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Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The life of every Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) begins and ends with physical gold. Between these two points lies a carefully choreographed journey. Before an EGR lands in your demat account, physical gold must first pass through a tightly regulated ecosystem that verifies the metal,…
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The 167th Income Tax Day was celebrated at the Income Tax Office here on Friday. Jagdish P. Chandraker, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Tiruchi, presided over the function. K. E. Sunil Babu, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, was present. In his keynote address, Mr. Chandraker highlighted the importance of the Income Tax Department and taxpayers…
Russian Soyuz MS-28 space capsule with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev on board descends near Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday (July 26, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday (July 26, 2026) after an eight-month…
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Workers at a water conservation site in Nandyal district. PIB | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign is strengthening water conservation efforts across Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh through large-scale desilting of 2,691 km of feeder and supply channels, restoration of 251 minor irrigation tanks, 2,103 water conservation works, and the revival of…
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In March 2026, the Webb and Hubble space telescopes teamed up to observe Saturn and acquire a richer understanding of its atmosphere. This image shows Webb’s view. The rings are bright because they are made of water ice, which is very reflective. | Photo Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA PRAXIS is an acronym of ‘Planetary…
A screengrab of the City Flood Alert platform. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh government has launched City Flood Alert, an AI-powered technology platform developed by the Real Time Governance Society (RTGS) with the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) and IIT Gandhinagar. The platform is designed to predict urban flooding before…
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India’s players celebrate following the second T20 cricket match between Zimbabwe and India in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP India on Sunday (July 26, 2026) reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men’s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The…
A six-year-old girl in China died in March 2025 after receiving what researchers said they believed was the world’s first base-editing therapy directed at the brain, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch. The investigation has raised important questions about the oversight of an experimental personalised gene-editing trial and the way the researchers…
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has written to Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding accountability for the “barbaric assault” on peacefully protesting students here and asking whether he approved the use of “lethal force”, including pellet guns, against the youth. In his letter to Mr. Shah, Mr. Gandhi said the country is…
India’s drug regulator just approved the country’s first dengue vaccine, Qdenga. It is designed and claimed to protect against the four serotypes of the dengue-causing virus, called DENV-1 to DENV-4. Young children as well as adults (aged 4-60 years), irrespective of whether they have had dengue before, may be vaccinated with Qdenga. More than 40…
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