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A 10.9% spike in food prices lifted India’s retail inflation to a 14-month high of 6.2% in October, from 5.5% in September, with prices of vegetables and edible oils escalating at a sharp pace not seen in recent years. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A 10.9% spike in food prices lifted India’s retail inflation…
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Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee fell 1 paisa to a new lifetime low of 84.39 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) as persistent foreign fund outflows and a strengthening greenback against major crosses overseas dented investor sentiments. Forex traders said the rupee is likely…
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The world’s first high-altitude para sports centre dedicated to training and nurturing para-athletes in the country will be established in Leh, Ladakh and will focus on training for international competitions, including the larger goal of preparing para-athletes for the 2028 Paralympics. A Memorandum and Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by the…
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped 1% each due to widespread selling pressure amid uninterrupted foreign fund outflows and sluggish global trends. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped 1% each on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) due to widespread selling pressure amid uninterrupted foreign fund outflows and sluggish global…
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The Indian cricket team has started practice at the WACA ground in Perth ahead of the first match of the five-Test series against Australia starting November 22. India were scheduled to take part in a practice match against India A ahead of the first Test but they instead opted for a ‘secret’ practice…
Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia | Photo Credit: PTI Even as consortiums led by HFCL Ltd and ITI Ltd bagged major contracts to roll out middle mile networks in BharatNet, the government’s programme to cover all gram panchayats with access to fiber-optic broadband bandwidth, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday (November 12, 2024)…
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The Indian men’s blind cricket team is awaiting clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs for its participation in the 4th T20 World Cup for the Blind which will take place in Pakistan from November 22 to December 3. The decision taken by the BCCI to not send the Indian cricket team to Pakistan…
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Vladimir Putin came alarmingly close to using nuclear weapons in October 2022, prompting then-UK Prime Minister Liz Truss to prepare for potential consequences during her final days in office, according to an updated version of her biography. Reports indicate that Ms Truss spent her last days as prime minister examining weather maps and preparing for…
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An Air Vistara flight landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport on November 11, 2023. Air India on November 12, 2024 said the merger of full service carrier Vistara with itself has been completed. | Photo Credit: The HIndu Marking a major consolidating in the Indian aviation space, Air India on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) said the merger…
Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on its behalf – by planting trees, for example, or generating renewable energy. The idea is…
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