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Sensex climbs 374 points on buying in Reliance, ICICI Bank; Nifty ends flat

Mumbai, Aug 6 (PTI) Stock market benchmark indices ended on a mixed note on Thursday, with the Sensex climbing 374 points and the Nifty closing flat, drawing support from moderation in crude oil prices and buying in heavyweights Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank. After starting the session on a positive note, the 30-share BSE Sensex remained in the positive territory throughout the day. It climbed 373.76 points, or 0.48 per cent, to settle at 78,954.76. The 50-share NSE Nifty traded in a narrow range for the day and edged marginally higher by 11.35 points, or 0.05 per cent, to end

Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer questions

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee on Thursday voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting up a referral to the Department of Justice for potential investigation over whether the country’s longtime top infectious disease official properly exercised his constitutional rights. The vote approving the contempt resolution came a week after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, an episode

Youth anger costly for BJP as Prashant Kishor shatters saffron stronghold in Bankipur, Congress retain Datia

Datia/Bankipur/Manjalpur (Madhya Pradesh/Bihar/Gujarat) [India], August 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a blow on Monday, losing the saffron citadel in Bihar’s Bankipur, capitalising on widespread voter disillusionment and nationwide student unrest. In Bihar’s urban bastion of Bankipur–a saffron stronghold since 1995 vacated by BJP National President Nitin Nabin–Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor secured his maiden electoral victory by a resounding 19,324 votes. Simultaneously, in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia, the Congress retained the key seat after defeating the BJP by over 6,000 votes. The BJP’s sole consolation came from Gujarat, where it retained the Manjalpur seat in Vadodara, albeit with

Nitish, Lalu namesakes fail to make mark in Bihar’s Bankipur bypoll; both lose security deposit

Patna, Aug 3 (PTI) Voters in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll found Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar on the EVM, but they were not Bihar’s veteran leaders. Their namesakes, contesting as independents, failed to cross the 150-vote mark and lost their deposits. While the spotlight was on Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor breaching the BJP bastion with 64,151 votes, Independent candidate Lalu Prasad Yadav could garner just 81, a vote share of 0.06 per cent. Another Independent candidate, Nitish Kumar, fared a bit better with 149 votes, which amounted to 0.11 per cent of the total votes polled. Both lost

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