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Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim warns of action against rice hoarders as prices soar

October 3, 2023 admin

A customer looks at products along an aisle with imported rice in a supermarket in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Malaysia’s government has urged people not to hoard locally produced rice after recent panic-buying led to empty shelves in supermarkets and grocery stores nationwide. | Photo Credit: AP Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim…

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House Of Man Accused Of Raping Teen Near Ujjain To Be Demolished

October 3, 2023 admin

Bhopal: The house of the man accused of raping a teenage girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain will be demolished tomorrow, as it was allegedly built illegally. Videos of a 15-year-old girl, semi-naked and bleeding, going door-to-door for help, sparked outrage across the country last week. The accused, Bharat Soni, an auto-rickshaw driver, was arrested in…

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PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Enter Pre-Quarterfinals At Asian Games

October 3, 2023 admin

File image of PV Sindhu© AFP Star Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu progressed to the men’s and women’s singles pre-quarterfinals with straight-game wins over their respective opponents in the badminton competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday. World no. 7 Prannoy, who had missed the men’s team championships final against China…

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India’s manufacturing hit five-month low in September: S&P Global PMI

October 3, 2023 admin

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s manufacturing sector activity moderated to a five-month low in September with new orders slowing down, as per the seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which eased to 57.5 from 58.6 in August. A reading of 50 on the survey-based index reflects…

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145 Maharashtra Prisoners’ Sentences Reduced After Securing Degrees

October 3, 2023 admin

Study centres to facilitate these courses are available in 10 jails across the state. Mumbai: One is a convicted murderer while the other is serving time for theft. The two are among 145 prisoners in Maharashtra who were given reductions in their respective sentences between 2019 and June 2023 for completing SSC/HSC, graduation, and post-graduation…

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Markets fall in early trade on unabated foreign fund outflows

October 3, 2023 admin

Equity benchmark indices declined in early trade on Tuesday amid unabated foreign fund outflows and sluggish Asian market cues. Fall in index majors Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank also dragged the benchmark indices lower. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 347.09 points to 65,481.32. The Nifty declined 117.3 points to 19,521. Among the Sensex firms, Maruti,…

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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s Swipe At INDIA Bloc

October 3, 2023 admin

“The alliance is like snake and mongoose coming together,” he said. Narmadapuram: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya has described the Opposition alliance as a “snake and mongoose coming together.” “The alliance is like snake and mongoose coming together. Before the formation of INDI Alliance, these people used to secretly do anti-Hindu politics. They…

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What It Is And How To Avoid The Scam

October 3, 2023 admin

Rug pull is a major problem in the cryptocurrency industry. Scamsters have defrauded thousands of people of an estimated Rs 200 crore across Himachal Pradesh by promising high returns in a short period through investment in crypto assets. The gang, whose kingpin is yet to be arrested, used a Ponzi scheme method to lure people…

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Rupee falls 17 paise to 83.23 against U.S. dollar

October 3, 2023 admin

Image for representation | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan The rupee depreciated 17 paise to 83.23 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, as a strong dollar and sustained foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiments. Forex traders said a weak trend in domestic equities also dented investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange,…

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Seven more patients, including 4 children, die at Maharashtra’s Nanded hospital, 31 deaths in 48 hours

October 3, 2023 admin

Mumbai: Seven more patients, four of them children, died late last night at the government hospital in Maharashtra’s Nanded that made national headlines yesterday following 24 deaths in 24 hours. This takes the death count in the Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in the past 48 hours to 31. Among these 31 patients, 16 were infants…

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