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Budget 2023-24 gives ‘nirasha’ instead of ‘asha’ to Indians: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Union Budget for 2023-24 has given “nirasha” (despair) instead of “asha” (hope) to people of the country. He also claimed that the…
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FM launches new savings scheme for women with 7.5% fixed interest rate for 2 yrs
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday announced a ‘Mahila Samman Saving Certificate’ with a fixed interest rate of 7.5 percent for two years. The deposit can be made in the…
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Govt doubles deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to Rs 30 lakh
Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to double the deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to Rs 30 lakh and Monthly Income Account Scheme to Rs 9 lakh. In…
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Indira, Rajiv Gandhi killings ‘not martyrdom but accidents’: Uttarakhand min stokes row
Dehradun: The killings of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were not “martyrdom but accidents”, Uttarakhand Minister Ganesh Joshi said on Tuesday, stoking a political controversy. The Minister said that…
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Video: Two Muslim minors tied to tree, beaten in UP’s Barabanki dist, 3 held
Three persons – a father and his sons – were arrested on Wednesday on charges of assaulting two Muslim minor boys in Khasparia village of Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh. According to police,…
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Department of Space to get Rs 12,543.91 crore for FY24
New Delhi: The government has proposed an allocation of Rs 12,543.91 crore to the Department of Space for year 2023-24. The allocation is for the Department of Space and other organizations under…
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Amazon job cuts hit staffers in grocery, robotics, payments, AWS divisions
San Francisco: Amazon announced job cuts of around 18,000 employees last month, and those who lost their jobs were from various divisions of the company, including AWS, healthcare, payments, real estate, and…
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GOBARdhan scheme to promote circular economy with investment of Rs 10,000 cr: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said 500 new waste-to-wealth plants under GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) scheme will be established to promote a circular economy. These will include…
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UAE envoy to India Abdulnasser Alshaali meets EAM Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held a meeting with Dr Abdulnasser Jamal Hussain Mohammed Alshaali, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in the national capital and both agreed…
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Govt targeting 5 MT of green hydrogen production by 2030: FM
New Delhi: The government is targeting 5 million tonnes (MT) of green hydrogen production by 2030, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday in her Budget speech. She also said that the…
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Why Sania Mirza under fire for endorsing QNet?
Indian Tennis star Sania Miza came under fire for endorsing QNet, a marketing firm after the investors lost their investments in the company. So far, many cases have been filed by investors…
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Budget: Centre earmarks Rs 5,300 cr for Upper Bhadra project in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Centre would provide Rs 5,300 crore assistance for the Upper Bhadra project in poll-bound Karnataka. In her budget speech in Parliament, Sitharaman…
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Telangana: ‘PRLIS is increasing due to delays by Centre’, says Niranjan Reddy
Hyderabad: Agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy held the Centre responsible for the escalation in cost of the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) every passing year. The minister said that the delay…
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Palestinians protest Blinken’s visit to West Bank as tension rises with Israel
Ramallah: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the West Bank prompted outrage among many Palestinians, who demonstrated on Tuesday to express their opposition to the US top diplomat’s presence in…
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FM announces scheme to improve socio-economic condition of vulnerable tribes
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to launch a scheme to improve the socio-economic condition of particularly vulnerable primitive tribal groups. An amount of Rs 15,000 crore will be…
