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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on August 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Facing a backlash over changes to the long-term capital gains tax regime announced in the Budget, including critiques from MPs within the NDA coalition, the government has relented to grant some relief for property transactions. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
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US Department of Justice has cracked down on what it calls “transnational repression” by US adversaries New York: A Chinese academic was convicted on Tuesday of illegally acting as a foreign agent in the United States by collecting information about New York-based activists supporting democracy in China and sharing his findings with Beijing. A jury…
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NCERT has given due importance and respect to various aspects of the Constitution, the minister said. New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday firmly refuted allegations that the Preamble of the Indian Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks. In a tweet, Mr Pradhan stated that these claims have no basis and emphasized…
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday (August 6). | Photo Credit: ANI The Opposition parties on Tuesday (August 6) questioned the government in the Lok Sabha over the tax exemptions given to corporates and whether it has helped generate…
Vinesh Phogat (50kg) became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of the Olympic Games with a convincing 5-0 win over Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez here on Tuesday. With this win in the semifinal, Vinesh guaranteed herself at least a silver medal. Both wrestlers got off to a cautious start but…
This image provided by the University of Tokyo shows the Mata Menge humerus fragment, left, at the same scale as the humerus of Homo floresiensis from the Liang Bua cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia. | Photo Credit: AP Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday announced that its latest Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-08 is slated for launch by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3. However, the space agency did not give a launch date. The primary objectives of the EOS-08 mission include designing and developing a microsatellite, creating payload instruments compatible with…
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1.4 lakh recognised startups generating 15.5 lakhjobs, according to the Big Bang Numbers. (File) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released the Big Bang Numbers on the Indian economy as part of his Bi-Weekly Bharat newsletter for the fortnight of July 15-31 on the Namo app. The newsletter highlighted that India’s market cap…
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Quan Hongchan celebrates with her gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024.© AFP The 17-year-old diving prodigy Quan Hongchan on Tuesday won her second gold at the Paris Olympics and third of her career to maintain China’s perfect record in the sport in the French capital. Quan sealed a China one-two in the women’s…
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Joshua Cheptegui after winning gold in 5000m at Paris Olympics 2024.© AFP Newly-crowned Olympic 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will not defend his 5,000m title in Paris, he announced on Instagram Tuesday. “I’m so proud of having won Olympic gold in the 10,000m,” said Cheptegei, who won silver in the event in the Tokyo…
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