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Q: Twilight is the light visible above the horizon when the sun is below the horizon. It is civil twilight when the sun is 6º below the horizon; X twilight when 12º below; and astronomical twilight when 18º below. Name X. A: Nautical twilight Q: At astronomical twilight in the evening, Y becomes visible in…
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The BSE Sensex climbed 216.07 points to 65,436.10 in early trade on August 23. | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices began the trade on a bright note on August 23 but later pared their gains to quote lower amid mixed global market trends and continuous foreign fund outflows. The BSE Sensex climbed 216.07 points…
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Students of Everwin School with their faces painted with Moon celebrate the pre-soft landing of Chandrayaan-3, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI It is not only Tamil Nadu’s sons of the soil – former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Chandrayaan-2 Mission Director Mayilsamy Annadurai, and Chandrayaan-3 Project Director Veeramuthuvel P – who have contributed to…
Grocery item put on display for sale at a market, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s inflation woes are not over yet but food price spikes may be “transitory”, the Finance Ministry said on August 22, attributing the latest spike in headline inflation to global uncertainties triggered by the termination…
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Representational file image | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Automobile companies and auto-component manufacturers have responded positively to the central government-initiated Bharat- New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat-NCAP) norms announced by Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday. “We strongly believe that it is a step in the right direction. The decision comes at a…
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File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has secured 6.66% holding in Jio Financial Services Ltd. consequent to the demerger of the financial services business of Reliance Industries. It was an investment function and the shares were acquired through the demerger. The cost of acquisition was 4.68% of the demerged cost…
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File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Adani Enterprises Ltd. gained 2.24% to ₹2,697.70 on the BSE on August 22 after the promoter group increased its stake in the Adani Group holding company by 2.22%. Earlier, the stock rose to as much as ₹2,720.65, up 3.10%, in intraday trade. On the NSE, the stock added 2.09% to…
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shasikanta Das. The RBI which expects the GDP to grow at 6.5% in FY24, has estimated a growth of 8% in the April-June period. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The country’s real GDP growth in the first quarter will be better than the Reserve Bank’s estimate of 8%, economists said…
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File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea plans to clear about ₹2,400 crore of dues to the government by September, sources privy to the development said. The company recently cleared pending dues of licence fees and spectrum usage charges of about ₹450 crore for the March quarter of 2022-23, a source told…
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ATEL is setting up EV charging ecosystem with a wide range of charging points. (Representational) New Delhi: Adani TotalEnergies E-Mobility Limited (ATEL) will set up EV charging infrastructure with all-electric cab aggregator, Prakriti E-Mobility (Evera), the company said on Tuesday. “The collaboration will feature an integration of 200 EV charging points super hub in Delhi….
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