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Making a flurry of revisions in the economy’s growth estimates, the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Thursday raised India’s real GDP growth esimate for this year to 7.6% from the 7.3% projected last month. It also scaled down its 7.2% growth estimate for 2022-23 to 7%, and raised its 2021-22 estimate from 9.1% to 9.7%….
File photo of Paul Pogba.© AFP Italy’s anti-doping tribunal handed a four-year ban Thursday to France midfielder Paul Pogba after he tested positive for testosterone last year, according to his club, Juventus. A spokesman for the club told AFP it had been notified of the decision against the 30-year-old World Cup winner. More to follow……
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A man walks past the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) headquarters in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Capital markets regulator SEBI has asked mutual fund houses to put in place a framework to safeguard investors, who invested in smallcap and midcap schemes, amid a “froth building up” in these categories. Also, the…
Indian cricket team in action against England© AFP Devdutt Padikkal is likely to make his debut for the Indian cricket team in the fifth Test match against England in Dharamsala starting March 7, according to Hindustan Times. The report claimed that with KL Rahul ruled out due to injury and Rajat Patidar not scoring runs…
The Index of Core Industries (ICI) constitutes a little over 40% of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). | Photo Credit: Venkatachalapathy C The growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to a 15-month low of 3.6% in January, driven by a contraction in fertiliser and refinery production along with base effects from 2023 when…
Photo used for representation purpose only. The Centre’s capital expenditure slipped by a sharp 40.5% in January at ₹47,600 crore compared with ₹80,000 crore a year ago, while the fiscal deficit hit 64% of the revised estimates for 2023-24 by the end of January. With just two months to go in the financial year, the…
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ED initiated the investigation based on the FIR registered by Kerala Police. New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 123 crore, belonging to Singapore-based shell entities, parked in bank accounts of Mumbai-based NIUM Indian Pvt Ltd as part of its probe into a money laundering case of illegal online loans, gambling, and betting…
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Some 20 Indians are trapped in Russia, says the MEA New Delhi: At least 20 Indians who are trapped in Russia have contacted the Indian authorities, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said today. India is trying its best to bring back the Indians and are in touch with Russian authorities, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal…
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Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, on February 19, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Health authorities in Gaza said on February 29 Israeli fire on people waiting…
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The West has repeatedly criticised Putin for what they see as his reckless use of nuclear rhetoric Moscow: President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine. In a defiant speech in Moscow, the Russian leader said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine…
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