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‘Intergenerational equity is the principle of providing equal opportunities and outcomes to every generation’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The devolution of Union tax revenue to States is a topic that has been in discussion in the political sphere in recent times. However, it is an evergreen subject of discussion for economists. One of the…
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During the year 2023, railway cops managed to rescue 11,794 children. (Representational) New Delhi: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued as many as 84,119 children who were at risk in stations and trains across the country during the last seven years (2018-2024), preventing them from falling into harm’s way, according to data released by…
New Delhi: Unless a miracle happens for Democrats, Donald Trump is set to be the 47th President of the United States of America, a beaming Shalabh Kumar, a close aide of Trump, told NDTV. The Chicago businessman underlined that the failed assassination attempt means it is a game, set, match for Trump in the November…
Mangoes being loaded at Nuzvid railway station, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu India ranks second in global agriculture production, but its share in global agricultural exports is only 2.4%, placing it eighth in the world. This is attributed to several factors that include low productivity, an inability to meet desired…
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Adam Schiff | Photo Credit: AFP Representative Adam Schiff on July 17 became the most heavyweight Democrat so far to publicly urge U.S. President Joe Biden to step aside for another candidate to face Donald Trump. He called on his ally to “pass the torch.” Mr. Schiff, a key congressional powerbroker, praised Mr. Biden but…
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When Jyothi Yarraji leaps past each hurdle in her bid to reach the finish line, it feels like she is trying to put behind all the struggles that her mother Kumari underwent while working in double shifts as a domestic help and a cleaner at a local hospital in Visakhapatnam. It is her…
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Jitan Sahni, 70, was found stabbed to death at his home on Tuesday (File) Darbhanga/Patna: Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked the killing of former Bihar minister Mukesh Sahni’s father, with the arrest of the prime accused after he “confessed” his involvement in the crime. Earlier in the day, police had detained four persons,…
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Vivek Ramaswamy asserted that US can still be a nation in ascent (File) Washington: Indian-origin Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy, during the Republican National Convention, stressed the ‘American Dream’ and called on people to shed all forms of fear and be free to speak up their minds. He said that this ‘American Dream’ won US the…
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Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the head of the Central Tibetan Administration. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has been holding back-channel talks with Chinese authorities “through a third country”, Penpa Tsering, Sikyong or President of the CTA said here on Wednesday. Speaking to a select group of media, Mr. Tsering, who is…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is seen during the Republican National Convention on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. | Photo Credit: AP Analysis Leaders, including many former critics and challengers, rallied behind Donald Trump on the second day of the Republican National Convention, several of them attributing to god his escape from an…
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