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NASA climate satellite blasts off to survey oceans and atmosphere of a warming Earth

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NASA climate satellite blasts off to survey oceans and atmosphere of a warming Earth

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo Credit: AP NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX…

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RBI to introduce offline eRupee transactions soon: Shaktikanta Das

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RBI to introduce offline eRupee transactions soon: Shaktikanta Das

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. File | Photo Credit: PTI Digital Rupee users will soon be able to execute transactions in areas with limited internet connectivity as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February 8 announced that offline capability will be introduced on the Central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project. RBI…

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Markets climb in early trade ahead of RBI’s interest rate decision

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Markets climb in early trade ahead of RBI’s interest rate decision

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices climbed in early trade on Thursday ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s interest rate decision, amid a rally in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 321.42 points to 72,473.42 in early trade. The Nifty climbed 80.55 points to…

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SEBI proposes ways for deregistered offshore funds to dispose of securities

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SEBI proposes ways for deregistered offshore funds to dispose of securities

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Markets regulator SEBI proposed on Wednesday ways in which offshore funds whose India licences have expired can dispose of securities they hold, according to a discussion paper issued on the regulator’s website. A discussion paper is the first step taken by…

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Parliament Budget Session Live Updates Day 7: PM Modi hails Manmohan Singh’s contribution towards country, Rajya Sabha in farewell to retiring members

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Parliament Budget Session Live Updates Day 7: PM Modi hails Manmohan Singh’s contribution towards country, Rajya Sabha in farewell to retiring members

Elamaram Kareem, CPI (M) MP from Kerala, says that there is no mention of the 60-crore workforce of India in the Bill. Only with Ayodhya, they cannot overcome the next election, he says.  AITC MP Jawhar Sircar asks the government what is the GDP growth now. We get the impression that it is at its…

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

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

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

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 weighs next steps after economic reform bill setback

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

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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