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A soldier was killed in the line of duty as the Army thwarted an infiltration bid by terrorists along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Tuesday, the latest in a string of terrorist attacks in the region. Lance Naik Subash Kumar was injured in the intense gunfight and later succumbed,…
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Three broad types of nuclear reactors to generate electricity. | Photo Credit: A. Vargas/IAEA While Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman singled out small nuclear reactors for special mention in her Budget speech, these devices have been gaining favour around the world as countries have been faced with roadblocks to utilising renewable energy better and found fossil…
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In the budget presented on July 23 (Tuesday), the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced, among other projects, additional allocation for capital investment on the Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) and the Hyderabad-Chennai industrial corridor. “For the Koparthy node on the Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor, an additional allocation will be provided this year towards capital investment for…
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Watch: Budget 2024: What’s in it for markets and investors? On July 23, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first full budget of the 3rd term of the NDA government. Here is the analysis of the proposals concerning the markets and investors. For deepening tax base the Finance Minister has proposed to increase Securities…
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The fund will definitely accelerate the journey of a lot of early-stage start-ups and position them to scale faster, says experts. | Photo Credit: file photo Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget a venture capital fund of ₹1,000 crore to promote space technology. “With our continued emphasis on expanding the space economy by…
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Photo used for representation purpose only | Photo Credit: The Hindu Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech has for the first time signalled that polluting industries, such as iron, steel, and aluminium will have to conform to emission targets. “A roadmap for moving the ‘hard to abate’ industries from ‘energy efficiency’ targets to ‘emission targets’…
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File picture of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The ruling and Opposition fronts in Kerala have termed the 2024-25 Union Budget a “political act” to appease allies who could potentially undermine the precarious National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the Budget lacked a national…
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Indian cricket stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma dropped a bomb on fans, as they announced their retirement from T20 internationals as the team lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 title. While Virat broke the news in the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit shared his plans in the press conference after the game. While…
The government has signalled that it wants to revisit the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, arguing that it has not met its expected outcome of poverty alleviation. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Notwithstanding the BJP’s significant losses in rural constituencies in the 2024 general election, the first Budget of the new NDA…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI In a major respite for India’s fledgling startups, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Union Budget in Parliament on July 23, announced scrapping the contentious Angel Tax on foreign investments received by such…