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India med school hopefuls beset with anxiety before they retake scandal-tainted exam

NEW DELHI, June 19 (Reuters) – If sitting one of India’s ​most difficult exams wasn’t trying enough, more than 2 million medical school candidates are now experiencing ‌severe stress as they have to do it again on Sunday through no fault of their own. They initially sat the exam on May 3 but authorities ended up scrapping the results after allegations on social media that there had been leaks of the ​question paper in advance. Only 5% to 6% of students taking the exam, known as the NEET (National ​Eligibility cum Entrance Test), secure seats at medical schools. “This examination

Sensex dives over 600 points after 5-day rally dragged by IT stocks, renewed geopolitical uncertainty

Mumbai, Jun 19 (PTI) Stock market benchmark indices ended lower on Friday after a five-day rally, with the Sensex dropping 607 points and the Nifty falling to the 24,013.10 level, dragged by heavy selling in IT firms after global tech giant Accenture trimmed its full-year revenue growth guidance and renewed geopolitical uncertainty. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 607.08 points, or 0.78 per cent, to settle at 76,802.90. During the day, it tanked 940.26 points, or 1.21 per cent, to 76,469.72. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 154.90 points, or 0.64 per cent, to end at 24,013.10. The Sensex had jumped 3,577.43

Rupee rises 6 paise to close at 94.34 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jun 19 (PTI) The rupee pared most of its initial gains and settled for the day higher by just 6 paise at 94.34 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, as a firming dollar index and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiments. Forex traders said the rupee opened on a positive note, on optimism that trade negotiations between India and the US are set to gain momentum. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday said trade was a major subject of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, with both leaders directing their

Pakistani Kashmir faces shutdown as protests leave more than 20 dead

MUZAFFARABAD, Kashmir, June 19 (Reuters) – A territory-wide shutdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has brought daily life to a standstill after the region’s deadliest unrest in years left at least 24 people ​dead in nearly two weeks of protests. The confrontation between local authorities and ‌supporters of the recently banned Joint Awami Action Committee, or JAAC, poses a sensitive challenge for Islamabad, which frequently criticises Delhi’s handling of dissent in Indian-administered Kashmir but is now facing anger in the territory under ​its own control. The unrest began ahead of a June 9 strike called by ​the JAAC in protest against the

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