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The Indian stock market has witnessed lakhs of new investors from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian stock market witnessed lakhs of new investors from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities during the pandemic. However, this enthusiasm seems to have waned as returns from the market have flattened in recent months. From a high of 20 lakh new investors in October 2021, it has dropped to 13 lakhs in April 2022. Sethurathnam Ravi BSE former chairman regarding retail investments in stock markets explains that patience might be a virtue in these tough times. At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent lockdowns affected the economy, the stock market was one of the very few areas where the wheels were still turning. This attracted many new investors, and a record number of new Demat accounts were opened. The future remained dark with the pandemic looming over us. The global supply chain was crippled. Yet, India’s stock market remained more stable than other market...

A five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually by an unknown person in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Saturday. The girl was playing outside her house when she was lured by the accused to a secluded place. Minor girl sexually assaulted by unknown man in Bareilly  Bareilly: In a shocking incident, a five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually by an unknown person in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Saturday. The girl was playing outside her house when she was lured by the accused to a secluded place. The minor girl was found at a distance of 300 metres from her house, reported The Times of India. Her clothes were also reportedly torn. As per the police, her condition suggested that the accused had sexually assaulted her. The girl was sent for treatment and a medical examination. The girl's parents told the police that the accused lured her by offering a candy. The police are scanning the CCTV installed in the area to identify the accused. Multiple teams have also been f...

 The woman allegedly had a friendship with an undergraduate student who loved her. However, the two stopped talking over some differences following which the man allegedly shared some personal photos with her other friends.                 Engineering student dies by suicide in Telangana over circulation of personal photos Warangal: A 20-year-old engineering student died by suicide in Telangana’s Warangal allegedly after a male friend shared her personal photos with others. The woman’s father had filed a missing complaint on February 22. After learning about the complaint, the woman, who was in Chennai, spoke to her parents and came back to her home on February 23. The woman allegedly had a friendship with an undergraduate student who loved her. However, the two stopped talking over some differences following which the man allegedly shared some personal photos with her other friends. This made the woman upset and she hanged herself at a ...

Pooja alleged that her sister Dr Preethi was forcibly injected with harmful medicine and suspected the involvement of at least three to four persons in hatching the plot to kill her. Preethi’s father breaks down during her funeral in Jangaon district on Monday JANGAON : The family of the first-year post-graduate student Dr Dharawath Preethi on Monday alleged that she was in fact murdered in cold blood. Her family members, father Narender, sister Pooja, and brother Vamshi said that she had been murdered by her seniors in MGM Hospital, in Warangal. They said that she was mentally tortured by isolating her from the rest of her colleagues during duty hours. Pooja alleged that her sister Dr Preethi was forcibly injected with harmful medicine and suspected the involvement of at least three to four persons in hatching the plot to kill her. She ruled out the suicide theory as, she said her sister, as a junior, had no access to harmful medicines. She said it was a cold-blooded a...

The PM added that the new airport is going to open doors of development for Shivamogga, the land of nature, culture and agriculture. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa. SHIVAMOGGA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the day is not far when Indian citizens will fly in only Made-in-India passenger aircraft. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the newly-built Shivamogga Airport at Sogane near here, Modi said the demand for more aircraft is increasing by the day and even though the country is importing aeroplanes now, it will soon become self-reliant in manufacturing its own fleet.  The PM spoke in Kannada for a while and raised the slogan, Sirigannadam Gelge, Sirigannadam Balge (Kannada shall triumph and Kannada shall flourish). He also recited the state anthem Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, Jayahe Karnataka Maate, penned by Rashtrakavi K...

