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On February 13, groups of farmers began a march to New Delhi, to press for fulfilment of their demands, which include a legal guarantee for purchasing crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP) and India’s withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) which, they allege, places pressure on the Centre for drafting policies for procurement and…
Ravindra Jadeja going back to pavilion during the fourth day of the 4th Test vs England.© BCCI Former England captain Alastair Cook criticised the batting of India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja after the player failed to play a noticeable knock in the Ranchi Test. Jadeja, who batted at number 5 ahead of Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv…
The Government has hiked its windfall tax on petroleum crude. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Government hiked its windfall tax on petroleum crude to ₹4,600 rupees a metric ton from ₹3,300 with effect from March 1, according to a Government Order released on February 29. Also read: Explained | What is windfall tax and…
The Centre is making 25 grades of P&K fertilizers available to farmers at subsidised prices. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Union Cabinet, on Thursday, approved the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for the upcoming Kharif season on Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers and to include three more fertilizer grades under the NBS scheme. The Centre…
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New Zealand vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Live Score Updates© AFP New Zealand vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Live Updates: Cameron Green will aim to continue scoring from one end while Josh Hazlewood will eye to play a perfect deputy as Australia resume their innings on Day 2 against New Zealand. On the…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash India will auction 18 critical mineral blocks as a part of its second round of mining auctions, a source aware of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Oil-to-metals conglomerate Vedanta Ltd, state-owned miner Coal India, Shree Cement and e-scooter maker Ola Electric have…
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Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Two new studies from the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, explore how closely attention and eye movements are linked and unveil how the brain coordinates the two processes. According to IISc, attention is a unique phenomenon that allows us to focus on a specific object in our visual…
The DGCA said that Air India failed to conform to its rules on carriage of persons with disability. File The aviation safety regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has imposed a penalty of ₹30 lakh on Air India for the death of an 80-year-old passenger from a cardiac arrest after a delay in providing…
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Delhi Capitals’ Shafali Verma plays a shot during a ‘Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024’ T20 cricket match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Bengaluru, on February 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Capitals rode on Shafali Verma’s half-century (50, 31b, 3×4, 4×6) and Jess Jonassen’s impressive all-round show (three for 21 and 36 n.o., 16b,…
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File photo of Yuki Bhambri.© AFP India’s Yuki Bhambri made his first men’s doubles semifinals of the ATP 500 tour after he and his partner Robin Hasse upset third seeds Jamie Murray and Michael Venus in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai on Thursday. Bhambri and his Dutch partner Hasse, who came through…
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