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RBI board clears record surplus transfer of Rs 2.69 lakh crore to Centre for 2024-25
In a major boost to the government’s fiscal position, the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday approved a ...
Heatwave bakes Rajasthan, Jaisalmer hits 48°C — the highest in India
Severe heatwave conditions persisted in isolated pockets of Rajasthan, with “warm night” conditions reported in several areas ...
Student remittances under LRS in FY2025 lowest in five years
Student remittances had peaked at $4.98 billion in FY2019-20, just before the pandemic, when Indian students were flocking to ...
JJM cost overruns: Nodal officer teams to check records, conduct on-spot excavations
To confirm that the JJM works have been done as per the approved DPRs, the CNOs have been asked to do on-spot excavation on ...
India, Pakistan extend airspace closure by month
The impact of India’s airspace closure has not been as significant as, unlike India’s booming aviation sector, Pakistan’s ...
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India Pakistan Ceasefire Highlights: ‘No nuclear signaling by Islamabad,’ says Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to parliamentary panel
Briefing the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs nine days after reaching a ceasefire agreement with Pakistan on May 10, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the recent military ...
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‘Nizam’s jewellers’: The Modis who died in Charminar fire were part of Old City Hyderabad’s many folklores
Among the most prominent legends that surround the Modis – an old family of jewellers that died in the fire in their ancestral home near Hyderabad’s Charminar – is that they were among “the Nizam of ...
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Return of M J Akbar: From exit as MoS in Modi 1.0 to part of global outreach team
Veteran journalist and former Union Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar, whose political career as a BJP leader faced a severe setback after sexual harassment allegations were levelled ...
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‘Everyone inside was silent’: Locals who woke up to smell of smoke recount rescue effort after deadly Hyderabad fire
Residents of the narrow lanes in the thickly populated Charminar locality in Hyderabad’s Old City woke up on Sunday morning to the smell of smoke. A three-storey building in the Gulzar Houz area had ...
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India Pakistan News Highlights: ‘Pak’s nuclear weapons should be under global supervision,’ says Rajnath Singh in Srinagar
India Pakistan News: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar today, in his first visit to the Union Territory after Operation Sindoor was launched. During his visit to ...
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A faux pas too many on Op Sindoor, BJP plans training camp for leaders in Madhya Pradesh
Following a string of missteps by senior BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh, particularly controversial remarks on Operation Sindoor that have politically backfired, the ruling party is preparing to ...
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‘Severely disturbed by exam stress’, NIT Jamshedpur student dies by suicide
A 20-year-old B Tech student from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur allegedly died by suicide amid struggles with depression and exam stress, police said. Police said Devyanshu Gandhi ...