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Watch: Budget 2024: What’s in it for defence sector? The allocation to the Ministry of Defence for FY25 is higher by approximately Rs 1 lakh crore (18.43 per cent) than the allocation for FY23 and 4.79 per cent more than the allocation of FY24, the MoD stated. While maintaining the allocation made to the Ministry…
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Siddaramaiah, Revanth Reddy, and Sukhvinder Sukhu will not attend NITI Aayog meet on July 27 (File) New Delhi: Calling the Union Budget 2024-25 “discriminatory” and “dangerous”, the Congress on Tuesday evening announced that the party’s Chief Ministers — Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Revanth Reddy (Telangana), and Sukhvinder Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh) — will not attend the Niti Aayog…
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Joe Biden also stated that he plans to appoint a new director for the USSS soon. (File) Washington: Following US Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation over agency’s handling of former President Trump’s protection, President Joe Biden thanked her “for her decades of public service” to the nation. Biden also stated that he plans to…
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Watch: Budget 2024 | What’s in it for women and children? Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Union Budget 2024-25 carried an allocation of more than Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefitting women and girls and promoting women-led development, during her presentation of the Budget in the Lok Sabha on July 23. To encourage…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shows a red pouch carrying the Budget documents. | Photo Credit: PTI Loaded with political pragmatism, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced development of Vishnupath temple at Gaya and Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya, both in Bihar, on the model of the Kashi-Vishwanath temple corridor to turn them…
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Audi have announced former Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto as the new boss of their Formula 1 project on Tuesday. Earlier this year German car maker Audi took full ownership of the Sauber team, which will be run under the Audi banner from 2026, with an all-new power unit currently being developed in-house…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The Ministry of Minority Affairs has seen a mere 2.7% increase, from funds allocated in the previous year’s Budget Estimate (BE), for the financial year 2024-25 in the Union Budget presented on Tuesday. This…
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Traditionally, Muslims bury their dead facing Mecca. (Representational) Colombo: Sri Lanka’s government Tuesday formally apologised to the island’s Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe. The cabinet issued an “apology regarding the compulsory cremation policy during the Covid-19 pandemic”, the government said…
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Watch: Budget 2024 | What’s in it for MSMEs and manufacturing sector? The MSMEs and labour-intensive manufacturing sector have a reason to cheer as the budget presented by the Finance Minister on Tuesday has a special focus on these units. The sector is going through a crisis phase for multiple reasons. The export market is…
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Manoj Jarange had secured anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail in the case in 2013, said his lawyer (File) Pune: A court here on Tuesday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange in connection with a 2013 cheating case after he failed to appear before it, his lawyer said. Manoj Jarange has launched a…
