Month: December 2024

Wholesale food inflation cooled to 8.9% in November from 25-month high of 11.6%

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Representational image of an aerial view of a footpath market in Bengaluru. Food price inflation decelerated to 8.9% in November 2024 from a 25-month high of 11.6% in October | Photo Credit: Sudharaka Jain India’s wholesale prices rose at a three-month low pace of 1.89% in November, easing from October’s 2.4% uptick, with food price…

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Who Is Simran Shaikh? Daughter Of Dharavi Electrician Who Became Costliest Buy Of WPL 2025 Auction

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As expected, all-rounders were in demand at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 auction in Bengaluru on Sunday. While West Indies Deandra Dottin was the costliest overseas buy at Rs 1.7 crore, uncapped Indian all-rounder Simran Shaikh was the most expensive player at Sunday’s auction, fetching Rs 1.9 crore. Both Dottin and Shaikh…

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Congress Reacts After Omar Abdullah Junks Opposition’s EVM Charge

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Omar Abdullah’s party and the Congress had contested the Jammu and Kashmir elections together. (File) The Congress has claimed that ally Omar Abdullah’s approach to issues concerning the opposition has changed since he became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. The dig followed the National Conference leader junking allegations about the manipulation of EVMs or…

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“Zakir Hussain Revolutionised World Of Indian Classical Music”: PM Modi

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Zakir Hussain was hospitalised for two weeks before his death. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid condolences to tabla maestro Zakir Hussain who died at the age of 73 in a San Francisco hospital on Monday. PM Modi described Ustad Husain as someone who “revolutionised” Indian classical music.  “Deeply saddened by the passing…

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Tailor’s Tag On Shirt Helps Police To Crack Mysterious Cuttack Murder Case

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The DCP said the Gujarat police was contacted and they found such a tailor in Surat. Cuttack: A tailor’s tag on a blood-stained shirt found near the crime scene helped the Odisha Police to crack a mysterious murder case and arrest three people, an officer said. The police on December 13 recovered the body of…

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World Chess Champion D Gukesh Arrives In Chennai To Warm Welcome. Watch

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D Gukesh at the Chennai airport© X (Twitter) Newly-crowned world chess champion D Gukesh returned home to an enthusiastic reception as hundreds of eager fans, and officials from the Tamil Nadu government and the national federation lined up to receive him at the airport in Chennai on Monday. The 18-year-old Gukesh defeated China’s…

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German Chancellor Scholz to ask parliament to clear way for new elections

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany’s parliament on Monday (December 16, 2024) to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing early elections following his government’s collapse. The departure last month of the neoliberal Free Democrats from the three-way…

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Amit Shah Meets Surrendered Maoists, Says I Am The Happiest Person Today

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Amit Shah in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): “I am the happiest person today, more than you or your family, as our painstaking efforts to convince you to surrender and join the mainstream has bore fruit,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah told a group of former Maoists on Sunday. The event here, attended by about 30…

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Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain, Legend With “Dancing Fingers”, Dies At 73

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Zakir Hussain is the eldest son of legendary tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha. Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, the legend known for his ‘dancing fingers’, died at 73 in a San Francisco hospital early Monday. He was suffering from complications caused by a chronic lung disease, his family said in a statement. “He leaves behind…

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