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The gross GST collection rose 7.3% year-on-year to ₹1.77 lakh crore in December despite a significant increase in both domestic and export refunds. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark Se nsex rallied 1,436 points to close at a two-week high on Thursday (January 2, 2025) on buying in financial, auto and IT shares. The 30-share…
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Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee depreciated 9 paise to close at 85.73 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (January 2, 2025), as strong dollar demand from importers and foreign fund outflows dented investor sentiments. Forex traders said the dollar gained against most currencies during 2024 and continued to…
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Dhaka: Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks stating that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the declaration, according to a media report. The new textbooks for primary and secondary students have several changes, The Daily Star newspaper said. The textbooks also removed…
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Pictures of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh are hung across the facade of the building housing the Doha-based Al-Jazeera TV channel in the occupied-West Bank city of Ramallah on January 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: AFP The Palestinian Authority has ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Qatar-based Al Jazeera across the Palestinian territories, accusing…
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The polar vortex, a powerful upper-atmosphere phenomenon that traps cold air near the Arctic, is poised to unleash frigid conditions across the eastern United States. This comes when the vortex weakens and shifts southward, allowing cold, icy Arctic air to descend, setting temperatures close to dangerously low levels. Next week, the country’s eastern half will…
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Nimisha Priya. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “Iran will “take up” the case of the Indian nurse Nimisha Priya who has been given a death sentence in Yemen,” a highly placed Iranian official assured, in New Delhi, on Thursday (January 2, 2025.) The case is being tried in Sanaa, the administrative capital of Yemen…
Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma is likely to be ‘rested’ for the fifth Test match against Australia starting Thursday in Sydney, according to sources. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will be leading the side in his absence. Rohit has struggled massively in the ongoing five-match Test series as he has scored just 31…
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri said he would not be surprised if captain Rohit Sharma retires from Test cricket. He added that if Rohit has a swansong game, then he should bow out from the format on a high. Speculations over Rohit’s future intensified on the eve of the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy…
Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae , left, speaks in apology to relatives of passengers at the Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The chief executive of South Korean airline Jeju Air has been banned from leaving the country, police said on Thursday (January 2, 2025), after…
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The panel is expected to review the current system of price collection and suggest changes of its improvement, and decide on the computation methodology for the WPI and the PPI. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Centre on Thursday (January 2, 2025) announced the formation of an expert panel to revise the constituents…
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