The accused, Arbaz, was shot in the chest during the police encounter in Nehru Park at Dhoomangunj, say sources.  Prayagraj Police at the encounter site at Nehru park in Dhoomangunj One of the key accused in the killing of a witness in the 2005 murder case of an MLA in Uttar Pradesh, was shot and killed by the state police in an encounter near Prayagraj.   The accused, Arbaz, was shot in the chest during the police encounter in Nehru Park at Dhoomangunj, say sources. A constable was injured in the encounter while an inspector, Rajesh Maurya, was shot in the hand. Arbaz was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. On Friday, Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal in 2005, was shot dead while he was getting out of the backseat of a Hyundai Creta SUV in Prayagraj. Umesh Pal was taken to a local hospital, where he died during treatment, the police said. "The incident happened right outside Umesh Pal's home. So far it has...

 As more people have started using smartphones, fraudsters have started adopting new tricks to siphon money from innocent people. Representational Image. KOCHI:  As more people have started using smartphones, fraudsters have started adopting new tricks to siphon money from innocent people. The latest to fall in their snare is a Thrissur native woman who lost money from her bank account and credit card after being approached by an unknown person to activate her new credit card. Police have registered a case and started a probe into the incident. It was on February 16 that the 43-year-old woman received a new SBI credit card. On the same day, she was contacted by a person claiming to be a bank official. He offered to help her activate her credit card. “Unaware of such cheating, she revealed the credit card and bank account details to the person over the phone,” a police official said. The accused later said that for completion of credit card activation and its usage,...

 Since late November, hundreds of cases of respiratory poisoning have been reported among schoolgirls mainly in Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment.                                                   Iran official says schoolgirls poisoned in holy city TEHRAN: An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported. Since late November, hundreds of cases of respiratory poisoning have been reported among schoolgirls mainly in Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment. On Sunday the deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, implicitly confirmed the poisonings had been deliberate. "After the poisoning of several students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls'...

 Taking a cue from airports, the station is trading the omnipresent ‘voice’ for more inquiry booths and visual display boards.   Chennai Central becomes India’s first ‘silent’ railway station CHENNAI: The 150-year-old Dr MGR Ramachandran Central railway station in Chennai went silent on Sunday, making it the first in India to do so, as it bid adieu to the public announcement system that has guided passengers to their trains for decades. Taking a cue from airports, the station is trading the omnipresent ‘voice’ for more inquiry booths and visual display boards.   In the order announcing the change, issued on Saturday by Southern railway general manager R N Singh, officials were told to ensure all visual display boards are in working condition and to deploy sufficient staff at inquiry booths for a smooth passenger experience. Large digital screens displaying the arrival and departure of trains in Tamil, Hindi and English have been installed at all three...

 Zelenskyy did not provide an explanation for Moskalov's dismissal, but it's the latest in a long line of recent leadership changes made by his administration. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy KYIV: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday fired commander of joint forces operation Major Gen Eduard Mykhailovich Moskalov, reported CNN. Moskalov had been appointed to the position last March when Lt Gen Oleksandr Pavliuk was appointed head of the Kyiv regional military administration. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy did not provide an explanation for Moskalov's dismissal, but it's the latest in a long line of recent leadership changes made by his administration, reported CNN. Ukrainian authorities have conducted a series of anti-corruption searches and crackdowns across the country, and a variety of high-profile dismissals have followed. It is not yet clear if Moskalov's firing was connected to the recent corruption purge, reported CNN. In a recent developme...

 On Feb 17, Biju Kurian went missing from Israel on the day the delegation was scheduled to return to Kerala.                              Biju Kurian, the Kerala-based farmer, who went missing in Israel. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Biju Kurian, the Kannur Iritty-based farmer who went missing in Israel as part of the 28-member State Government delegation, reached Karipur airport on Monday morning. Later he told reporters in front of his home that he was not deported, but returned willingly. The State Government has set out a sigh of relief after the safe return of 48-year-old Biju Kurian. He reached Karipur airport from Tel Aviv via Bahrain on a Gulf Air flight at 4 am. His brother, Benny Kurian, a practising lawyer in Kannur, was there to receive him at the airport. "I returned voluntarily, none had deported me. It was my brother who met my flight ticket expenses. I stayed back in Israel to visit the religious plac...

