Month: June 2024

Unease In Maharashtra Ruling Alliance? Ajit Pawar Party Leader’s Big Hint

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Unease In Maharashtra Ruling Alliance? Ajit Pawar Party Leader’s Big Hint

The Mahayuti alliance comprises the BJP, Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, and NCP led by Ajit Pawar. Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Amol Mitkari has sparked speculation regarding the possibility of the Mahayuti members contesting the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls independently if each constituent insists on demanding 100 seats, drawing the ire of the…

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On Sam Pitroda’s Comeback, What PM Narendra Modi Had Told NDTV

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On Sam Pitroda’s Comeback, What PM Narendra Modi Had Told NDTV

New Delhi: Congress’s Sam Pitroda — who stepped down from the post of its overseas unit chief in the run-up to the general election — is back in the saddle again. That he would be reinstated, was said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview to NDTV. “I sometimes think the party (the Congress),…

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Telcos bid ₹11,340 crore for expiring spectrum; Airtel leads

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Telcos bid ₹11,340 crore for expiring spectrum; Airtel leads

Bharti Airtel Ltd. spent the most on retaining and acquiring new spectrum in the latest auction of airwaves. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bharti Airtel Ltd. spent the most on retaining and acquiring new spectrum in the latest auction of airwaves concluded on Wednesday after seven rounds of bids. The auction raked in ₹11,340.78 crore….

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Business

Australian PM says secretive talks led to Assange deal

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Australian PM says secretive talks led to Assange deal

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on June 26 a string of recent non-disclosed missions to the United States helped to forge the plea deal that freed Julian Assange. The 52-year-old WikiLeaks founder landed in Canberra hours earlier, after earning his liberty by pleading guilty to…

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World

Indian Envoy Calls Canada MPs’ Interference Charge “Politically Motivated”

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Indian Envoy Calls Canada MPs’ Interference Charge “Politically Motivated”

Sanjay Verma’s remarks were the first formal response by India to the report. Ottawa: India has said a report by Canadian legislators alleging interference by New Delhi is politically motivated and influenced by Sikh separatists. Already chilly bilateral ties cooled further last month when a group of parliamentarians, citing intelligence reports, alleged some elected Canadian…

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Chinese woman arrested at Nepal border for illegal entry

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Chinese woman arrested at Nepal border for illegal entry

Indo-Nepal border. Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: ANI A 49-year-old Chinese woman was arrested near the Sunauli India-Nepal border crossing in Uttar Pradesh on June 26 for allegedly entering India without any documents, an Uttar Pradesh police official said. The woman identified as Cai Xiaohong alias Hellen was apprehended by the…

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Explained: How Julian Assange walked out of U.S. court as a free man

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Explained: How Julian Assange walked out of U.S. court as a free man

The story so far: In a dramatic conclusion to an extradition saga that lasted more than a decade, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on June 26 pleaded guilty to violating espionage law, allowing him to walk free to return to his home in Australia, as part of a landmark deal with U.S. Justice Department. Mr. Assange, who…

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Why the GST Council recommended biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for new registrations: Explained

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Why the GST Council recommended biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for new registrations: Explained

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the 53rd GST Council meeting, in New Delhi, Saturday, June 22, 2024. The story so far: On June 22, the GST council recommended introducing biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for GST registrations, in a phased manner. In a media interaction after the conclusion of the council meeting, Finance Minister…

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Kenya’s president withdraws finance bill that prompted deadly protests

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Kenya’s president withdraws finance bill that prompted deadly protests

Kenyan President William Ruto said on June 26 he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades. The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt, but Kenyans said the…

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