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BRASILIA: Former presidents and prime ministers have sent an open letter to current leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies urging support for a global tax on billionaires, which they called a rare political opportunity. The move comes as Brazil’s G20 presidency, which put the proposal on the table in February, seeks to build support…
The airline also claimed that their employee had a “valid airport entry pass”. Jaipur: The SpiceJet employee who was arrested yesterday for slapping a male CISF personnel had refused to be frisked while entering the Jaipur airport – possibly because no woman constable was present at the side gate, according to police sources. Anuradha Rani,…
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Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters Passenger vehicle wholesales in India rose 3% year-on-year to 3,37,757 units in June, automobile industry body SIAM said on June 12. The overall passenger vehicle dispatches from companies to dealers stood at 3,27,788 units in June 2023. As per the data issued by Society of…
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Gautam Gambhir has asked the BCCI to also consider Morne Morkel as bowling coach.© KKR/X After appointing Gautam Gambhir as head coach of the Indian team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now lining up its option to decide the remaining support staff. Over the past few days, several…
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. and South Korea signed joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, weeks after North Korea and Russia struck a defense pact that deepened concerns in the region about the North’s growing nuclear threats. Meeting Thursday on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, President Joe…
India’s population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12% United Nations: India’s population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent, but the country will remain the world’s most populous throughout the century, the…
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Arvind Virmani, NITI Ayog member. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “The Indian economy will grow around 7% in the current fiscal year and is on track to maintain a similar growth rate for several years,” NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani said on July 12. Mr. Virmani said there are new challenges facing the country…
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England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday joined the company of West Indies great Garry Sobers and South Africa’s legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis to become the third player and first England player to secure a double of 6,000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in Test cricket. Stokes accomplished this feat against West Indies in the…
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Image uswd for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The rupee traded flat at 83.53 against the U.S. currency in early trade on July 12 amid firm crude oil prices and gains in domestic stocks. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened flat at 83.53 against the U.S. dollar. The local…
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The two buses were carrying 65 passengers New Delhi: At least six Indians were among more than 60 people believed to be missing in Nepal after two buses were pushed into a river due to a landslide triggered by heavy rain on Friday. The two buses, carrying 65 passengers, went missing in the Trishuli River…
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