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World stocks boast record-breaking month, led by Europe
By Reuters | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Sydney
UPDATED ON NOV 30, 2020 07:04 AM IST
Many European bourses are boasting their best month ever with France up 21% and Italy almost 26%. The MSCI measure of world stocks is up 13% for November so far, while the S&P 500 has climbed 11% to all-time peaks.
Why keep changing features of notes, coins? HC asks RBI
By Press Trust of India | Mumbai
UPDATED ON AUG 01, 2019 07:48 PM IST
The NAB petition claimed that new currency notes and coins issued by the RBI posed difficulty for visually impaired persons in terms of identification and distinguishing them.
Son of opposition leader arrested in Pak court for graft
By Imtiaz Ahmad and Agencies | Hindustan Times, Lahore/Islamabad
PUBLISHED ON JUN 11, 2019 08:39 PM IST
Hamza Shehbaz, the son of PML-N president and National Assembly opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, told reporters prior to his arrest that not even a “one rupee” corruption could be proven against him.
Asif Ali Zardari produced before court, anti-graft body seeks physical remand
By Press Trust of India | Islamabad
UPDATED ON JUN 11, 2019 01:02 PM IST
A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) accompanied by police, including female officials, arrested the Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman hours after the Islamabad High Court rejected his bail plea.
Examine foreign currencies to make rupee notes blind-friendly, HC tells RBI
By Kanchan Chaudhari
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2019 07:47 AM IST
The Bombay high court directed the RBI to examine currencies of “advanced countries” to develop features that would make notes user-friendly for those who are visually-impaired and blind.
World Sight Day: How blind women are being trained to detect breast cancer
By Kabir Singh Bhandari | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2018 02:54 PM IST
On the occasion of World Sight Day, we tell you how blind women go through a nine month programme where they learn about breast examination, spotting cancers and tumours.
Pak anti-graft body orders probe into Sharif’s ‘money laundering to India’
By Imtiaz Ahmad | Hindustan Times, Islamabad, Islamabad
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2018 11:13 PM IST
Sharif is also facing three corruption cases in an anti-graft court that were registered following the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Panama Papers case.