities...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 12:11pm

World

Narendra Modi opponent to challenge arrest ahead of India election

NEW DELHI: A top Indian opposition politician was expected to fight his arrest in court Friday in a case supporters...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 12:36pm

World

New Delhi steps up security ahead of rally by protesting farmers

NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian capital put up barricades, stepped up security and warned of traffic congestion on...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 10:45am

World

India rejects China’s objections to Modi’s visit to Himalayan border state

MUMBAI: India on Tuesday rejected Chinese objections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s weekend visit to Arunachal...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 01:37pm

World

India bank ordered to publish anonymous election bond data

NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Monday ordered the state-run bank to publish details of previously anonymous...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 02:14pm

World

High-ranking Indian election official resigns ahead of polls

NEW DELHI: India’s second-highest ranked election commission official has resigned, the justice ministry said, days...

Published 10 Mar, 2024 02:08pm

World

India’s Modi cuts cooking gas cylinder price by 100 rupees, weeks before polls

NEW DELHI: India has decided to reduce the cost of a cooking gas cylinder by 100 rupees ($1.2), Prime Minister...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 10:47am

World

India’s ‘drone sisters’ steer farming and social change

PATAUDI: Once a housewife in rural India, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot and is now living her dream...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 11:56am

Pakistan

India's Modi felicitates Shehbaz Sharif on becoming PM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on being sworn in as Pakistan’s 24th...

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 10:02pm

World

India’s farmer protest fuels opposition hopes of denting Modi’s appeal

SHAMBHU: When India’s powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in 2021 to repeal three farm laws aimed at...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 09:59am

Business & Finance

Indians spending less on food, more on discretionary items

MUMBAI: Indians are spending less on food, particularly staples like rice and wheat, and more on discretionary items...

Published 25 Feb, 2024 10:24am

World

Indian farmers to postpone protest march to Delhi as talks with govt continue

AMBALA: Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops will postpone a planned protest march to New Delhi...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 10:38am

World

India fetes France’s Macron at annual military parade

NEW DELHI: President Emmanuel Macron was guest of honour Thursday for India’s pomp-filled annual military parade, in...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:21am

World

France’s Macron arrives in India for two-day visit: AFP

JAIPUR: President Emmanuel Macron landed in India Thursday at the start of a two-day visit, an AFP photographer...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 02:33pm

World

India’s Rahul Gandhi begins second cross-country march to boost opposition ahead of polls

NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday began a new cross-country march from a troubled...

Published 14 Jan, 2024 06:47pm

Business & Finance

India plans to lower budget gap by at least 50 bps, raise capital spending as much as 20% in FY25

NEW DELHI: India is planning to lower its budget deficit by at least 50 basis points in 2024/25 from this year’s...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 10:44am

World

Five elections in 2024 that will shape the global order

PARIS: Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Will anyone in Russia challenge another six years for Vladimir Putin?...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 02:37pm

World

India resumes internet ban in restive Manipur after protests

GUWAHATI: India has reimposed an internet ban on restive Manipur state after violent protests erupted following the...

Published 27 Sep, 2023 01:11pm

World

India’s BJP, the world’s biggest party, plots election drive of epic scale

KOLKATA: Indian activist Partha Chaudhury is on a war footing as he strides out of the ruling BJP’s regional...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 10:28am

World

India visa processor in Canada says told to stop services

NEW DELHI: India’s official visa processor in Canada said Thursday it had been told to stop handling applications,...

Updated 21 Sep, 2023 01:53pm

World

With Tesla push, India mulls import tax cut if EV makers build locally

NEW DELHI: India is working on a new electric vehicle policy that would slash import taxes for automakers that...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 01:54pm

Perspectives

India steps on the moon, but Modi missteps on human rights at home

Leaders of powerful nations who carry allegations of human rights abuses – no matter how much progress a country makes – are not really remembered within the league of extraordinary gentlemen

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 09:59pm

World

India Moon landing ‘historic day’: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, with Prime...

Published 23 Aug, 2023 07:15pm

Life & Style

Indian movies vilifying Muslims spark fear ahead of polls

MUMBAI: With free tickets and false claims, ‘The Kerala Story’ is one of a slew of polarising films sparking concern...

Published 16 Aug, 2023 03:41pm

World

What provoked the ethnic violence in India’s Manipur?

NEW DELHI: At least 120 people have been killed since May in armed clashes in Manipur, a remote state in northeast...

Published 09 Aug, 2023 12:09pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 22	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 22	278.42
USD to Japanese Yen / May 22	156.32
USD to Swiss Franc / May 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 22	1.27
Euro to USD / May 22	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 21	5321.41
Nasdaq / May 21	16832.63
FTSE 100 / May 21	8416.45
Dow Jones / May 21	39872.99
Germany DAX 30 / May 21	18726.76
France CAC40 / May 21	8141.46
India Sensex / May 22	74007.26
Tokyo Nikkei / May 22	38615.77

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 21	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 21	213048
Petrol/Litre / May 22	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 22	79.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 22	2413.48
Diesel/Litre / May 22	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 22 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 22 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 22 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 22 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 22 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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