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Indian indices open on a positive note; FPI inflows continue support
Indian stock markets opened on a positive note today despite ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan that continue to worry investors. At the time of filing this report, the Nifty 50 index was up by 95 points or 0.41 per cent at 24,134, while the Sensex also gained 406.96 points or 0.51 per cent to trade at 79,619.49.
Mumbai weather updates: City temperatures set to touch 40 degrees Celsius
While the India Meteorology Department’s (IMD) Santacruz and Colaba units recorded daytime temperatures of 35 and 33 degrees Celsius, respectively, on Sunday, and the mercury is expected to touch 40 degrees Celsius as May draws near, none of the four major civic hospitals have any special cooling facilities for treating heatstroke cases. Read more.
Navi Mumbai: School bus driver arrested for sexually abusing 4-year-old; parents say principal dismissed it as child’s imagination
Navi Mumbai’s NRI Coastal police have arrested the driver of a school bus for allegedly sexually abusing a four-year-old boy. Parents of the child’s peers will stage a non-violent protest near the school premises on Monday morning, demanding the sacking of the principal. Read more.
IPL 2025: MI`s all-round show helps defeat LSG by 54 runs
When Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya and Lucknow Super Giants’s (LSG) Rishabh Pant came together for the toss at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday afternoon, both teams were on the same page, having five wins from nine games each. However, after the hosts defended their total of 215-7 to beat LSG convincingly by 54 runs, MI zoomed to the No. 2 spot in the table while the visitors were down to No. 6. Read more.
R Madhavan: ‘Never asked a producer my picture’s size on a poster’
Once in a while, actors come across scripts that they know will be a legacy film. To R Madhavan, that happened with director Karan Singh Tyagi’s Kesari Chapter 2. “It’s a film that will transcend time. Rang De Basanti [2006] was one of them, 3 Idiots [2009] too. You get the feeling in your bones. During 3 Idiots, I told Raju [Rajkumar Hirani] that he will have a tough time trying to beat this one. The same goes for Karan Singh Tyagi,” grins the actor. Read more.
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