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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday prorogued both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha which were adjourned sine die on August 9, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the Budget session in which the newly elected Modi 3.0 government presented its Union Budget 2024-25. The previous session of Parliament was scheduled…
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Hindustan Zinc Ltd said its board has approved the second interim dividend of ₹19 per share for the current financial year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) said its board has approved the second interim dividend of ₹19 per share for the current financial year…
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The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) inflation targeting regime has worked well and need not be abandoned in favour of a more discretionary regime that could be risky and counterproductive, a new research paper has said. The paper titled ‘Inflation Targeting In India: A Further Assessment’ said the weight of food-price inflation in the CPI…
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Elon Musk-founded SpaceX Corp. has sent a cease-and-desist notice to the B2B sales listings platform IndiaMART for unauthorised listings of consumer terminals of its Starlink satellite internet system, the company said in an email. The company also said it notified the…
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A sign reads “I love Niu York” in Niu-York near Toretsk, war-affected area in eastern Ukraine as Russia’s attack in Ukraine continues, Donetsk region, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) its forces had taken control of what it described as the strategically important logistics hub of Niu-York in eastern…
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His family members said Bangladesh Police had framed him in some cases. (Representational) Agartala: A 62-year-old Indian on Tuesday returned to Tripura after serving 36 years in Bangladesh jail, officials said. A police official said that Bangladesh Police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over Shahjahan Mia alias Bilash to the Border Security Force (BSF)…
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Current ICC chairman Greg Barclay on Tuesday opted out of a third term following the end of his tenure on November 30, fuelling speculations on BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s future at the sport’s governing body. Whether Shah will be interested to throw his hat in the ring will be clear by August 27,…
S aishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh headed the Indian team. New Delhi: The India-Japan partnership is set against a larger context of a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and it will continue to grow, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday as the two sides held a fresh edition of “2+2” dialogue amid…
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Berhampur: About 20 people fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Moundpur village in Chikita late on Monday night. Those taken ill hailed from Moundpur, Jenapur and Karabalua villages, they said. While 14 people were undergoing treatment at the MKCG Medical College and…
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File photo of Jannik Sinner© AFP Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner has been cleared of any wrongdoing for two anti-doping violations earlier in the season, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced Tuesday. Sinner provided an in-competition sample at the Indian Wells Masters on March 10, 2024 which contained the presence of…