Month: July 2024

Exploring the Key Highlights of the Union Budget 2024: Part 2 | In Focus podcast

July 30, 2024 admin

As the dust settles on the proposals that the Finance Minister made in the Budget earlier this month, some aspects have become clearer while questions remain on others. Budget 2024-25 saw several initiatives around employment and skilling being proposed. Do these form a good first step in addressing the jobs challenge the country faces? Or…

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Indian Trap Shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman Finishes 21st In Qualification Round

July 30, 2024 admin

File photo of Prithviraj Tondaiman.© X/@saroj_kumar_07 India’s Prithviraj Tondaiman on Tuesday shot a perfect 25 in the last two rounds but finished 21st in the qualification round of men’s trap shooting event in Paris. Tondaiman finished with an overall score of 118 from a possible 125 shots across five rounds to finish 21…

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Rower Balraj Panwar Finishes 5th In Single Sculls Quarter-Finals, To Fight For 13-24 Places

July 30, 2024 admin

File photo of Balraj Panwar.© X (formerly Twitter) India’s lone representative in rowing at the Paris Olympics, Balraj Panwar on Tuesday finished fifth in his quarterfinals heat race of the men’s single sculls event and will now fight for minor positions. The 25-year-old clocked 7 minutes and 5.10 seconds in quarterfinals heat 4…

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India’s Most Advanced Nuclear Reactor Approaches Finish Line

July 30, 2024 admin

Breeder reactors produce more fuel than they consume. New Delhi: India’s atomic energy program has crossed a big hurdle, the country’s most advanced and most complex nuclear reactor the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) located at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has finally got approval from India’s atomic regulator to start loading the nuclear fuel and…

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Ju Wenjun, Koneru Humpy Among Top Women Superstars For Global Chess League Season 2

July 30, 2024 admin

The Global Chess League today announced the list of women Superstars who will be competing in the second season scheduled from October 3rd to 12th at Friends House in London. In the second season, the reigning FIDE World Champion, Ju Wenjun, will be making her debut. She will be joined by World No….

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PCB Contemplates Appointing Waqar Younis As Director Of Cricket

July 30, 2024 admin

File image of Waqar Younis© AFP The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi is contemplating appointing former captain Waqar Younis as the director of cricket affairs. A well-placed source in the board has informed PTI that Naqvi has taken a cue from other national boards and wants a former player…

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Union budgte, Nirmala Sitharaman”: “26 States Weren’t Named During UPA Era”: Finance Minister Defends Budget

July 30, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Union finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, under Opposition attack over her union budget in parliament for days, today came prepared to address their long list of grouses. The biggest of these had come from chief ministers of Opposition-ruled states — that all the largesse has been directed at two NDA allies, Bihar and Andhra…

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Indian Bank plans to recover bad debts of ₹7,000 cr. in FY25

July 30, 2024 admin

Indian Bank MD & CEO Shanti Lal Jain says that they are in comfortable position as cash recovery is more than the fresh slippages. Indian Bank is planning to recover bad debts of ₹7,000 crore in FY25 against ₹8,800 crore recovered in the year ago period, said its top executive. “Last time, we recovered about…

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BCCI hints at settlement talks with Byju’s, NCLAT adjourns matter to July 31

July 30, 2024 admin

Byju at the time of admission of BCCI plea by NCLT had said it is hopeful of reaching “an amicable settlement” with the BCCI. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The BCCI on July 30 sought a day’s adjournment at appellate insolvency tribunal NCLAT, saying talks are going on with Byju’s, hinting at the possibility of…

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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh says Budget promises for Andhra, Bihar are ‘post-dated cheque on crashing bank’

July 30, 2024 admin

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh during the Monsoon session of the Parliament | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on July 30 claimed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had “pulled a fast one” on NDA allies in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh given that most announcements in the Budget will not see the light of day for a…

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