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LGTBQ activist and petitioner for same sex-marriages Shivangi Sharma speaks with the media at the courtyard of India’s Supreme Court in New Delhi on October 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Though the Supreme Court has refused to legalise same-sex marriage, the Constitution Bench judgment is a formidable step to silence hostile voices…
The Perumbavoor police arrested a 59-year-old man on charge of threatening a housewife and decamping with her gold chain on Sunday. Johney of Pallikkara West went to a house in Allapra and sought drinking water. He followed the woman who went to the kitchen to take water, threatened, snatched her chain and escaped. He had…
While correcting most schemes’ returns gradually in each quarter since October 2022, the government has held back hikes for the PPF, unlike other small savings instruments. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Returns on the Public Provident Fund (PPF), frozen at 7.1% since April 2020, should have been pegged at 7.51% for this quarter as per…
Casual women workers — across both rural and urban sectors — saw a net increase in their average real monthly earnings | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM. B Recent data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of 2022-23 revealed a strengthening of the labour market, with unemployment rates falling and labour force participation rates (LFPRs) rising. Rural women’s LFPRs — for those aged 15 and above — rose from 19.7% in 2018-19 to 41.5% in…
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Officials of the Road Transport Authority (RTA) have issued a stern warning to private bus operators against fleecing passengers during the festival season by jacking up the ticket fares. The department personnel have been conducting surprise checks at the main toll plazas, booking cases and collecting fines from the law-violating bus operators across the State….
Congress workers stage a protest against the distribution of ticket for Badnagar state assembly constituency ahead of the assembly election, at the residence of state Congress president Kamal Nath, in Bhopal, on Oct. 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Protests by angry supporters of BJP and Congress leaders who failed to secure tickets for the…
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Team game: Afghanistan coach Trott was insistent that not just the spinners, but the other members, too, have to pull their weight. | Photo Credit: Jothi Ramalingam B One of the charms of international sports is the rivalries between countries for various reasons ranging from political to regional or shared borders and even style of…
The crew module onboard an Indian Navy vessel at the end of the TV-D1 test. | Photo Credit: ISRO/Twitter There were two important forerunners to the success of the Test Vehicle Abort Mission (TV-D1) flight that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) conducted on October 21. During the test, an uncrewed crew module was brought…
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Pakistan opening batsman Saeed Anwar is seen during his monumental knock of 194 against India in Chennai on May 21, 1997. | Photo Credit: The Hindu ArchivesN Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq will channel the spirit of record-setting compatriot Saeed Anwar and his country’s winning relationship with Chennai on October 23 in an effort to revive the…
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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif releases a dove as he arrives to address a welcoming rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed applications on his return to Pakistan to restore pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases….
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