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Indian climber dies in Nepal peak

Kathmandu, May 20 (IANS) A veteran Indian climber died on Thursday while descending from Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal, officials said on Friday. Rajib Bhattacharya, 43, died in Camp IV after he complained of snow blindness…



CPI-M to name Kerala’s new CM later Friday

Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) The CPI-M will on Friday choose Kerala’s 22nd chief minister between veteran leader V.S. Achuthanandan and politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan. Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury has already arrived…




Key Indian equity indices open flat

Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Key Indian equity markets on Friday opened on a flat note during the early morning trade session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) edged down by 5.10…



Warm morning in Delhi

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) It was a warm Friday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 31.2 degrees Celsius, which was five notches above from season’s average, the weather office said. The day ahead…








New Taiwanese president sworn-in

Taipei, May 20 (IANS) Leader of Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (PDP), Tsai Ing-wen on Friday was sworn-in as the first female president of the island nation. Shortly after Tsai was sworn in as president,…


Chinese shares open lower Friday

Beijing, May 20 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.5 percent to open at 2,792.89 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.78 percent lower at 9,657.75 points….


Chinese yuan strengthens

Beijing, May 20 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 21 basis points to 6.5510 against the US dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…