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Two weeks before Maharashtra votes in Assembly polls, the Election Commission has ordered the transfer of Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla, according to sources. The Opposition, led by the Congress, had alleged that the senior IPS officer was biased towards the ruling Mahayuti alliance and that fair polls wouldn’t be possible if she was in the…
File photo of Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill© BCCI/IPL Former New Zealand cricketer turned broadcaster Simon Doull had made heads turn when he said in 2018 that Shubman Gill will have a longer career playing for India than Prithvi Shaw. Cut to now, and Doull’s prediction has come true so far, as Gill…
Photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Manufacturing activity in India’s private sector recovered in October, breaking a three-month streak of deceleration after hitting an eight-month low in September, as per the survey-based HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) which inched up to 57.5 from 56.5 in the previous month. A…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Monday (November 4, 2024) dragged down by Reliance Industries and cautious investors’ sentiment ahead of the U.S. presidential elections and Federal Reserve interest rate decision. Relentless selling by foreign investors also dampened the sentiments…
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Researchers from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) and Seethapathy Clinic and Hospital, both in Chennai, and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, have developed a model that can predict a newborn’s birth weight using routine scans during pregnancy. Accurate information about birth weight is crucial for maternal and foetal health….
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The Aditya-L1 spacecraft is flanked by two halves of the payload fairing of the PSLV C57 mission rocket, before its launch in September 2023. | Photo Credit: ISRO The first science result from the Aditya-L1 mission, India’s first scientific mission dedicated to studying the Sun, is out. Scientists who developed Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)…
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A close-up view of a light microscope. | Photo Credit: Indra Projects A: The resolution of an instrument that uses light to see things can’t improve beyond a point. This is called the diffraction limit. The resolving ability of, say, a telescope says how well it can distinguish between two distant objects that are close…
Representational image only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu “The government has infused around ₹1,650 crore in State-owned Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), gripped with operational and financial issues,” according to an official document. “The government is also taking various measures to keep RINL as a going concern,” the Ministry of Steel said in a note….
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Major cement manufacturers reported a decline in margins in the September quarter, mainly on account of lower prices, leading to lower sales realisation. Barring three leading cement producers — UltraTech Cement, Ambuja Cement, and Dalmia Bharat — other smaller players, including Nuvoco Vistas Corp, JK Cement, Birla Corporation, and Heidelberg Cement, reported a decline in…
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The elevated valuations of Indian equities have triggered a shift in investments towards China, where valuations are currently more attractive. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Foreign investors pulled out a massive ₹94,000 crore (around USD 11.2 billion) from the Indian stock market in October, making it the worst-ever month in terms of outflows, triggered…