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Govt cuts customs duty on gold, silver, mobile phones
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed reduction in basic customs duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent and platinum to 6.4 per cent. In her budget speech…
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Egypt is important, valued strategic partner of India: Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday attended an event here marking the National Day celebrations of Egypt and said India is committed to take forward the strategic partnership between…
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Row over NEET-UG physics question: IIT-D experts say there is only one correct answer
New Delhi: A panel of three experts of IIT Delhi has told the Supreme Court that there was was only one right answer and not two to a controversial physics question that…
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PM Modi pays tributes to Azad, Tilak on their birth anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to freedom fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad, a revolutionary, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a nationalist who advocated ‘swaraj’, on their birth anniversary. Modi…
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India among top 3 countries in forest area gains: FAO report
New Delhi: India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest area annually from 2010 to 2020, securing the third spot among the top 10 countries with the most significant forest area gains during this…
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Union Budget 2024: Standard deduction hiked, income tax rates announced
Standard deduction have been hiked and rates of new income tax slabs have been announced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting her seventh consecutive Union Budget on Tuesday, which…
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Indian Navy’s warship INS Brahmaputra severely damaged in fire, sailor missing
New Delh: Indian Navy’s frontline guided missile frigate INS Brahmaputra sustained severe damage and tilted heavily to one side following a fire onboard the ship while it was undergoing refit at the…
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SC stays Kanwar Yatra directives on eateries, oppn hails top court’s move
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay on the controversial Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand related to eateries, prompting the opposition parties to ask Prime…
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Nirmala Sitharaman set to present budget today
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament today, marking her seventh consecutive budget and eclipsing the late Moraji Desai’s record of six consecutive…
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: HC seeks Sajjan Kumar’s stand on plea against acquittal
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on pleas challenging his acquittal in a case related to the killing of a person…
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Republic Bharat faces backlash over ‘offensive’ octopus depiction of Ayatollah Khamenei
A controversy erupted after Rebulic Bharat broadcasted a program featuring an allegedly offensive and disrespectful depiction of Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Twelver Shia Marja, and the supreme leader of Iran. The programme…
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Olympics: 14-year-old Bengaluru girl Dhinidhi will be India’s youngest participant
A total of 117 sportsmen and women from India will be taking part in the Paris Olympic Games that are scheduled to begin from July 26. Among all the tall, strong and experienced players,…
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SC judge praises Muslim-run veg hotel in Kerala for international standards
New Delhi: Batting for hygiene at eateries, Supreme Court judge SVN Bhatti said on Monday, July 22, he used to frequent a vegetarian restaurant run by a Muslim while posted in Kerala…
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BJP’s lamp is flickering, will go off soon: Akhilesh
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at the BJP on Monday, July 22, over the Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, saying the ruling party’s lamp…
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Shraddha Walkar murder case: Court rejects Poonawala’s plea for trial only twice a month
New Delhi: A court here has dismissed the plea of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the lone accused in the sensational Shraddha Walkar murder case, seeking trial to be held only twice every month…
