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New Delhi: Two men set themselves ablaze in Madhya Pradesh’s Pithampur on Friday during a protest against the disposal of hazardous waste from Bhopal’s Union Carbide factory. The men suffered burn injuries and have been hospitalised. Over 300 tonnes of the hazardous waste had been stored in the factory since the Bhopal gas tragedy of…
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Tipping Point: How is climate change affecting rice production? | Video Credit: The Hindu Rice feeds billions of people across the globe. It is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and millions depend on it for their livelihood. However, climate change is disrupting how crops are produced and consumed, and…
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On December 27, 2024, the local currency touched its lifetime intra-day low of 85.80 against the greenback. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee depreciated four paise to close at a record low of 85.79 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (January 3, 2025), as strong dollar demand from importers and a muted…
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From the Sensex pack, Zomato, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Adani Ports, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Larsen & Toubro, HCL Tech and ITC were the major laggards. File | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure to settle nearly 1% lower on Friday (January 3, 2025) as…
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File photo of Rohit Sharma© AFP Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has criticised the Indian team management’s decision to exclude skipper Rohit Sharma from the pivotal fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Rohit “opted” to rest for the match and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah stepped in…
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday lamented that reference to Sanatan and Hindu in India evokes baffling reaction from “misguided” people. He also said that people who react to these terms without understanding the depths of the words and their deep meaning are “misguided” souls driven by a “dangerous ecosystem”. Addressing the International…
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The coming 12 months can’t promise the bumper crop of elections we saw during 2024, when countries home to about half the world’s population headed to the polls. Still, voters will cast ballots in several important elections throughout the year – and many of the themes persist: the impact of inflation, the rise of the…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Friday claimed that the last quarter of the current fiscal year (2024-25) witnessed the “second-slowest pace” of collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the past three years and urged the government to focus on the complexities of the economy instead of…
Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been a workhorse during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia and to such an extent that it would not be wrong to give this series a tag of ‘Bumrah vs Australia’. Amid uninspiring performances from Indian batters and inconsistent bowling from other pacers like Mohammed Siraj, Akash…
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The dismissal of Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar on day one of the New Year’s Test at the SCG became a topic of debate. It came during India’s first innings when Sundar was adjudged caught behind off Australian captain Pat Cummins. The on-field umpire, Saikat Sharfuddoula, had initially ruled Sundar not out, but Australia…
