Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty logged gains for a second straight session on Monday, mainly driven by IT stocks amid positive global cues after the US took trade tariffs off the table against Mexico. The BSE Sensex rose 168.62 points, or 0.43 per cent, to close at 39,784.52; and the NSE Nifty gained 52.05 points, or 0.44 per cent, to ...

Temperature reached 48 degree Celsius for the first time in the history of Delhi on Monday. Temperature in the Palam area was recorded at 48.0 degree. This is the first time, when the summer has hit such a high in Delhi in the month of June. Mercury in the capital was 47.8 on Sunday. Temperatures in Delhi’s Safdarjung reached 45.6 ...

In a strategically significant move, the government has decided to fast-track integration of Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles into over 40 Sukhoi fighter jets under a closely-guarded project. Official sources said the decision to speed up implementation of the “strategic” project was taken nearly six weeks after the Balakot air strikes and subsequent Pakistani retaliation. State-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd ...

Skipper Virat Kohli said India were “extra motivated” and “had a point to prove” after his team notched up a convincing 36-run win over Australia in the World Cup, avenging their bitter ODI series loss at home earlier this year. “We had a point to prove. We were more motivated to win today because of the fact that we lost ...