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The government has sustained its expenditure as a share of the total budget on infrastructure. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: In her Budget proposals for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set aside ₹11 lakh crore for capital expenditure, comprising 3.4% of the GDP. With the aim to push States to…
The story so far: The Union Budget for 2024-25 made it clear that employment was a major priority of the government, with the word getting 23 mentions in the Finance Minister’s speech. With many voters expressing their disenchantment with rising unemployment in the recent election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lent his title to a…
On Sunday, a battered Venezuela, still reeling from an economic crisis that has resulted in the largest forced displacement crisis in Latin America, will vote to choose a President for a new six-year term, beginning January 10, 2025. The incumbent, who has presided over this economic decline, Nicolas Maduro, is running for his third consecutive…
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Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday acknowledged the uphill climb to defeating Donald Trump in November, but said her freshly-minted presidential campaign would prevail over the “wild lies” of her Republican rival. As Trump prepared to address a bitcoin conference in Tennessee, Harris was speaking at a fundraising event in Massachusetts with celebrity…
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Coaches in Indian cricket have evolved from being the pure amateur to the professional individual signing water-tight lucrative contracts. However, much before the current incumbent Gautam Gambhir occupied the hot seat, the scenario was starkly different. When Kapil Dev’s men won the 1983 World Cup at Lord’s, the manager, P.R. Man Singh, was the handyman…
India Women’s Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana celebrate after winning the Semi-Final match against Bangladesh Women’s by 10 wickets in the Womens Asia Cup T20, 2024, at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Defending champions India will look to translate their overwhelming dominance in the Women’s Asia Cup to…
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New Delhi: Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab under major gubernatorial appointments, the Rashtrapati Bhavan has announced. Acharya has replaced Kataria, who has also been appointed the administrator of the Union Territory…
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Majdal Shams: A rocket fired from Lebanon hit a football pitch in an Arab town in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights Saturday, killing 11 youngsters in what the army described as the “deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since October 7”. The army said Lebanese group Hezbollah fired the deadly rocket that killed the youngsters aged between…
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Majdal Shams: A rocket fired from Lebanon hit a football pitch in an Arab town in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights Saturday, killing 11 youngsters in what the army described as the “deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since October 7”. The army said Lebanese group Hezbollah fired the deadly rocket that killed the youngsters aged between…
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The image was seen as a classic example of a very British stiff upper lip. Paris: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Saturday brushed off the fascination with a viral image taken at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony showing him as the only dignitary not wearing a protective plastic poncho during driving rain. Starmer was…