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Richest 1% of India’s population controlled 22.6% of the national income, French economist said. New Delhi: India should do more to tax its super-rich given its high levels of inequality, French economist and author Thomas Piketty said on Friday. The writer of the best-selling book “Capital in the 21st Century” called on India to follow…
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India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in overcast conditions and opted to field first in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday. With the series level at 1-1, the next five days in Brisbane could potentially decide the fate of the BGT series. Australia will look…
South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd T20I Highlights© AFP South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd T20I Highlights: Reeza Hendricks slammed a sensational century while Rassie van der Dussen scored a quick-fire 66 as South Africa defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the second T20I of the three-match series at SuperSport Park, Centurion on Friday. Batting…
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TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals. Washington: A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban. TikTok and…
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Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council cutting across party lines on Friday urged the State government to take steps to increase the reservation for the most backward communities under category 1 to 7% from the present 4%. Raising the issue under Rule 330, BJP member Talawar Sabanna said that despite being the most backward communities,…
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Washington DC: Sun Tzu, A Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher who lived approximately in the 5th Century BC, is best known for his famous book ‘The Art Of War’. In it, he wrote a proverb well-known to the world even today – “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”. US President-elect Donald Trump…
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Gaganyaan is ready to launch by the end of this year, ISRO said. New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it has reached a significant milestone in the Gaganyaan Programme, with the first solid motor segment moved from the production plant to the launch complex. The space agency said, “India’s human spaceflight…
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India vs Australia Live Updates, 3rd Test Day 1: India won the toss and opted to field against Australia in the third Test of the five-match series at The Gabba, Brisbane. It could be a series-deciding game as both the teams are level at 1-1 with Australia making a remarkable comeback through the pink-ball Test…
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Unmindful of the risk, youngsters playing in the sea in Visakhapatnam. Warning boards were erected here after several people drowned over the years. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first-ever global status report on drowning prevention on Friday, December 13, 2024. The report, released at an event in Geneva, reveals that three lakh…
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A general view inside Sednaya Prison, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade, on December 13, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged on Thursday (December 13, 2024) in the United…
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