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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Fugitive economic offenders like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Sanjay Bhandari will be extradited to India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 9, even as she charged…
\Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram. | Photo Credit: ANI The White Paper by the Narendra Modi government on the state of the economy under the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a “hatchet job” and “a white lie paper,” former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram asserted on February 9. “It is a white…
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Watch | P. Chidambaram: ‘When we come to power GST will be reformed; States will be empowered’ Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram says no structural reforms have been carried out in the country since 2014. He says there is no credibility to the government’s numbers and the claim of a V-shaped economic recovery after…
Major shipping lines are avoiding the Suez Canal and are rerouting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, which has increased time and costs for exporters. File | Photo Credit: KK Mustafah Sustained disruptions in the Red Sea route is likely to raise the freight and forwarding (F&F) cost by 25-30% for corporates largely dealing…
The Lunar Resources Registry, a private business that locates valuable resources on the moon and helps investors conduct the required exploration and extraction operations, notes: “The space race is evolving into space industrialization.” Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual…
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On February 8, the Rupee settled on a flat note at 82.96 against the U.S. dollar, after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee depreciated by seven paise to 83.03 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on February 9, tracking a strong American…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark Sensex rebounded by 167 points in a volatile trade on Friday amid buying in ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 167.06 points or 0.23% to settle at 71,595.49. During the day, it hit a high of…
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released this reproduction of the emblem for the first Skylab mission. The Skylab is a 100-ton experimental space station including a laboratory for medical, scientific and technological experiments. The emblem, by artist Kelly Freas, shows the Skylab silhouetted against the earth’s globe, which in turn is eclipsing the…
Scientists have unveiled new details of a colossal black hole 53 million lightyears away first photographed by the earth-wide Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2017. The feat provided the first visual evidence that black holes exist, confirming a fundamental prediction of general relativity. In a new paper published on January 18, EHT scientists have reported…
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The rupee depreciated 5 paise to 83.01 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, February 9, 2024, tracking a strong American currency and elevated crude oil prices in the international market. Forex traders said a negative trend in domestic equities and foreign fund inflows weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange,…
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