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Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: K. PIchumani The Telangana Government has decided to raise ₹2,000 crore open market borrowings through auction of securities. The government has submitted an indent to this effect to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which will take up the auction process through its core banking solution e-Kuber…
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Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger said the merger would create a big entity and help it to stay in the market at a “significant level”. File | Photo Credit: AP Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger has said a joint venture with Reliance Industries after merging its India business would benefit the company in terms of…
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the opening ceremony of the WTO ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi on February 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: The World Trade Organization (WTO) held its 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) at Abu Dhabi in the UAE between February 26 and March 2, which was attended…
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Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) president Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses the public rally in Anantnag. File | Photo Credit: ANI Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on March 9 said Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir should be held soon after the Lok Sabha election as the people of the Union Territory…
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Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal during an interview, at the PTI office, in New Delhi, Friday, March 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Centre will pull all stops to ensure prices of essential food items from onion to tomatoes to pulses do not spike particularly during the elections, Union Minister Piyush…
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This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. Boeing has refused to disclose who worked on the door plug that blew off a jetliner, according to the head…
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Teja Manakame, VP, IT India, Dell Technologies. Photo: Special Arrangement Some believe artificial intelligence (AI) could be more biased than humans as the technology may display stronger racial and gender biases than people do. How can banks, hospitals, governments, and public service bodies deploy Generative AI to run their functions globally and yet ensure fair…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Files | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 15 new airport passenger buildings across the country between March 9 and 10 worth more than ₹9,800 crore. Mr. Modi will inaugurate 12 new passenger terminals at Pune, Kolhapur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Delhi, Lucknow, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Moradabad, Shravasti and Adampur…
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While the Government has hiked rates on most saving schemes over the last six quarters. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Centre on March 8 decided to keep the returns offered on various small savings schemes unchanged for the April to June quarter, quashing hopes of a pre-election hike in rates like the one announced…
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A scene at wholesale market Azadpur Mandi, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Vegetarian food prices rose 7% in February, driven by a spurt in onion and tomato prices, even as non-vegetarian plate costs dropped 9% from a year ago, as per rating agency Crisil’s monthly report on food plate cost…
