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PM Narendra Modi Travels In India’s First Underwater Metro In Kolkata With Students

March 6, 2024 admin

Kolkata underwater metro: PM Modi inaugurated India’s first underwater metro line in Kolkata today New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated India’s first underwater metro line in Kolkata and took a metro ride with school students. In a video shared by the BJP on its official X account, PM Modi was seen interacting with…

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Meet The Flies – New NASA Astronauts Eyeing Moon, And Mars

March 6, 2024 admin

NASA opened applications for its next class of astronauts, with a deadline to apply of April 2. Johnson Space Centre, US: After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the Moon, and — if all goes well…

World

Markets trade lower on weak global trends

March 6, 2024 admin

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: PAUL NORONHA Equity benchmark indices traded lower in early trade on Wednesday amid weak trends from the U.S. markets and selling in IT stocks. Extending its previous day’s decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 229.04 points to 73,448.09. The Nifty slipped 63.15 points to 22,293.15. Among…

Business

Lionel Messi’s Promised Barca Contract, On a Napkin, Up For Auction

March 6, 2024 admin

To the untrained eye, it might look like just another used napkin. But the serviette, expected to fetch up to $635,000, was actually soccer legend Lionel Messi‘s springboard to greatness at FC Barcelona, and records the promise of a contract made to him at the tender age of 13. The napkin has gone on show…

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Haley wins Super Tuesday election in Vermont despite losing elsewhere to Trump

March 6, 2024 admin

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has scored a surprise victory on Super Tuesday, upsetting Donald Trump to win Vermont. That victory will do little to dent Mr. Trump’s primary dominance, however. The former President won 11 other states…

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Mbappe Double Fires PSG Past Real Sociedad To Champions League Quarters

March 6, 2024 admin

Kylian Mbappe lethally fired Paris Saint-Germain into the Champions League quarter-finals with a brace in a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad on Tuesday, his team cruising through 4-1 on aggregate. Coach Luis Enrique has slashed Mbappe’s minutes in recent weeks after the player told the club he would leave at the end of the season,…

Sports

‘Perfect Day’ As Kane Double Powers Bayern Into Champions League Last Eight

March 6, 2024 admin

Harry Kane scored a goal in each half as Bayern Munich beat Lazio 3-0 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals 3-1 on aggregate. Kane headed Bayern level in the tie in the 38th minute, cancelling out Lazio’s lead from the first leg with his first Champions League knockout goal in five years. Thomas…

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RBI directs card issuers to provide options for customers to choose card networks

March 6, 2024 admin

The RBI directive means that a card issuing bank or non-bank can not force the card of any particular network on a customer. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued directions to card issuers not to enter into any arrangement or agreement with card networks that restrain them from availing…

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Rupee turns flat at 82.90 against US dollar in early trade

March 6, 2024 admin

The rupee stayed flat at 82.90 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, resisting downward pressure from a stronger American currency and volatile crude oil prices in the overseas markets. The local unit was also dragged down by the negative sentiment in the equity markets, however, it found support due…

Business

How To Get Opponents’ Batting Videos? R Ashwin Says “Make Friends With…”

March 6, 2024 admin

Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin© AFP Veteran Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that he occasionally becomes friends with media people in order to acquire footage of opponent batters during practice. Ashwin, who will play his 100th Test match in Dharamsala on Thursday, recalled how he used this strategy during the 2020-21 Border…

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