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Pension scheme in India: A timeline
Dr. Dhrubash Karan Mathur It is an established fact that the Central Government has been paying 50 percent of the last pay drawn, after fulfilling required conditions, as pension to their employees…
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Addressing India-Russia trade imbalance, payment issue important: EAM Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday called for urgently addressing India’s trade imbalance with Russia even as he described the partnership between the two countries as among the steadiest…
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India an emerging space economy: Jitendra Singh
Shillong: India is one of the very few countries that have built end-to-end capability in space technologies, Union Minister of State for Space Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Addressing the precursor event…
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PFI link: NIA attaches 2 floors of Pune school building
New Delhi: The NIA on Sunday attached two floors of a school building in Pune where the Popular Front of India (PFI) had been organising camps to radicalise and indoctrinate Muslim youths…
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India’s largest floating solar power plant in Ramagundam excels; NTPC to set up more such units
Ramagundam in Telangana State is known for its blistering summer heat. Locally, it is sometimes referred to as ‘Agnigundam (firewell) in Telugu language. For all those travelling to Delhi by train during…
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UPI dominates as India records 88 bn payment transactions, valued at Rs 150 tn in 2022.
New Delhi: Led by Unified payments interface (UPI), payment modes like debit and credit cards, prepaid payment instruments – mobile and prepaid cards processed 87.92 billion transactions worth Rs 149.5 trillion in…
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Nearly half of Indian workers don’t plan to hop jobs as hiring slows
New Delhi: In the era of layoffs amid hiring slow down, majority of employees in India (47 per cent) are choosing to stay put in their current organisations, a report showed on…
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Dubai fire: Indian couple who died were preparing iftar for neighbours
Abu Dhabi: An Indian couple who died in a massive fire that broke out at a residential building in Dubai killing 16 people, was preparing an iftar meal for their neighbours, according…
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India holds 100th G20 meeting under its presidency of bloc
New Delhi: India celebrated a key milestone in its G20 presidency on Monday with the hosting of the 100th meeting of the grouping, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The Meeting…
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Possibility of India celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with Saudi Arabia? Here’s why
Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramzan and is celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervor all over the world including India and Saudi Arabia. In 2023, there is a…
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Congress president Kharge writes to PM Modi demanding caste census
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded an up-to-date caste census. In his letter, Kharge said in the absence of an updated caste census,…
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20 people still hospitalised after sunstroke at Maha award function
Thane: At least 20 people were still undergoing treatment after suffering from sunstroke at the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award function in Navi Mumbai, an official said on Monday. On Sunday, at least 11…
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India can become ‘vishwaguru’ only by following path of religion: Mohan Bhagwat
Burhanpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that India will become ‘vishwaguru’ only by following the path of religion and will show the path to the world. Bhagwat was…
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Shettar holds talks with Congress leaders, may join party: Sources
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar is in talks with senior Congress leaders after resigning from the Karnataka Assembly over his candidature not being reconsidered by the BJP for the May…
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Nepal appoints new Foreign Minister, says PM’s India visit soon
Kathmandu: Nepali Congress leader N.P. Saud was on Sunday appointed the country’s new Foreign Minister – filling the key post that was lying vacant for over one and half months. Saud, who…