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A view of the International Monetary Fund headquarters building in Washington, DC ahead of the 2024 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings. | Photo Credit: AFP The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained its June growth rate projects for India in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) released on Tuesday (October 22, 2024), to kick off the World…
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As India collapsed to 46 all out in the first Test against New Zealand, former India cricketer Manoj Tiwari criticised not only India’s selection, but also the apparent lack of common sense in certain decisions taken by the team. Tiwary criticised captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir, emphasizing that their decision to…
Kazan, Russia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today began his two-day official visit to Russia, his second in three months, to attend the BRICS Summit. The prime minister will attend the summit in Russia’s Kazan with Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Lula da Silva, and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa. Besides the key international forum, the…
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Kazan, Russia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today began his two-day official visit to Russia, his second in three months, to attend the BRICS Summit. The prime minister will attend the summit in Russia’s Kazan with Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Lula da Silva, and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa. Besides the key international forum, the…
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In 2017 against Australia, the pitch at Pune sported a similar look, but that backfired on India as the visitors won convincingly. | Photo Credit: Reuters Seldom does India’s men’s cricket team finds itself trailing in a Test series at home. No wonder then that the 22-yard strip at the Maharashtra Cricket Association’s stadium on…
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New Delhi: Like monthly electricity bills and a monthly budget for shopping, people should also earmark funds on a regular basis for social work, Nidarshana Gowani, founder of Ankhibai Ghamandiram Gowani Trust, advised. Ms Gowani detailed the work her organisation does for tribals, transgenders, sex workers and for making the HPV vaccine reach maximum benefactors. “Transgenders have…
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Bangladesh were battling to save the first Test against South Africa on Tuesday after reaching 101-3 at stumps and still needing another 101 to avoid an innings defeat. Mahmudul Hasan Joy (38) and Mushfiqur Rahim (31) were unbeaten at the end of play in Mirpur. Their 42-run stand for the fourth wicket also…
File image of Tania Sachdev.© NDTV Hailing from Delhi, Sachdev mentioned that she had been the only chess representative for India from the capital for nearly 16 years, until the emergence of Vantika. She expressed the importance of state governments in maintaining a pipeline for the youth. “Unless the state governments recognize the…
The Indian cricket team’s performance at the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup has been great. With victories against Pakistan and UAE, the Tilak Varma-led team are in the semi-final. Stars like Abhishek Sharma, Ramandeep Singh and others have been performing well. In the match against Pakistan, a face-off between India’s star batter Abhishek…
It is 15 years since its first summit. Back then. BRICS was BRIC. And now, it’s not just BRICS but BRICS+. The summit in Kazan is seeing the member nations go up from five to nine, with one more, Saudi Arabia, having been invited to join. According to Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, there are…
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