Second Chennai Super Kings Player Tests Covid +ve, 3 Weeks Ahead Of IPL

IPL 2020: Another Chennai Super Kings player has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after it emerged that an Indian fast bowler and at least 10 CSK staff members had tested positive for the...

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Government Asks States To Borrow Rs 2.35 Lakh Crore To Meet Tax Shortfall

Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said the states' tax shortfall in the fiscal year that began in April was estimated at Rs 3 lakh crore.

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CSK Star Suresh Raina Out Of IPL 2020, Returns Due To "Personal Reasons"

CSK star Suresh Raina has returned to India and will not be available for IPL 2020 that begins in the UAE on September 19.

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India's Kharif Crop Plantings At Record High Amid Plentiful Monsoon Rains

The farm ministry could revise its preliminary planting figures, however, as more data flows in from states.

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Gold Price Jumps Over 2% On Weakening Dollar, US Monetary Policy Shift

Low interest rates tend to support gold, which is a hedge against inflation and currency depreciation.

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Rupee Posts Biggest Weekly Gain In 20 Months

The currency had been trading in a tight range until this week, as the Reserve Bank of India was seen regularly buying dollars via state-run banks to prevent a sharp appreciation in the rupee.

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India Gold Discounts Hit 5-Month High As Easing Rate Fails To Push Demand

A Mumbai-based dealer with a bullion importing bank attributed the higher discounts to rising scrap supplies amid low demand.

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Banks Appointment Panel Recommends Dinesh Kumar Khara For SBI Top Job

SBI reported an 81 per cent surge in profit and better asset quality in the quarter to June as its bad loan provisions dropped. It provided a steady outlook for the coming quarters.

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Insurers Should Work To Make Claims Painless: Anurag Thakur

Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur said that the post-COVID world will be very different and India's insurance sector must gear up to seize the moment.

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Trump to head to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura cleanup starts

President Donald Trump says he is heading to Louisiana and Texas after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of the states

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UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution cutting the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon and expanding its mandate to address U.S. and Israeli concerns about activities of the militant group Hezbollah in the area

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Rajasthan Royals Fielding Coach Dishant Yagnik Recovers From COVID-19

Dishant Yagnik, 37, had tested positive for coronavirus on August 12 ahead of Rajasthan Royal's departure for the UAE.

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 29, the 242nd day of 2020. There are 124 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died. On this date: In 1862, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began operations at the United States Treasury. In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76. In 1943, responding to a clampdown by Nazi occupiers during World War II, Denmark managed to scuttle most of its naval ships. In 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees (shahms ay-lee-ZAY’) in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis. In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom...

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