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Panchayats in India earn only 1% of their revenue through taxes | Data

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Panchayat leaders protesting excessive interference from State and Central governments in Chennai | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Only 1% of the revenue of panchayats was earned by them, with the rest being raised as grants from the State and the Centre, show data. Specifically, 80% of the revenue was from Central government grants; only…

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World breached 1.5° Celsius limit for entire year for first time: European climate agency

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Scientists attribute the exceptional warming to the combined effects of El Niño. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The world last month experienced the warmest January on record, with the global mean temperature for the past 12 months exceeding the 1.5° Celsius threshold, according to the European climate agency. However, this does not imply a…

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Argentina’s President weighs next steps after economic reform bill setback

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei | Photo Credit: Reuters The government of Argentine President Javier Milei was seeking to salvage his wide-ranging economic reform package after Congress delivered a major blow a day earlier, casting doubt over its future and triggering a fall in financial markets. Lower house lawmakers rejected several crucial proposals in the bill,…

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RRI researchers develop new algorithm which can produce better images to study ultracold atoms

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View of Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain A research group at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of cold atoms or atoms at absolute zero temperature.   The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes…

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India-China bilateral trade hit a new record in 2023: Envoy

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Ma Jia, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Chinese Embassy in India  India and China trade reached record levels in 2023, said the Chinese envoy to India, indicating that bilateral trade had surpassed 2022 figures despite a slowdown mid-year. Speaking at an event in Delhi celebrating the Chinese New Year, the envoy, Charge D’Affaires Ma Jia said…

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Food inflation may have lost some bite in January

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Easing food prices may help cool India’s consumer price inflation (CPI) in January from the four-month high of 5.7% recorded in December, price trends for food plates and essential commodities for the last month indicate. Food inflation had hit 9.5% in December, with urban consumers facing a higher 10.4% uptick in prices. Bank of Baroda…

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India plans to protest EU’s carbon tax at WTO meeting: sources

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India plans to protest the European Union’s proposed carbon tax at the next WTO meeting. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India plans to protest the European Union’s proposed carbon tax on imports of steel, iron ore and cement at the next meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) later this month, saying it would emerge as…

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With China’s help, Maldives plans to lower dependence on India in tourism, trade and healthcare: Data

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Maldives tourism hit: Controversial tweets by Maldives ministers against PM Modi sparked a call by some Indians on social media to boycott the Maldives | Photo Credit: AFP In January, controversial tweets by deputy ministers of the Maldives on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep led to a diplomatic row between the two…

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Govt. has set up a task force to resolve non-tariff barriers: Piyush Goyal

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal informed the Lok Sabha that a task force has been set up to identify, categorise and develop tailored strategies to resolve non-tariff barriers. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Government has set up a task force under the Department of Commerce to identify, categorise and develop tailored strategies for the resolution of…

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