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Stock market today: Gift Nifty hints a weak start; eight day trading stocks to buy on Monday, 17 August

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open lower on Monday, August 17, tracking weak global cues. The Gift Nifty also pointed to a subd... Read More


The radical idea of women who play just for fun

India, Aug. 17 -- To deal with the grief of the sudden death of her husband at the age of 44, Ancy Alexander's counsellor suggested she try some physical activity. It would, she explained, take her mi... Read More


Stocks to watch: Reliance Industries, Cochin Shipyard, NMDC among shares in focus today; check list here

Stock market today, Aug. 17 -- The benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, ended lower on Friday, 14 August, snapping their two-week winning streak. Market sentiment remained cautious amid uncertainty... Read More


Ebola Now Killing One Person Every 30 Minutes: UN

India, Aug. 17 -- The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest - is killing one person every 30 minutes... Read More


Market braces for cautious start as oil stays elevated

Mumbai, Aug. 17 -- GIFT Nifty: GIFT Nifty August 2026 futures were down 21 points, suggesting a negative start for the Nifty 50 today. RBI to close FCNR(B) forex swap facility window on 31 August: ... Read More


UN Warns Of More Advanced Meth Trafficking Across Middle East

India, Aug. 17 -- Meth trafficking across the Middle East is becoming more advanced, the UN's drugs and crime fighting agency has warned. Authorities in Iran intercepted 3,663 kilogrammes of methamph... Read More


Iran War: Qatar Denies Holding Three Pilots from Al Udeid Strike as Tehran Demands Investigation

The dispute, Aug. 17 -- Three Iranian military pilots have not spoken to their families in six months. Their government says they are alive, held in Qatar. Doha says that is simply not true. Qatar is... Read More


Ukraine War: NATO F-18 Shoots Down Russian Drone Over Romania, Fourth Alliance Airspace Intercept of 2026

BUCHAREST, Aug. 17 -- On Saturday night, a Spanish Air Force F-18 on NATO's Enhanced Air Policing mission fired on a drone over Romanian territory and brought it down. The intercept was the fourth tim... Read More


State STF detains man suspected of helping Pak Nat'l Wahab Alam

Kolkata, Aug. 17 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of the state police has detained a man from the Topsia area who is suspected to be the second local associate of Pakistani national Wahab Alam alias Ra... Read More


Indonesia Earthquake: Death Toll Rises to 65, 5.9 Aftershock Leaves 12,000 Displaced on Flores

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The camps looked like they might begin to empty on Sunday. By Monday afternoon, nobody was moving. it had stood at 53 as recently as Sunday morning, before rescue teams reached ... Read More