Sunday, 17 October 2021

Jury selection to start in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death

Hundreds of people have been ordered to report for jury duty in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery

from ABC News: US https://ift.tt/3aJ6Ftk
via

Watch: Oman Cricketer Mimics Shikhar Dhawan's Iconic Celebration

Shikhar Dhawan may not be involved at the ongoing T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE but cricket fans felt his presence during the tournament opener between Oman and Papua New Guinea.

from NDTV Sports - Cricket https://ift.tt/2Z86eX4
via

"Chilling With Best": Shoaib Akhtar Posts Pics With Gavaskar, Kapil Dev

T20 WC 2021: Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar shared pictures on social media where he was seen "chilling" with India legends Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar, and Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas.

from NDTV Sports - Cricket https://ift.tt/3G6Wu0f
via

Sensex Rallies Over 500 Points; Tata Steel, Infosys, HDFC Bank Top Gainers

US stocks rose on Friday and the Dow scored its biggest weekly percentage gain since June, as Goldman Sachs rounded out a week of strong quarterly earnings for the big banks

from NDTV Profit - Latest https://ift.tt/3lOQW20
via

Stocks To Watch: HDFC Bank, Avenue Supermarts, Vodafone Idea, Route Mobile

The domestic stock markets are likely trade in green on Monday, building on the momentum witnessed last week. Trends on SGX Nifty also indicated a positive opening for the markets.

from NDTV Profit - Latest https://ift.tt/3jbR8qo
via

Today in History

Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2021. There are 74 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 18, 1962, James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA. On this date: In 1767, the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between colonial Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, was set as astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed their survey. In 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened (it could only handle one call at a time). In 1898, the American flag was raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquished control of the island to the U-S. In 1961, the movie musical “West Side Story,” starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer, premiered in New York, the film’s...

from ABC News: US https://ift.tt/3AQnNbb
via

Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Firm Opening

US stocks rose on Friday and the Dow scored its biggest weekly percentage gain since June, as Goldman Sachs rounded out a week of strong quarterly earnings for the big banks

from NDTV Profit - Latest https://ift.tt/3FWOlv1
via

Petrol, Diesel Prices Kept Unchanged After Four Straight Days Of Hike

Fuel prices were kept unchanged on Monday, October 18, after the rates were hiked for a period of four consecutive days. In the national capital, petrol and diesel rates stood at Rs 105.84 and Rs...

from NDTV Profit - Latest https://ift.tt/3DRTLWe
via

China Q3 GDP Growth Hits 1-Year Low, Raising Heat On Policymakers

China's economy grew at the slowest pace in a year in the third quarter, hurt by power shortages, supply bottlenecks and sporadic Covid-19 outbreaks and raising heat on policymakers amid rising...

from NDTV Profit - Latest https://ift.tt/3BQABj5
via

Facebook Plans To Hire 10,000 In European Union To Build 'Metaverse'

Facebook Inc plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday, to help build the so-called metaverse - a nascent online world where people...

from NDTV Profit - Latest https://ift.tt/3DQRQkR
via

1 killed, 7 hurt in shooting at Grambling State University

Officials say one person was fatally shot and seven others were wounded at Grambling State University in the second deadly shooting at the Louisiana school within four days

from ABC News: US https://ift.tt/3vjaQWd
via

Fire crews make big gains against Southern California blaze

Officials say fire crews made significant progress overnight against a wildfire burning for nearly a week in Southern California coastal mountains

from ABC News: US https://ift.tt/3aMFgGS
via

Man, 19, arrested in shooting at high school football game

Police in Alabama have arrested a 19 year old in a shooting that wounded five people near a stadium where a high school football game was being played

from ABC News: US https://ift.tt/3BSrGxt
via