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Maldives Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed. Photo: presidency.gov.mv The Maldives will soon finalise a trade pact with India, a senior Maldivian Minister has said, barely two weeks after New Delhi appeared to caution the island nation over possible “revenue loss” from similar deals inked with other countries, including China. According to Maldivian…
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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) of 1977 for a period of at least 180 days until the Attorney General completes a review of the legislation. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (February 10, 2025) signed an executive order pausing the…
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Net collections from securities transaction tax is pegged at ₹55,000 crore in this fiscal in the Revised Estimates, higher than the Budget Estimate. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Net direct tax collection grew 14.69% to over ₹17.78 lakh crore so far this fiscal, government data showed on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. As per…
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New Delhi: Congress’s Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been summoned by a court in Lucknow in connection with his alleged derogatory remarks against the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Mr Gandhi will have to appear before the Lucknow MP MLA court — a special court that can try…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha on February 11, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI India’s economy is in the midst of “a speedy rebound” after a brief moderation in the second quarter of this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday, asserting that the Union Budget 2025-26 has sought to…
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New Delhi: Unnatural sex between a man and his adult wife does not merit punishment, the Chhattisgarh High Court said in a recent judgment. The case involves a man whose wife died in hospital after unnatural sex. The doctor said she had peritonitis and rectal perforation. Marital rape is not punishable by law in India….
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have reportedly been beaten to the acquisition of a team in England’s The Hundred franchise league by Chelsea Football Club co-owner Todd Boehly. Real estate firm Cain International – which was co-founded by Boehly and Chelsea director Jonathan Goldstein – have acquired a 49 per cent stake of The…
A drone view shows the Al-Hadba Minaret in the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, which was rebuilt after it was blown up by Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq on January 9, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has…
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What is the claim? A set of visuals featuring Monalisa Bhosle, a girl from the Mahakumbh festival who went viral, dancing and posing for photojournalists have been circulated online. The posts have been shared following reports of her signing a Hindi movie. Bhosle, a girl from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, gained fame…
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, two of the biggest players in Indian cricket right now, are at the proverbial crossroads of their career. Their class is unquestionable but their current form is not. Both the senior stars have had a tumultuous run after the T20 world Cup 2024. They have already retired from…