Rohini College of Engineering and Technology (RCET), the  best engineering college in Kanyakumari district  is affiliated to Anna University and approved by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). RCET was founded by the great industrialist and philanthropist, Shri. K. Neela Marthandan. He is a philanthropist, educationalist and an industrialist. RCET stands out as a premier center of higher learning with a mission of pursuing excellence in education and research. best engineering colleges in kanyakumari district RCET strongly feels that leisure, recreation and extra-curricular activities are essential things for students to achieve the peak of their performance. Students of RCET,  best engineering college in Kanyakumari district  are therefore offered the opportunities to express skills, talents & creativity in different fields. SPECTRA, the annual technical extravaganza organized by RCET every year for a week which is a creativity program, aims a...

The tide seems to have shifted: there was a time when students aspiring to engineering courses preferred seats in government colleges, but now, they seem to favour private colleges.The figures from this admission season (2022) show that some government engineering colleges have filled fewer than 25% of their sanctioned strength. In contrast, self-financing colleges in tier-II cities that have filled over 85% of their seats, and so, a clear trend emerges. A view of Anna University’s College of Engineering Of the top 50 colleges that students preferred during the single-window counselling, just 12 were government colleges, including Anna University’s four departments and two Central institutions. At the end of the fourth round, only the Government College of Engineering, Salem, managed to fill all its seats. As many as 48 of the top 50 colleges that filled over 85% of the seats are autonomous self-financing institutions. Among them are a few from tier-II cities. These colleges admit stud...

The Delhi Police announced on Thursday that it would soon hire over 6,000 officers, including 3,000 women, to strengthen police in the nation’s capital during a meeting on women’s safety presided over by LG VK Saxena. Saxena emphasised the importance of boosting the proportion of female police officers in the force. Delhi Police is set to hire 6000 people, including 3000 women to fill its vacancies According to a statement from the LG’s Office, the LG also ordered for increased and visible policing, accelerated construction of buildings for fast-track courts dealing with women’s safety issues, and integration of street lighting with the 311 app. Saxena instructed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to finish the project within a month after learning that 1,406 dark areas in the city still needed to be lit. The LG expressed surprise that something so fundamental as streetlight repair and maintenance, which should happen in regular course, was being discussed and determined at his level a...

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  LONDON: An Indian-origin man, who broke into Windsor Castle in 2021 with a loaded crossbow and threatened to kill Queen Elizabeth, has admitted to committing treason, according to New York Post. Jaswant Singh Chail, who was 19 at that time, was stopped at the royal residence on Christmas Day 2021 after which he informed the officers that “he intended to kill the Queen”, according to prosecutors. Chail, who is the first person to be convicted of treason in the UK since 1981, appeared at London’s Old Bailey by video-link Friday from Broadmoor Hospital — a psychiatric facility in England. The now-21-year-old pleaded guilty under the Treason Act 1842 to making a threat to kill the late sovereign, who died at 94 on September 8, as per the report in New York Post. The 1842 Treason Act came into effect after a man aimed a pistol at Queen Victoria during the early years of her reign. Officials said in court Friday that Chail, who previously applied to join the Ministry o...

  NEW DELHI: Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Friday met Commander of Royal Cambodian Army Lt General Hun Manet in the national capital. The discussions focussed on strengthening bilateral defence cooperation between the two countries. “This is the maiden visit by any Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army and is a milestone in Army-to-Army relations between both countries,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement. During the interaction between General Pande and Lt Gen Manet, ‘Terms of Reference’ for staff talks between the two armies were signed and folders on customised training for Royal Cambodian Army were exchanged. General Pande reaffirmed India’s support to Cambodia by offering customised training modules for the Royal Cambodian Army and Lt Gen Hun Manet announced the schedule for the conduct of the first Army to Army Staff Talks in Cambodia. “The Indian Army will be conducting tailor-made courses in various contemporary subjects at its premier trainin...

