Month: July 2024

“Much Needed Game For Other Batters”: Smriti Mandhana After Win Over Nepal

July 23, 2024 admin

Stand-in India skipper Smriti Mandhana was pleased to see the middle-order batters getting some much-needed runs under their belt against Nepal in Dambulla on Tuesday ahead of the women’s Asia Cup semifinals. With regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur skipping the match and India sitting pretty at the top of the group, Mandhana decided to…

Sports

Budget 2024: Urban, rural land reforms ‘welcome move’ by government

July 23, 2024 admin

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said “rural land-related actions will include assignment of unique land parcel identification numbers or Bhu-Aadhaar for all lands, digitisation of cadastral maps, survey of map sub-divisions as per current ownership, establishment of land registry, and linking to the farmers registry”. Photo: https://dolr.gov.in/ulpin/ The 2024-2025 Union Budget presented by Finance Minister…

Science

Watch: Budget 2024 | What’s in it for defence sector?

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

Business

Unhappy With Budget 2024, Congress Chief Ministers To Skip NITI Aayog Meet

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

Nation

Joe Biden As US Secret Service Director Resigns

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

World

Watch: Budget 2024 | What’s in it for women and children?

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

Business

Union budget focus on Bihar in tourism infra development

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

Business

Andreas Seidl departs, Audi Names Former Ferrari Chief Mattia Binotto As New F1 Boss

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

Sports

Budget 2024: Meagre hike in funds for minority affairs

July 23, 2024 admin

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…

Business

Sri Lankan Government Apologises For “Forced” Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims

July 23, 2024 admin

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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