Month: January 2025

Budget should announce tax cuts for individuals to boost consumption: Barclays

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Budget should announce tax cuts for individuals to boost consumption: Barclays

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The government in FY26 Budget should announce an “effective” personal income tax cut to support consumption and demand, Barclays said on Thursday (January 23, 2025). In its FY25-26 Union Budget preview, Barclays said the key ask from the Budget, to be presented on…

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Business

NRAI to approach CCI over ‘private labelling’ by Zomato, Swiggy

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NRAI to approach CCI over ‘private labelling’ by Zomato, Swiggy

Queries sent to Swiggy and Zomato remained unanswered. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), which represents half a million eateries nationwide, said it will approach Competition Commission of India (CCI) over “private labelling” by Zomato and Swiggy and their foray into quick commerce food delivery via Bistro by…

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Business

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release crew of commercial vessel seized in Red Sea in November 2023

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels release crew of commercial vessel seized in Red Sea in November 2023

This image released by the state-run Oman News Agency show the crew of the Galaxy Leader arriving in Muscat, Oman, after being released by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on January 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in…

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World

Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan

Representational image showing the flag and terrorists of the Islamic State. | Photo Credit: AFP The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday (January 22, 2025). Afghan police in the province had said on Wednesday…

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World

Ex-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s Name ‘Missing’ From Voters List

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Ex-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s Name ‘Missing’ From Voters List

Dehradun: Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat stepped out Thursday morning in Dehradun to vote in municipal body elections in the hill state. Except, he could not. Mr Rawat – a long-time resident of the city and who voted from Dehradun’s Niranjanpur neighbourhood in the April-June federal election and the 2022 Assembly…

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Nation

IIT Madras researchers on a mission to develop technologies for space exploration

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IIT Madras researchers on a mission to develop technologies for space exploration

The microgravity tower at IIT Madras, the fourth largest operational facility in the world, installed on the campus in 2017 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement   ExTeM, or Extraterrestrial Manufacturing, a centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras), found mention in the Prime Minister’s Maan Ki Baat recently. The PM said the…

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Science

Sunil Gavaskar’s Golden Verdict As Rohit Sharma Returns To Ranji Trophy After A Decade

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Sunil Gavaskar’s Golden Verdict As Rohit Sharma Returns To Ranji Trophy After A Decade

After urging India’s flops on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to make Ranji Trophy return, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar is delighted to see skipper Rohit Sharma committing himself to Mumbai’s upcoming match against Jammu & Kashmir. Rohit, who last played a Ranji Trophy match in 2015, has also been given additional security for the upcoming…

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Sports