Month: July 2024

Islamic authorities in Russia’s Dagestan ban full-face veil after attacks

July 3, 2024 admin

In this photo taken from video released by The Telegram Channel of the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia on June 24, 2024, a view of the damaged the Kele-Numaz synagogue in Derbent after a counter-terrorist operation in republic of Dagestan, Russia. | Photo Credit: AP Islamic authorities in Russia’s mostly-Muslim North Caucasus region of…

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Myanmar Shop Owners Are Being Jailed For Giving A Raise To Their Employees. Here’s Why

July 3, 2024 admin

Critics say it is a desperate attempt to control the narrative around the country’s economic collapse Several business owners in Mynamnar have been arrested for giving their employees a raise amidst the country’s soaring inflation. One of at least 10 arrested business owners is Pyae Phyo Zaw, whose three mobile phone shops were shut down by…

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Team India finally leaves Barbados; open-top bus parade planned for T20 world champions

July 3, 2024 admin

Indian contingent seen boarding a chartered flight to New Delhi after India won the T20 World Cup 2024, in Barbados, on July 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India men’s T20 World Cup-winning squad will have an extended celebrations in Delhi and Mumbai on July 4, upon its arrival from Barbados through a chartered flight….

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Ex Senator Among 5 Killed In Blast Near Afghan Border In Pakistan

July 3, 2024 admin

“An investigation is currently underway to ascertain the type of explosives used.” A former Pakistan senator running in a by-election was killed on Wednesday along with four others in a targeted attack on their car near the border with Afghanistan. “It appears that a remote-controlled bomb targeted the car carrying the former senator,” a district…

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T20 World Cup Hero Suryakumar Yadav Confesses ‘Realisation’ After Watching Virat Kohli Bat

July 3, 2024 admin

Suryakumar Yadav at the T20 World Cup 2024.© AFP Suryakumar Yadav‘s stunning catch at long-off to dismiss David Miller changed India’s fortunes, as they won the 2024 T20 World Cup Final against South Africa. The catch required him to show incredible fitness and game awareness, as he first kept the ball in play…

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States’ GST kitty expected to rise 13%-14% this year: CRISIL

July 3, 2024 admin

Money spinners: Sales tax collections from petro products, which constitute 7-8% of revenue, were projected to grow 3-4%. File photo. | Photo Credit: A.M.FARUQUI Revenues of India’s top 18 States are likely to grow by 8%-10% this fiscal year to about ₹38 lakh crore, accelerating from a 7.5% uptick in 2023-24, largely aided by a…

Business

Video Just Before Stampede Shows Extent Of Congestion At UP Gathering

July 3, 2024 admin

Hundreds of devotees are sitting in a huge ground, some of them fanning themselves with handheld fans, with motorcycles too parked nearby, shows a drone video from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, capturing the packed crowd before the stampede that killed 121. The devotees had turned up for a satsang or prayer meet and to see Bhole…

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Renewable energy firm ACME Solar Holdings files papers for ₹3,000-crore IPO

July 3, 2024 admin

Renewable energy firm ACME Solar Holdings Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise ₹3,000 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The Gurugram-based company’s proposed IPO is a combination of fresh issue of shares worth ₹2,000 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of shares valued ₹1,000 crore by ACME…

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Impostors Raising Funds By Claiming LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran Is Alive, Says His Family

July 3, 2024 admin

Colombo: Labelling it as a “major scam”, the extended family of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has urged all Tamils in India and around the world not to fall into the trap laid out by certain elements in the diaspora fraternity who have been collecting millions of dollars by saying that…

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Cabinet Committees Under Modi 3.0 Announced. See Full List

July 3, 2024 admin

The Appointments Committee has only two members – PM Modi and Amit Shah. (FILE) New Delhi: The government today formed various cabinet committees, including the country’s highest decision-making bodies on security, economic and political affairs. Union Ministers from the BJP and its NDA partners like Janata Dal (U), Telugu Desam Party, Janata Dal (S), Shiv…

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