Sensex Soars Over 300 Points; Nifty Hovers At 15,000; Banking Shares Top Gainers

Asian markets traded higher on Friday morning following an overnight bounce on Wall Street; Hang Seng index edged 0.31 per cent higher and Japan's Nikkei rose 0.95 per cent

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Friday, May 21, the 141st day of 2021. There are 224 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland. On this date: In 1471, King Henry VI of England died in the Tower of London at age 49. In 1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River. In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for president by the Republican national convention in Chicago. In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. In 1910, a year-old Jewish settlement near the port city of Jaffa adopted the name Tel Aviv (Hebrew for “Hill of Spring”). In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis monoplane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours. In 1941, a German U-boat sank the...

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Rittenhouse due to make first in-person court appearance

Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man accused of killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, is expected to make his first in-person court appearance

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Missouri family seeks answers in Black 19-year-old's death

The family of a 19-year-old Black man are questioning official accounts of how he ended up shot to death during a party at the rural Missouri home of a middle-aged white man with a history of bigoted social media postings

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Stocks To Watch: Mindtree, HPCL,Torrent Power

Mindtree will acquire the NxT Digital Business, the cloud-based platform of L&T, for a total consideration of Rs 198 crore

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked Again After 2-Day Pause

In Delhi, petrol prices have been increased by 19 paise to Rs 93.04 per litre and diesel rates have been hiked by 29 paiseto Rs 83.80 per litre,according to Indian Oil Corporation

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Sensex, Nifty Set To Have A Gap-Up Opening

Stock indices rose around the world on Thursday, with the S&P 500 climbing more than 1 per cent, led by sharp gains in technology shares

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Woman in anti-Asian attack says she prayed for her attacker

A Filipina American woman whose beating outside a Manhattan building spurred outrage over violence aimed at Asian Americans says she prayed for the man who attacked her

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Slain officer's body escorted through central Illinois

A possession, led by a hearse bearing the remains of a slain police officer, moved across central Illinois, giving hundreds to pay their respects to the fallen lawman

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Indiabulls Housing Finance Gains Over 1% Post March Quarter Results

Indiabulls Housing Finance reported a profit after tax at Rs 276 crore in the quarter ended March 2021 as against Rs 137 crore in the corresponding quarter last year

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Gold Prices Today: Yellow Metal Slides To Rs 48,520, Silver Also Down

Gold, Silver Prices Today: MCX, gold futures were down 0.32 per cent to Rs 48,520 while silver was off 0.4 per cent to Rs 72,073 per kg.

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Gold, Silver Prices Decline Marginally On MCX

Gold futures for delivery in June fell as much as 0.33 per cent to hit an intraday low of Rs 48,512 per 10 grams.

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Durst's defense says dismemberment helps prove innocence

Los Angeles prosecutors have used the killing of a Texas man by multimillionaire Robert Durst as evidence he killed his best friend to avoid prosecution in his wife’s disappearance

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