Asian Americans grieve, organize in wake of Atlanta attacks

Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage parlors and killing eight people, most of them Asian women

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Sensex Soars Over 400 Points On Positive Global Cues

The domestic stock markets have a gap-up opening, buoyed by the strong closing on Wall Street on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said that the US economy is heading for its strongest growth in...

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Stocks To Watch: Bharat Heavy Electricals, Somany Ceramics

Bharat Heavy Electricals has emerged as the lowest bidder for Rs 10,800 crore fleet mode tender floated by Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for the 6x700 MW Turbine Island package projects

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Thursday, March 18, the 77th day of 2021. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gideon v. Wainwright, ruled unanimously that state courts were required to provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who could not afford to hire an attorney on their own. On this date: In 1910, the first filmed adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein,” a silent short produced by Thomas Edison’s New York movie studio, was released. In 1911, Irving Berlin’s first major hit, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” was first published by Ted Snyder & Co. of New York. In 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced in India to six years’ imprisonment for civil disobedience. (He was released after serving two years.) In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some 700 deaths. In 1937, in America’s worst school disaster, nearly...

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Chauvin jury grows despite $27M settlement to Floyd family

The jury being seated for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial in George Floyd's death is growing despite concerns about publicity from a $27 million payout to Floyd's family to settle their civil lawsuit

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Experts criticize UN over blacklist on harming kids in war

A panel of child rights experts is sharply criticizing the U.N. secretary-general’s decisions on a global blacklist of parties responsible for harming children during conflicts

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Report: Confusion hindered California bar massacre response

A new report says an overwhelmed 911 system, chaos and delays hampered the law enforcement response to a Southern California bar during a 2018 attack that killed a dozen people

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Government May Leave RBI's Inflation Target Range Unchanged: Report

A consumer-price inflation band tracked by the Reserve Bank of India is likely to be retained at the current 2 per cent-6 per cent range, said the people, who asked not to be identified citing rules...

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SBI Mutual Funds, India's Biggest, Goes Long Cash Amid Rates Volatility

The U.S. Treasury yield curve steepened after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stressed that central bank won't raise interest rates until the U.S. economy shows tangible evidence it has fully...

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No Change In Petrol, Diesel Rates On Thursday

The state-run oil refiner Indian Oil Corporation had last raised fuel prices on February 27 to an all-time high of Rs 91.17 in the national capital

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Sensex, Nifty Poised For A Gap-Up Opening On Positive Global Cues

The Dow Jones closed above 33,000 points for the first time, rising 0.58 per cent to end at 33,015.37 points, while the S&P 500 gained 0.29 per cent and Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.4 per cent

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San Francisco police arrest 3 in recent Chinatown attack

San Francisco police have arrested three men in connection with a brazen attack on a 67-year-old man inside a laundromat in Chinatown last month, one of several recent attacks on elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area

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Georgia sheriff's spokesman appeared to promote racist shirt

A Facebook page appearing to belong to a Georgia sheriff’s office spokesman promoted a T-shirt with racist language about China and the coronavirus last year

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