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File photo of Hardik Pandya© AFP The India cricket squad for the Sri Lanka tour, that starts on July 27 with a T20I in Pallekele, is out. This is Gautam Gambhir‘s first series as Indian cricket team head coach and the squads selected for the three T20Is and three ODIs are very interesting….
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that multiple data sources, including the government’s own statistics, had pointed out that “workers can buy less today than they could 10 years ago”. | Photo Credit: ANI Highlighting the “decline in real wages”, the Congress, ahead of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s Union Budget, raised the demand for…
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Last month, Joe Biden cancelled debt owed by 160,000 people (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden said Thursday he was extending his student loan forgiveness program by canceling the loans of an additional 35,000 Americans as he seeks reelection. The latest move – amounting to $1.2 billion in student debt – brings to 4.76 million…
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Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka Dhaka: Bangladeshi students set fire to the country’s state broadcaster on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating clashes that have killed at least 32 people. Hundreds of protesters demanding reform of civil service hiring rules fought back…
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The first day of the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup on July 19 will see the big clash between India and Pakistan at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. India come in as the defending champions and have won the tournament seven times. They also have an 11-3 lead over Pakistan in women’s T20I…
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Newly elected Prime Minister K.P. Oli is being sworn in by President Ram Prasad Poudel, unseen, at the Presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Newly-appointed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on July 18 said that Nepal’s future is “bright”, but its current scenario needs to be changed, amidst…
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K Kavitha was arrested in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case on March 15 (File) New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday referred BRS leader K Kavitha, lodged in Tihar jail in two cases related to the alleged excise scam, to AIIMS for a medical check-up. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC was taken…
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The Indian fintech industry is projected to reach $420 billion by 2029. (Representational) New Delhi: The Indian fintech industry is projected to reach $420 billion by 2029, at a cumulative annual growth rate of 31 per cent from around $110 billion this year, Ajay Kumar Choudhary, non-executive chairman and independent director, the National Payments Corporation…
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The Centre has issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). New Delhi: To deter users from deliberately not fixing FASTag on the windscreen of the vehicle, the National Highways Authority of India has issued guidelines to collect double toll fees from such users. The Centre said deliberate non-affixation of FASTag on the windscreen leads to…
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Sha’Carri Richardson wins a heat women’s 100-meter run as her shoe appears to come untied during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Friday, June 21, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. | Photo Credit: AP On the face of it, competitive distance running appears not to have changed much since the Olympic Games were revived…