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A screen displays stock numbers outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on August 5 in line with extremely weak trends in global markets amid fears of a slowdown in the U.S .economy and foreign fund outflows. The…
Mountaineers walk past the Iver glacier close to the El Plomo mountain summit, in the Andes mountain range, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal on Thursday….
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The face of the “Screaming Woman” mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, January 18, 2023 in this handout photograph released on August 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is a…
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The previous two terms of the Narendra Modi government saw the launch of some major national advanced technology missions, including for supercomputing, cyber-physical systems, and quantum technologies. These were coupled with initiatives to boost private sector participation with space and geospatial policies. India became the fourth to have a spacecraft’s lander touch down successfully on…
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A worker operates a machine inside a small scale manufacturing unit in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court has held that banks or creditors are required to identify the incipient stress in the account of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), before their accounts turn into non-performing assets. A Bench headed…
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Captain’s pride: Vignesh put the skids on Kovai Kings with a superb spell. | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Dindigul Dragons, powered by skipper R. Ashwin’s brilliant batting and inspirational leadership, clinched its maiden TNPL crown with a six-wicket win over Lyca Kovai Kings in the final at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Dragons’ attack,…
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India’s Washington Sundar and KL Rahul celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando during their 2nd ODI match, at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 4, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI For the Indian fans, the memories of Sri Lankan bowlers like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis running through the Men…
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Forest Department officers rescue children from a landslide-affected area of Wayanad district. | Photo Credit: PTI More than a 1,000 government employees are currently engaged in the disaster management and relief operations in the landslide-ravaged regions in Wayanad district, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office said on August 4. The 24×7 activities are being coordinated by…
Most late night orders in the last fiscal year came from Delhi NCR, while most breakfast orders came from Bengaluru, Zomato shared in the report. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Food delivery aggregator Zomato, which began charging platform fee on orders from last August, collected ₹83 crore through the new levy till March, the company’s…
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(From left) India’s astronaut-designates Shubhanshu Shukla, Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, and Angad Pratap. File photo. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: On August 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that two of the astronauts selected for its maiden human spaceflight mission, ‘Gaganyaan’, will travel to the U.S. in the first…
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