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A sharp fag-end rally drove the 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex to the 83,000 level for the first time. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark Sensex hit the historic 83,000 level for the first time on Thursday (September 12, 2024) and the Nifty settled at a lifetime high after a rally in blue-chip shares, surge…
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Sitaram Yechury was CPIM general secretary since 2015 New Delhi: Veteran Left leader and CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury died this afternoon. He was 72 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The CPM leader was admitted to the emergency ward of AIIMS on August 19 and later…
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The Vice President was addressing Rajya Sabha interns at Parliament House, New Delhi: Launching a stinging attack on Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi without naming him, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said there is nothing more “condemnable and despicable” than someone who holds a constitutional post “becoming part of” the enemies of the…
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a brain-inspired analog computing platform capable of storing and processing data in an astonishing 16,500 conductance states within a molecular film. Published on September 11 in the journal Nature, this breakthrough represents a step forward over traditional digital computers in which data storage and processing…
S Jaishankar has said that the India-China military disengagement along LAC is around 75% resolved. Geneva: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today that there has been “some progress” with China on the boundary issue. The minister said that approximately 75 per cent of the “disengagement” problems has been resolved. Mr Jaishankar, who is in…
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A dried lake is seen at Azienda Agricola organic farm following a drought on the Italian island of Sicily, in Caltanissetta, Italy, August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union is exaggerating spending on climate-friendly projects, potentially by billions of euros, the bloc’s auditors said on Wednesday, citing examples of countries claiming spending…
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Play was called off on Day 4 in the Afghanistan vs NZ one-off Test© X (Twitter) The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium in Noida has come under a lot of criticism as not a single ball was bowled in four days of the one-off Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand. While there was…
Fire rises near members of the armed forces as Bolivia records the most outbreaks of wildfires since 2010 this year, burning some 3 million ha of land according to experts, in Nuflo de Chavez province, Bolivia, August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters In the lowland Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, being gripped by some…
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Legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar has said the business of bashing India has to be countered with aggression, citing the recent comments made on the possibility of Joe Root surpassing Sachin Tendulkar as the leading run-getter in men’s Test cricket. In an episode of the Club Prairie Fire podcast, former England captain Michael Vaughan…
A humpback whale surfaces near two trawlers. All are pursuing Antarctic krill. | Photo Credit: Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd Global (CC BY-ND) The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2…
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