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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: GIRI KVS Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 31 said the Modi Government has turned around the banking sector through various reforms and improved governance which has led to banks recovering more than ₹10 lakh crore from bad loans between 2014 and 2023. She said the…
Israeli strikes hit the Rafah area as well as central Gaza’s Nuseirat. (File) Rafah, Palestinian Territories: Israeli forces on Friday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah, the latest focus of the nearly eight-month war. Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May…
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The woman was promised half kg gold for Rs 27.81 lakh, lesser than market price. (Representational) Thane, Maharashtra: The Navi Mumbai police have arrested two persons on the charge of dacoity after a woman was robbed of nearly Rs 28 lakh on the promising of gold at “cheap and discounted” rate, an official said today….
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New Delhi: Soaring temperatures in Delhi have proven to be too much for some courts and are putting to the test a law in place since 1961 that requires lawyers to wear heavy black robes and coats. At least three High Courts have permitted lawyers to discard the robes and coats for the summer, although…
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An Air India plane. File | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Passengers of a San Francisco-bound Air India flight had a tough time at the Delhi airport on May 30 evening as the departure was delayed for more than six hours due to a technical issue with the aircraft. The flight AI 183, which was to…
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Over the previous decade, UAE accepted over 2,500 tonne of smuggled gold. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars illegally leaving the continent every year, according to a…
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Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali continued her dream run to defeat veteran GM Pia Cramling of Sweden, while her brother R Praggnanandhaa went down fighting against Hikaru Nakamura of USA in the fourth round of the Norway chess tournament in Stavanger. Vaishali stretched her lead to 2.5 points following her second win under classical…
Eleven funds, under the Qualified Domestic Limited Partner programme, have been launched so far this year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Global fund launches in China have hit a record as a weakening yuan and fragile economy drive demand for foreign assets, in the latest sign of low confidence among domestic investors. Eleven funds issued…
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Korean Central News Agency said that the rockets fired had “accurately hit an island target 365 km away” Seoul, South Korea: North Korean state media on Friday released images of leader Kim Jong Un supervising tests of a multiple rocket launcher system, a day after Seoul accused Pyongyang of firing a volley of short-range ballistic…
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Dr Ajay Taware has been arrested in Pune crash case Mumbai: A retired customs commissioner has alleged that Dr Ajay Taware, arrested in the Porsche crash case in Pune, had manipulated the gender test report of the former’s daughter-in-law in a marital dispute five years ago. Dr Taware, head of the department of forensic medicine…