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Rahul declared fit, set to open the batting in first Test versus Australia

MUMBAI: In a positive development for the India team ahead of their first Test against Australia, KL Rahul returned to batting during the training session at the WACA Ground on Sunday, putting to rest doubts over his fitness.

100% EXEMPTION ON ROAD TAX FOR EVS IN T'GANA

Telangana government on Sunday announced 100% exemption from road tax and registration fees for electric vehicles (EV) purchased and registered in the state for the initial period of two years up to December 31, 2026.

Amazon India relocating HQ

Amazon India is moving its corporate headquarters from its longtime base in the northwest part of Bengaluru to close to the city's airport as part of the e-commerce and cloud computing giant's cost-cutting exercise, a development that has disturbed the idyllic setting of the bohemian residential community.

RBI CRACKDOWN ON PERSONALLOANS, KYC HITS OFF-ROLL WORK

The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) push for stricter compliance with know-yourcustomer (KYC) norms, and its crackdown on the surge in personal loans have had an unlikely fallout: a dip in demand for off-roll workers.

TATA, PEGATRON INK DEAL FOR TN IPHONE PLANT

India's Tata Electronics has agreed to buy a majority stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron's only iPhone plant in India, forming a new joint venture that strengthens Tata's position as an Apple supplier, two sources told Reuters.

Centre to scrap windfall levy as crude prices cool

Decision guided by the government's view that the tax has outlived its utility

Investors lose nearly ₹50 lakh cr in 7 weeks

MUMBAI: Stock market investors have seen their wealth erode by close to ₹50 lakh crore in the past seven weeks amid a flurry of primary market issuances and foreign institutional investor (FII) selling fuelled by India Inc's tepid earnings growth and rising bond yields in US.

Trump picks Wright as energy secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration.

How viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than 1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby's in New York.

Saudi executes 100+ foreigners in 2024

Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented.

Hezbollah's main rep killed in Israeli strike; Bibi home targeted

A Lebanese security source said Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif was killed in an Israeli strike, on Sunday, in central Beirut that hit the Lebanese branch of the Syrian Baath party.

Govt likely to push banks to return unclaimed deposits to rightful owners

The government will nudge banks to begin a drive to trace unclaimed account holders or their legal heirs to return their deposits as the quantum of such funds has swelled to more than ₹78,000 crore, officials said.

Hrs after 'hellish' Russian attack, Biden allows Ukraine to hit back

Biden administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using US-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory

Saudi executes 100+ foreigners in 2024

Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented.

Make the wise choice: Xi urges Biden at APEC

China's leader Xi J inping met for the last time with US President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his \"America first\" policies, saying Beijing \"is ready to work with a new US administration\".

In Badal’s departure, opportunity for SAD

Sukhbir Singh Badal's resignation as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is not surprising given his continuance at the helm of the party became difficult after the Akal Takht, the spiritual seat of the Sikh community, declared him a tankhaiya (someone guilty of religious misconduct). As a panthic party, SAD could not have let Badal continue as president after the move.

Snuffing out young lives

Jhansi hospital fire is a painful reminder of the callous approach of administrations to fire safety

In Sri Lanka, mandate for continuing change

If more emphasis was needed from the Sri Lankans to underline that they wanted change in the country, the results of the November 14 parliamentary elections provided it in ample measure.

Silence on portents Of a global conflict

Why are global leaders not speaking out against all the war-like activity across the world?

Baffling reluctance to talk about pollution, climate

November is halfway through, and you, just like me, might also be wondering: When will winter start in Delhi? The national capital is already grappling with severe fog.

IIS OFFICER PASSES AWAY AT 67 AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

SM Khan, a distinguished senior Indian Information Service officer who was the press secretary to former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, died at a private hospital on Sunday after a brief illness, according to his family. He was 67. Khan is survived by his wife and three children.

EDU MIN, HOPKINS TEAM MEET OVER OFFSHORE CAMPUS

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with a delegation from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) led by its president Ronald J Daniels, to discuss potential academic and research collaborations including setting up of an offshore JHU campus in India.

Imn elderly enrolled in Ayushman Bharat within 3 weeks ofits launch

AT LEAST 0.4 MN ENROLMENTS UNDER AYUSHMAN VAY VANDANA CARD ARE BY FEMALE BENEFICIARIES, A HEALTH MINISTRY STATEMENT SAID

DELHI COPS BUST SYNDICATE FOR SELLING BANNED DRUGS, 4 HELD

The Delhi Police crime branch arrested four men involved in selling banned medical drugs and seized over 10kg of unlicensed medicines, officials said Sunday.

B'desh will seek extradition of Sheikh Hasina, says Yunus

Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday that the interim government will seek the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after the fall of her government following a mass protest movement in August.

'People dejected after 5 years of JMM, corruption'

The Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance is headed for a majority in the Jharkhand assembly polls, the state unit president Babulal Marandi said in an interview with Vishal Kant.

KHARGE LAUNCHES SCATHING ATTACK ON BJP AND RSS

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday likened the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological fount Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to \"poison\" and \"politically most dangerous\" in India.

EC orders takedown of Jharkhand BJP's post

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday ordered the state poll chief to take down a video posted by the Jharkhand BJP on social media platforms, saying that it violated the Model Code of Conduct in place for the November 20 assembly elections.

Nadda accuses JMM-Cong govt of sheltering Bangladeshi infiltrators

BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday claimed that, according to an \"intelligence report,\" the JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand gave shelter to Bangladeshi infiltrators in madrasas and ensured that they got land and government documents like Aadhaar cards.

SINGLE-USE PLASTIC AND WASTED FOOD SEEM TO DEFEAT PURPOSE OF COP29

Much is being written about the 29th climate negotiations, or COP29, currently ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan.