Mostly small, scattered protests were held in cities around France, some degenerating late on March 20 into violent incidents. In Paris, small groups took to the streets to set fire to piles of trash that have formed due to a strike by garbage collectors in the capital that is in its 16th day.
Recovery in the market was driven by gains across financial names and heavyweights like Reliance Industries and Bajaj Finance.
Among the sectors, bank and capital goods were up 1 percent each. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices added 0.5 percent each.
Several Opposition party leaders on March 21 held a protest in the corridors of Parliament House and raised slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue. They also hung a banner that read "We want JPC" from the first floor of the Parliament building.
Founded in 1975, the Ouagadougou Golf Club boasts an 18-hole and two nine-hole courses -- all certified by the French golf federation. Visitors to the club, lying amid buildings on the outskirts of the Burkinabe capital, will find the courses a tawny colour, the natural tint of the site.
People have parties and pose with cherry blossoms around the world.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 20 invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the Group of Seven summit in May and announced action plans for a new Indo-Pacific initiative aimed at countering China's influence in the region. Modi and Kishida continued their talks beyond the closed doors of meeting rooms as they took a stroll around the park which was developed to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of Gautam Buddha’s birth.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on March 20 for a summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were to discuss Beijing's propositions to stop the fighting in Ukraine, as the Chinese leader arrived Monday for a landmark visit with his counterpart in Moscow.
All sectoral indices, except telecom were swamped by strong selling pressures.
Barring FMCG, all sectoral indices ended in the red. Realty, capital goods, IT, metal and PSU bank were down 1-2 percent. BSE midcap and smallcap indices shed 1 percent each
The white-coloured humanoid "Garmi" does not look much different from a typical robot -- it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which two blue circles acting as eyes are attached. Garmi is a product of a new sector called geriatronics, a discipline that taps advanced technologies like robotics, IT and 3D technology for geriatrics, gerontology and nursing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said on March 19, his first visit to territory captured from Ukraine since the start of Moscow's invasion. The visit triggered an angry reaction from Ukraine, with a presidential aide blasting its "cynicism" and "lack of remorse".
The Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden, Asia’s largest tulip garden, ensconced between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills here opened for the public on March 19. Besides 15 lakh tulips of various colours and hues, the garden, also known as Siraj Bagh, has other spring flowers, such as hyacinths, daffodils, muscari and cyclamens, on display.
Mitchell Starc led an Australian fast-bowling demolition of India as the visitors won the second ODI by 10 wickets to level the three-match series on March 19. It was Starc’s ninth five-wicket haul in 109 ODI innings, the joint-most for an Australia bowler along with Brett Lee (217 innings). He was named player of the match for his efforts.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met PM Narendra Modi on March 20 in Delhi during his two-day visit in India. The two leaders are set to discuss priorities for India’s presidency of G20 and Japan’s presidency of the G7.
Large & midcap mutual fund schemes, a relatively new category that SEBI formed in 2018, aims to achieve growth with lower volatility by combining the established and emerging businesses
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Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes for the launch of mixed reality headset, Twitter rival Koo jumps on the AI bandwagon, Microsoft announces AI Copilot for Office 365 apps and more as generative artificial intelligence war gets fierce
On the sectoral front, Nifty PSU index fell 4.5 percent, Auto index shed nearly 4 percent, Information Technology index down 2.3 percent and Bank index shed 2 percent.
Barring auto and FMCG, all sectoral indices ended in the green. The BSE midcap was up 0.3 percent and the smallcap index added 0.7 percent
With solid support from many Republicans negating the opposition of a few democrats, whose argument stood against his nomination, Garcetti was confirmed 52-42.
Protests in France took over multiple cities when Emmanuel Macron, the President hiked the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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