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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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With unrest and political turmoil rampant in the country, following the resignation of Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, the people have sounded cries of ‘victory’. In an aggressive burst of joy, protesters joining from different parts of Dhaka were seen storming Ganabhaban (the Bangladesh prime minister’s residence), overturning furniture, smashing glass doors, and taking away different…
The Paris Olympics organising committee said Tuesday it would meet its target to reduce single-use plastics by half compared to the 2012 London Games despite bottles by major sponsor Coca-Cola being widely used on its sites. Fanta, Sprite and Coke are flowing unabated at Olympic venues, where staff have been seen emptying plastic…
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A case of unnatural death report has been registered, police said (Representational) Bengaluru: A 19-year-old BSc Nursing student died after she allegedly fell from the sixth floor of her hostel building in northern part of the city here, police said on Tuesday. The nursing student, identified as Athulya G, hailed from Palakkad district in Kerala…
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