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PM Modi with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP boss JP Nadda (File). New Delhi: With weeks before the Lok Sabha election dates are announced, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is busy settling seat-share deals with its NDA partners or deciding, in some cases, to go it alone. The BJP’s top leaders, including Prime Minister…
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Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers holds a special in the hearts of all Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fans. De Villiers, who joined RCB in 2011, played with the franchise for over a decade before hanging his boots in 2021. Apart from his unmatched skills with the bat, which saw him pile plenty of…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Woodpeckers 1 / 5 | What is a group of woodpeckers called? A murder A bevvy A descent A kettle Many different types of birds have their names when it comes to a group, or flock, of them. A group of woodpeckers is called a “descent”. Next 2…
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A reading of over 50 on the PMI, which rose from 56.5 in January to 56.9 last month, indicates an expansion in activity. File. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj India’s manufacturing sector continued its recovery in February from an 18-month low in December, with production levels and sales rising at the fastest pace in…
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote during parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran, on March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran began voting on March 1 in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests over its mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, with questions looming over just…
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The government has hiked windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to ₹4,600 per tonne from ₹3,300 per tonne with effect from March 1. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on export of diesel, however, has…
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At the interbank foreign exchange, the local currency opened at 82.86 and gained slightly to 82.85 against the greenback, registering an increase of four paise from its previous close. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee appreciated four paise to 82.85 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on March 1 on the back of…
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Among the Sensex firms, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, JSW Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Power Grid, IndusInd Bank, Maruti, NTPC and ICICI Bank were the major gainers. File. | Photo Credit: Paul Noronha Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped in early trade on Friday helped by impressive GDP data and fresh foreign…
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The university administration is yet to issue a statement over the incident. New Delhi: Three students were injured at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) after members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Left-backed groups clashed on Thursday night, police said. Videos shared by the student groups show chaos inside the university campus as a…
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Facebook News in Australia and would not renew deals with news publishers. (File) Sydney: Facebook parent Meta announced Friday it would no longer pay Australian media companies for news, prompting a government warning that the firm was in “dereliction” of past promises. Extending a global retreat from news content, Meta said it would scrap the…