  A case was registered against the son of former Karnataka chief minister N Dharma, Vijay Singh, in connection with an alleged attack on a All India Congress Committee (AICC) member. Anand Devappa, a member of AICC, accused that he was assaulted by Vijay Singh. A case was registered against the son of former Karnataka chief minister N Dharma, Vijay Singh, in connection with an alleged attack on a All India Congress Committee (AICC) member. Anand Devappa, a member of AICC, accused that he was assaulted by Vijay Singh. "I was assaulted by Vijay Singh Rajput (the former CM's son), Om Patil of Janapura of Basavakalyan taluk, Amjad Navarang, Meenaj of Basavakalyan, Ram Jadhav, Eranna Bavage of Bidar, Tippu, Mohsin, Dawood of Manthal, and Jaideepa of Gorata," said Devappa in his complaint filed on Thursday. Vijay Singh, however, was granted anticipatory bail as the police registered the case in the matter. "There was an altercation between the two of us," Dev...

 Legal rights for LGBTQ people in India have been expanding over the past decade, and most of these changes have come through the Supreme Court’s intervention. Indian gay couples Utkarsh Saxena, left, and Ananya Kotia, chat in a public park in New Delhi, India, Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo | AP) NEW DELHI: Utkarsh Saxena and Ananya Kotia’s love story began just like any other college romance. Except no one else knew about the gay couple’s relationship. It was 2008. Homosexuality was yet to gain a degree of acceptance in deeply conservative India, with many gay couples facing stigma and isolation. So Saxena and Kotia took their time, watching from a distance how people’s acceptance of homosexuality was changing. “We were actually quite scared about the consequences,” said Saxena, a public policy scholar at the University of Oxford. “We were very fragile and vulnerable, a young couple figuring out ourselves, and didn’t want, you know, something as drastic as this to break us in...

 The EU is providing Ukraine with financial and humanitarian aid, among other things. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with a Ukrainian flag and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Photo | AP) KYIV: Top European Union officials were due to meet Friday in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support for the country as it battles to counter Russia’s invasion and strives to join the EU as well as NATO. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, as well as 15 European commissioners, travelled to the Ukrainian capital for what they described as a summit meeting. The last such summit was held in Kyiv in October 2021 — a few months before the war started. The highly symbolic visit is also the first EU political mission of its kind to a country at war. “There will be no let-up in our resolve,” Michel said in a tweet on his apparent arrival in Kyiv. “We will also support (Ukra...

  Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif made the comments in a meeting of civil and military leaders in the northwestern city of Peshawar he chaired to prepare a response to Monday's mosque bombing that killed more than 100 people. Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif made the remarks in the context of funds the country might need for any military or counter-terrorism response to the resurgent Islamist militancy. (File image) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the International Monetary Fund was giving his country a tough time over unlocking stalled funding from a $6.5 billion bailout, at a time of “unimaginable” economic crisis. Sharif made the comments in a meeting of civil and military leaders in the northwestern city of Peshawar he chaired to prepare a response to Monday’s mosque bombing that killed more than 100 people. “Our economic situation is unimaginable,” the premier said. “As you know, the IMF mission is in Pakistan, and that’s giving us a tough time,” he sa...

  The drone attack targeted a military factory in Isfahan on Saturday night, causing minor damage, according to authorities. Footage shows what is said to be the moment of an explosion at a military industry factory in Isfahan, Iran, January 29, 2023, in this still image obtained from a video [Pool/WANA via Reuters] Iran has blamed Israel for last week’s drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, promising revenge for what appeared to be the latest episode in a long-running covert war. The Iranian claim, carried by the semi-official ISNA news agency on Thursday, corroborates remarks made by United States officials following the attack. The attack came amid tension between Iran and the West over Tehran’s nuclear activity and its supply of arms – including long-range “suicide drones” – for Russia’s war in Ukraine , as well as months of anti-government demonstrations at home. In a letter to the United Nations chief, Iran’s UN envoy, Amir Saeid Irav...