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A European Union plan to impose tariffs on high-carbon imports could hurt developing countries in Asia but is unlikely to lead to big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report published on Monday, February 26. | Photo Credit: AP A European Union plan to impose tariffs on high-carbon…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during an interaction with Start-Up and Fintech Entities, in New Delhi, on February 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman nudged India’s financial sector regulators to hold monthly meetings with fintechs to address their concerns and mooted a day-long workshop with law enforcement agencies for such firms…
India captain Rohit Sharma Monday rued the lack of adequate recognition for a Test series win at home and the critics’ tendency to go after the team with all their might in the event of a defeat. Rohit emphasised the importance of a Test series win regardless of the venue, opposition or conditions,…
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Image for representational purposes only. Researchers have developed an India-specific artificial intelligence model to precisely determine the gestational age of a foetus in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. The model has been designed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad. It…
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Singh Raghvendra Pratap was given the harshest punishment. (Representational) Tashkent: Uzbekistan on Monday handed out sentences to 21 people linked to the deaths of 68 children who consumed a contaminated cough syrup produced in India. At least 86 children were poisoned in the Central Asian country between 2022 and 2023, of whom 68 died. Indian…
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The Indian cricket team on Monday registered a five-wicket win against England to seal the five-match Test series. India’s home supremacy weathered the ‘Bazball’ storm as Rohit Sharma‘s men secured a hard-fought five-wicket win over England in the fourth and penultimate Test for a 17th consecutive series triumph in their own backyard in Ranchi…
With several mismatches detected between the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed by taxpayers and third-party information received regarding their interest and dividend incomes, the Income Tax Department has asked taxpayers to respond to such aberrations using a new functionality added to the tax filing portal. “In many cases, taxpayers [about whom third party information has…
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty on State Bank of India and Canara Bank for regulatory violations, the central bank said in a press statement on Monday. The State Bank of India was fined Rs 2 crore for violations related to depositor education awareness funds and shareholding in a company exceeding…
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The incident took place in Khan Younis. As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, a new video of Israel’s elite Egoz commando unit killing a group of Hamas operatives using drones and grenades in southern Gaza has surfaced online, as per a report in the New York Post. The 28-second short clip shows the aftermath of a…
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The cricketing fraternity took to social media on Monday, lauding young Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel for his match-winning contribution during the fourth Test against England at Ranchi. Indian youngsters Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel’s remarkable effort with the bat took the hosts across the finishing line and clinched the series with a five-wicket…
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