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India head coach Gautam Gambhir© X (Twitter) The new head coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday took charge of the Indian men’s cricket team as the visitors hit the ground running in their first practice session in Pallekele, ahead of three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. Gambhir, who replaced the legendary Rahul Dravid at…
Things are not going well for India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is facing numerous issues in his both personal and professional life. Few days back, his wife Natasa Stankovic broke the news of separation on her social media. Two days later, Suryakumar Yadav surpassed him to become India’s captain for the upcoming T20Is…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced that the Union government will launch the PM – Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan with an aim at achieving full saturation of basic facilities among five crore Scheduled Tribe families across 63,000 villages in tribal-majority areas and aspirational districts. The scheme, designed after the PM-JANMAN to achieve saturation…
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S. Selladurai, a retired professor of Anna University, and his wife Geetha. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Annual income: ₹17 lakh No. of family members: 3 The Union Budget has minor benefits for the salaried class and retired people, said S. Selladurai, a retired professor of Anna University. The increase in the standard deduction limit…
New Delhi: The city recorded a maximum temperature of 36.2 degrees Celsius, 1.3 notches above normal, according to the weather department The relative humidity at 5.30 pm stood at 68 per cent. The city will be on “yellow” alert for the next two days, the IMD said. The weather office has forecast moderate rainfall for…
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A view of Polavaram project, which is under construction across the Godavari river. | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asserted that the Union government was committed to financing and early completion of the Polavaram Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh. Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman said this in her budget speech on July…
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“I think it will have a huge impact across the economy,” the SBI chairman said. (File) Mumbai: SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara on Tuesday lauded the budget for its inclusive approach and exuded confidence that the proposals will boost sagging consumption growth. In a conversation with PTI Videos, Dinesh Kumar Khara said banks will be…
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D. Kumar, a fruit vendor. | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Annual income: ₹1.2 lakh per annum No. of family members: 4 D. Kumar and Santhi, a couple, find little solace in the Union Budget being presented every year, and this year is no different. While Mr. Kumar runs a fruit shop in Parry’s, his wife…
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The first Union budget of the Modi 3.0 government saw a concerted effort at women-led development, with the Finance Minister announcing more than ₹3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy The first Union budget of the Modi 3.0 government saw a concerted effort at women-led development, with the…
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U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle enters a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The director of the Secret Service said on July…
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