South Africa's Faf du Plessis Announces Retirement From Test Cricket

Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis announced his retirement from Test cricket.

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Nestle India Shares Fall After December Quarter Earnings

Nestle India's revenue from sale of products rose 9 per cent to Rs 3,417.52 crore compared with Rs 3,130.74 crore in the year ago period.

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Infosys' US Subsidiary Buys Underwriting Platform; Stock Edges Lower

"The powerful rule-driven new business and automated underwriting platform from STEP will help Infosys McCamish in enhancing its industry-leading VPAS policy administration platform," Infosys said

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2021. There are 317 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 17, 1815, the United States and Britain exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. On this date: In 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president. In 1863, the International Red Cross was founded in Geneva. In 1864, during the Civil War, the Union ship USS Housatonic was rammed and sunk in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, by the Confederate hand-cranked submarine HL Hunley in the first naval attack of its kind; the Hunley also sank. In 1897, the forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, convened its first meeting in Washington. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces invaded Eniwetok (ehn-eh-WEE’-tahk) Atoll, encountering little initial...

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Woman charged in Capitol melee says Proud Boys recruited her

The recent arrest of an Arizona woman who prosecutors say was a member of a Proud Boys cell in Kansas City has intrigued experts who study extremist right-wing movements

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Millions endure record cold without power; at least 20 dead

A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather has claimed more lives

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UN chief: CAR peacekeeping force needs 3,700 reinforcements

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is recommending an increase of nearly 3,700 military and police to bolster the U.N. peacekeeping force in Central African Republic

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Adani Ports Gains Over 3% On Completing Dighi Port Acquisition

Adani Ports will invest more than Rs 10,000 crore in developing Dighi Port as an alternate gateway to JNPT, the company said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges

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Sensex Falls Over 300 Points Weighed Down By Banking, IT Shares

Eight of 11 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange were trading lower led by the Nifty IT index's over 1 per cent decline

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Bitcoin Tops $50,000 As It Wins More Mainstream Acceptance

Bitcoin has risen around 67 per cent so far this year, with most of the gains coming after electric carmaker Tesla said it had bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin

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Sensex, Nifty Set For A Weak Start; Bharti Airtel In Focus

Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a record closing high, joining a global march propelling stock indexes to record highs on Tuesday

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Stocks To Watch: Bharti AIrtel, Adani Ports, Infosys

Bharti Airtel's Board of Directors is scheduled to meet today i.e. February 17, 2021 to discuss future strategic plans and reorganization of shareholding framework of subsidiary companies

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Touch New Highs; Petrol At Rs 96 In Mumbai

In Delhi, the price of petrol was hiked by 25 paise to Rs 89.54 per litre and diesel was increased by an equal amount to Rs 79.95 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation

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