On Friday, English Premier League side Manchester United confirmed the signing of Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Clube de Portugal on Friday and penned a five-and-a-half-year contract.
The WHO declared that the Coronavirus was a global emergency even as the death toll crossed 170 and the number of infected cases neared 8000. The BSE declined by around 0.69% to 40,913.82 while the rupee weakened further against the USD in India. Fear was the key as the Dow too declined by over 200 points intra-day; with both the FOMC and the BoE leaving interest rates unchanged in the US and the Brexit bound UK, respectively, gold surged ahead during the day. Moreover, the US dollar too weakened against some major currencies.
Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday said it will withdraw a case concerning dilution of promoters' shareholding in the bank which it had filed against the RBI in the Bombay High Court.
In a major twist, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed an application in Pune Sessions Court with a plea to transfer all records and proceedings on Bhima Koregaon violence case to a special NIA Court in Mumbai. NIA has said a fresh first information report (FIR) has been registered in the case. State home department confirmed that NIA has filed a petition which will be heard on Monday.
Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an RSS affiliate has voiced concern against the merger of the public sector general insurance companies Oriental Insurance Company, United Insurance Company and National Insurance Company. SJM, in its letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi despatched on Thursday, said the merger will endanger the growth of insurance sector in the country and the flagship insurance-based social schemes like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Aarogya Yojana.
Olympian Ayonika Paul and Vijayveer Sidhu won the women's 10m Air Rifle T1 and junior men's 25m Pistol T2 events respectively in the National Shooting trials here on Thursday.
Structural changes in the brains of patients who undergo reconstruction to repair anterior cruciate ligament tears can hinder recovery and may contribute to performance deficits and re-injury, researchers say. Researchers know that some joint function is often permanently lost after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery and re-injury is common even with intensive physical therapy, but aren't sure why.
The use of low calorie artificial or natural sweeteners by pregnant mothers leads to higher body fat levels in their offsprings, as revealed by a recent study. Such sweeteners have also been found to disrupt the gut microbiome of these children. The gut microbiome consists of microorganisms that inhabit our intestinal tract in trillions, which can influence our health and risk of numerous diseases.
