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Scotland pacer Charlie Cassell broke South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada‘s nine-year-old record for best bowling figures on debut in Men’s ODIs when he picked 7-21 in 5.4 overs against Oman in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match here on Monday. Cassell was added to the Scotland squad for the…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Laying the groundwork for revisiting the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as a poverty alleviation tool, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran on July 22 noted in the Economic Survey that demand under the scheme was not a “real indicator” of rural distress. …
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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Echoing the Centre’s concerns on “protectionism”, the Economic Survey has noted that the forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Tax (CBAT) mooted by the European Union “went against the spirit of the Paris Agreement.” The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as it is called, are tariffs that…
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File: The Economic Survey an overview of the short-to-medium-term prospects of the economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Economic Survey highlights the prevailing strengths of the economy and identifies areas for further growth and progress as “we move towards building a Viksit Bharat”. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Economic…
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INS Brahmaputra was undergoing refit when the fire broke out Mumbai/New Delhi: An Indian Navy warship which was undergoing maintenance at the naval dockyard in Mumbai caught fire today. The navy said a junior sailor is missing and rescue teams are looking for him. All other personnel have been accounted for, the navy said. The…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Pankaj Chaudhary and full budget team during giving final touches to the Union Budget, in New Delhi, on July 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget…
Varanasi: Common people have high hopes from the Union Budget 2024-25 which will be presented in the Parliament on Tuesday. Speaking to IANS, small traders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi have shared their thoughts on the Union Budget. Chandanlal, who runs a Banarasi saree business, said, “We have a lot of…
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All six arrested members had a different role in the gang’s work. Noida: Noida Police have arrested six members of a notorious tech-savvy inter-state gang involved in the theft of four-wheel vehicles, officials said on Monday. The police revealed that the gang employed sophisticated methods to carry out the thefts and used key programming pads…
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Story so far: Paris is gearing up to host the 2024 Olympic Games from July 22 to August 11, when 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries will participate in 32 sports. Two nations – Russia and Belarus – will not be represented due to a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following Russia’s…
New Delhi: Batting for hygiene at eateries, Supreme Court judge SVN Bhatti said on Monday he used to frequent a vegetarian restaurant run by a Muslim while posted in Kerala as it maintained international standards of hygiene. Justice Bhatti shared his experience when he was with Justice Hrishikesh Roy on a bench hearing pleas against…
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