Saturday, February 21, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Business
Worldsnap Staff

Pharma, tech funds give outstanding returns

Sensex has largely been range-bound in recent months, rising by a mere 2% between September 30, 2009? and April 20, 2010, but some sectoral mutual fund schemes, especially in? pharma and technology space, have given returns of over 20% in this period.? Riding the outperformance by pharmaceutical stocks in the recent past, mutual fund schemes dedicated to pharma sector have also delivered good returns. Reliance Pharma Fund and Franklin Pharma Fund have given returns of as high as 36%. On…

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Bangalore
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Girl ends life after failing class IX exam

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Despondent after failing in her Standard IX exam, a 14-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on Monday evening.The girl allegedly took the extreme step as she was unable to bear the snide remarks made against her by her peers over her failure.The girl, identified as P Madhushree, was a student of Good Health School, Rajarajeshwari Nagar. She had failed in two subjects and was dis…

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Jaipur
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Discom hit by rising demand

The continuous rising temperature and heat wave conditions have increased power consumption in Ajmer discom. Around 13% consumption has increased in the month of April, which is almost 40 lakh unit more in comparison to last year. As such, Ajmer discom has started taking measures to meet electricity demand.The rising mercury that is roughly touching 40 to 45 degree Celsius on average has compelled consumers to use fan, cooler, refrigerator and air-conditioner abundantly. Furthermore, hi…

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Sports
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Organisers act tough with Anand

Viswanathan Anand was warned that he should be prepared for trouble when he agreed to play Veselin Topalov in Sofia. Some even suggested that Anand was walking into a lion’s den. The Team Topalov is known to be aggressive and psyche out their opponents.The trouble for Anand may have just begun. His appeals for deferring the world championship by three days has not found favour with the world chess federation and the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the organisers of the championship.Anan…

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Jaipur
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‘People’s health is priority’

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday that the state government was committed to act stringently against the adulterators. ?Nobody is allowed to play with the health of people,? he said while launching mobile laboratory scheme in the city. Addressing the gathering at Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sansthan, Gehlot said that if required the state government will amend existing laws as well. ?No section of the society likes adulteration of food products as everybody is affected b…

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