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QUAD leaders have been holding an annual summit on a rotation basis. Washington: The upcoming Quad Summit in Delaware will show that the four-nation grouping is more strategically aligned and relevant than ever before, the White House has said. QUAD, comprising Australia, Japan, India and the US, is an initiative of President Joe Biden. In…
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Apple has 6 per cent share by volume and 16 per cent by value in India. New Delhi: Apple has seen a surge in pre-orders for its ‘Make in India’ iPhone 16 in the country, as the company gears up to make its latest iPhone line-up available on September 20, trade analysts said on Thursday,…
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Jugraj Singh in action for Indian men’s hockey team© X (Twitter) Jugraj Singh emerged as the unlikely hero for the Indian men’s hockey team as he scored the winner against China in the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 final. There was no goal in the first three quarters of the summit clash but Jugraj…
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Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to eleven Indian and European government and defence industry officials, as well as a Reuters analysis of commercially available customs data. The transfer of munitions…
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Congress will chair the crucial committee on external affairs after a gap of five years New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will head the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs and veteran leader Digvijaya Singh will head the panel on education, party sources said on Thursday. Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi will…
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Leon Marchand said he often needs to don a disguise to evade attention.© AFP French Olympic swimming hero Leon Marchand said Wednesday his record-breaking exploits in the Paris pool have changed his life so much that he often needs to don a disguise to evade attention. The 22-year-old won all four of his…
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Hussain Naikoo, a farm labourer from Anantnag, had gifted PM Modi a “pheran” (File) Srinagar: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Srinagar today, a Kashmiri man recalled the time when he gifted a “pheran” – a form of cloak worn by locals in the Valley – to him. Hussain Naikoo, a farm labourer…
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This artist’s concept shows a galaxy with a brilliant quasar, a very bright, distant and active supermassive black hole that is millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, at its center, seen in this undated handout picture. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two mighty beams of energy have been detected shooting in opposite…
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Bangladesh cricket team fast bowler Hasan Mahmud was in tremendous form as he dismissed Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the first Test match against India in Chennai on Thursday. There was some assistance for the bowlers in the first session and Mahmud took full advantage. The fast…
NTPC Green Energy is a ‘Maharatna’ Central Public Sector Enterprise with renewable energy portfolio, including solar and wind power assets. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Shares of NTPC jumped by more than 4% to hit an all-time high on Thursday (September 19, 2024) after NTPC Green Energy, the renewable energy arm of the firm, filed…