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Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali retained his Olympic 3000m steeplechase title on Wednesday to become just the third Arab to win double gold as world record holder Lamecha Girma suffered a worrying fall, at Paris Olympics 2024. El Bakkali timed 8min 06.05sec for victory with American Kenneth Rooks taking silver in 8:06.41 and Kenya’s…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday (August 8, 2024) ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decision. Continuous foreign fund outflows and weak trends in the U.S. markets also drove domestic equities lower during initial deals. The…
Following his niece Vinesh Phogat’s retirement from wrestling, Indian wrestling legend Mahavir Phogat said that it was natural to arrive at this decision after her disqualification from the Paris Olympics, and also said that once she is back home, the family will try to convince her to compete in the 2028 Los Angeles…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee witnessed range-bound trading in initial deals against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (August 8, 2024), ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy outcome. Market participants are awaiting cues from the central bank’s observation of recent events and its observations on food…
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London: A wave of riots, sparked by a deadly attack at a children’s dance event and further fueled by a torrent of misinformation, has gripped parts of the United Kingdom. What began as a community’s grief over the tragic loss of three young girls has spiralled into nationwide chaos, with far-right groups using the moment…
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Vinesh Phogat’s unexpected disqualification from the Paris Olympic Games sent shockwaves across the Indian sporting spectrum. The authority’s decision triggered a plethora of questions among fans on social media, as everyone wondered why Vinesh couldn’t lose the last 100 grams to fall under the 50kg mark, in order to compete in the gold…
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Geeta Phogat congratulated her sister Vinesh Phogat at the conclusion of a fine wrestling career, saying that the country will be indebted for what she has done in the field of wrestling and called her an inspiration for women. Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling following her disqualification in the 50kg…
Rescue operations in the disaster-affected area are underway (file). Samej, Himachal Pradesh: A catastrophic cloudburst occurred near the Samej and Bagi bridges on Wednesday night washing away 45 people near Shrikhand in Himachal Pradesh. Rescue operations in the disaster-affected area are underway. Baljinder Singh, 14th Battalion Commandant, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said that the…
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday (August 8) announced the bi-monthly monetary policy statement, keeping the repo rate, which is the central bank’s rate for short-term loans to banks, unchanged at 6.5%. In the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)…
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U.S. Democratic vice-presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday as presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks on | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate has raised eyebrows, and plenty of questions, in China. Mr. Walz had…
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