Our selection of the best photos this week.
The benchmark indices overcame high volatility to end the week higher, with the Sensex closing 1.42% up at 58,387.93 and Nifty 1.39% at 17,397.5
Convincing customers to place an order via Swiggy one witty line a time, isn't the only trick up the food delivery company's sleeve. Here's how it reimagined popular movie posters to entertain customers and entice them to order a plate of "Chicken Raees" or some "Taazi" vegetables.
Hiroshima Day: The United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people.
On August 6, 1945, during World War II, the US B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb code-named Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths. It dropped a second bomb three days later on Nagasaki, killing 70,000 more. Japan surrendered on August 15, ending World War II and Japan’s nearly half-century of aggression in Asia.
The ruling National Democratic Alliance nominee and former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is up against Opposition's Margaret Alva in the election being held a few days after Draupadi Murmum was elected India's 15th President
The Indian rupee witnessed a rangebound movement in the last week and ended on flat note at 79.24 per dollar on August 5 against its July 29 closing of 79.26.
Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, were detained while marching to Rashtrapati Bhavan to mark their protest against inflation, price rise, GST and unemployment on August 5.
Among sectors, power and auto indices shed over a percent each while buying was seen in financial and IT names.
With Independence Day approaching, various forms of the tricolor can be seen dominating the market all over India under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign as people from across the country are participating extensively in the campaign with full fervor.
Sreeshankar gave India its first medal in the event since Suresh Babu won bronze in 1978.
South Korea joined the stampede to the moon on August 4 with the launch of a lunar orbiter that will scout out future landing spots. The satellite launched by SpaceX is taking a long, roundabout path to conserve fuel and will arrive in December.
A cavalcade of new motorcycles will thump onto India’s streets this month. Besides new entrants from China and Italy, we will also have Royal Enfield’s eagerly awaited Hunter 350.
Several banks have sharply hiked interest rates on fixed deposits across tenures after the Reserve Bank of India raised repo rate by 90 basis points in May-June this year.
While shopping during Independence Day and the festive season, spend smartly and responsibly. These cards have also been arranged according to the least annual fees.
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Tulika Maan bagged silver medal for India in the women’s 78kg judo final against Scotland’s Sarah Adlington.
Among sectors, Metal, IT, and Healthcare were up 1-2 percent, while the Realty index was down 1 percent. BSE midcap and smallcap indices ended with marginal gains.
The miniaturised satellite, AzaadiSAT, has been built as part of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of India's independence.
The South Korean Black Eagles team, Egyptian Silver Stars team, the Egyptian Hel Gazelle team (Horus) and Egyptian paratroopers participated in Pyramids Air Show 2022 on August 3, above the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital.
On August 3, a strip of glowing red lava was seen gushing from the ground, spouting 20-30 metres (65-100 feet) into the air before spreading into a blanket of smouldering black rock.
China's largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off on August 4, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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By visiting Taiwan, US Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking elected US official to visit the island in 25 years. An enraged China branded the high-profile visit as “extremely dangerous”.
The Tata Nexon continues to hold on to its fourth position in the top-10 four-wheeler sales chart while Maruti Suzuki continues to dominate the top 3 positions. Hyundai seems to have done okay for itself and there is a surprising new entry in the form of the Maruti Suzuki S-Presso.