NSE gets rare 'sell' rating ahead of planned IPO

IANS | July 17, 2026 2:11 PM

Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has received a 'sell' recommendation from a domestic brokerage ahead of its much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO), with Dolat Capital Markets warning that regulatory changes in the country's derivatives market could weigh on the exchange's future growth and valuations.

Had Gulf war happened before 2014, Railways would've been paralysed: PM Modi in Jind

IANS | July 17, 2026 2:10 PM

Jind (Haryana), July 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Haryana’s Jind has become a 'sushasan model' (good governance model) owing to the "double-engine" government, as he flagged off the country's first hydrogen-run train. He also said that had the Gulf war happened before 2014, Indian Railways would've been paralysed as a large part of the fleet used to run on diesel.

Bangladesh police crackdown on student protests draws global condemnation

IANS | July 17, 2026 1:54 PM

Paris, July 17 (IANS) Bangladesh authorities came under strong condemnation from a leading international human rights organisation after police used batons and force against students during recent demonstrations outside the National Parliament in Dhaka, calling for the resignation of the country’s Education Minister, ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon.