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UltraTech's India Cement buyout under CCI scrutiny
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UltraTech's India Cement buyout under CCI scrutiny

THE acquisition of India Cements by UltraTech Cement has come under the lens of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

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December 08, 2024
Wooden Street raises ₹354 cr funding from Premji Invest
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Wooden Street raises ₹354 cr funding from Premji Invest

FURNITURE and home decor brand Wooden Street has raised $43 million or nearly ₹354 crore in series-C round from Premji Invest.

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December 08, 2024
Mahindra to rename electric SUV as 'BE 6'
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Mahindra to rename electric SUV as 'BE 6'

The car manufacturer says it will contest the brand rights of 'BE 6e' in court, asserts that IndiGo's claim is baseless

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December 08, 2024
RBI adds 27 tn gold in Oct, 50% of central banks' buying
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RBI adds 27 tn gold in Oct, 50% of central banks' buying

THE Reserve Bank has bought 48% of all the gold that the central banks bought in October, adding a whopping 27 tonne to its home reserves, taking the total tonnage to 882.

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December 08, 2024
Syrian rebels 'encircling' Damascus
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Syrian rebels 'encircling' Damascus

REBELS on a lightning advance through Syria said on Saturday they have begun to encircle Damascus as government forces denied they had withdrawn from areas near the capital.

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December 08, 2024
S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails
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S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails

Most lawmakers from his conservative party boycott proceedings leaving Oppn unable to garner two-thirds of vote

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December 08, 2024
Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno
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Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno

FRANCE on Saturday prepared to throw open the doors of the capital's Notre Dame cathedral after a half-decade closure, in a ceremony attended by dozens of world leaders celebrating the rebirth of the Paris landmark ravaged by a devastating fire.

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December 08, 2024
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Woman brings brother's body tied to taxi roof

UNABLE to afford the exorbitant fee charged by the ambulance service, a woman was forced to travel 195 kilometers from her village to Haldwani by tying the body of her brother, who died by suicide, to the roof of a taxi.

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December 08, 2024
Lack of snowfall at Badrinath raises concerns, climate change blamed
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Lack of snowfall at Badrinath raises concerns, climate change blamed

EXPERTS and priests of the Badrinath shrine have expressed concern over the absence of snowfall in the region until December, attributing to climate change.

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December 08, 2024
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Four BJP MLAs inducted into Assam ministry

WITH around 15 months left for Assam to go to elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expanded his ministry by appointing four BJP MLAs as ministers.

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December 08, 2024
Modi made welfare state a reality, 25 cr lifted out of poverty, says Shah
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Modi made welfare state a reality, 25 cr lifted out of poverty, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the vision of a welfare state into a reality, a feat he claimed previous governments before 2014 pursued only in bits and pieces.

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December 08, 2024
BJP MLA wants ban on beef sale, JD(U) sees red
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BJP MLA wants ban on beef sale, JD(U) sees red

INSPIRED by his senior party colleague and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul on Saturday demanded a ban on sale of beef in hotels, restaurants and public places of the state.

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December 08, 2024
MoS defence Seth says he got ₹50 lakh ransom threat, 2 held after probe
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MoS defence Seth says he got ₹50 lakh ransom threat, 2 held after probe

MINISTER of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday said he has received an extortion call of ₹50 lakh via text message from Ranchi while attending the winter session Parliament in New Delhi.

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December 08, 2024
Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON
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Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON

Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety

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December 08, 2024
THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION
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THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION

When the trailer of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule was launched in Patna, thousands thronged the event, eager to catch a glimpse of the star who embodies the almost-mythical protagonist of the franchise.

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December 08, 2024
Season's first cold wave to hit by next week
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Season's first cold wave to hit by next week

WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.

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December 08, 2024
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India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest

90 Indians in Syria

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December 08, 2024
Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM
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Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

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December 08, 2024
Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda
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Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.

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December 08, 2024
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Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives

TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.

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December 08, 2024
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Canadian Parliament rejects motion to declare 1984 Sikh riots as 'genocide'

THE Canadian Parliament has rejected the motion to declare the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide following stiff resistance from lawmakers like Chandra Arya, who claimed that he was threatened inside the parliament building for opposing the motion, which he described as being influenced by a \"politically powerful Khalistani lobby.\"

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December 08, 2024
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE
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WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE

A recent report on Lindt dark chocolates stated that they contain lead and cadmium above the acceptable levels, which has not been denied by the company.

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December 08, 2024
EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR
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EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR

HE BJP-led Mahayuti alliance's victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections has been both celebrated and scrutinized, with the slogan \"Batenge to katenge\" often highlighted as the pivotal factor behind this success.

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December 08, 2024
Achyuta Samanta awarded 62nd honorary doctorate
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Achyuta Samanta awarded 62nd honorary doctorate

NOTED social worker, educationist, and founder of KIIT and KISS Achyuta Samanta received his 62nd honorary doctorate from Poornima University at Jaipur in Rajasthan on Saturday.

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December 08, 2024
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New LoPar to approach TN by December 11

A new low-pressure system has developed over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday and is heading towards Tamil Nadu.

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December 08, 2024
100-DAY TB SURVEILLANCE LAUNCHED BY STATE GOVT
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100-DAY TB SURVEILLANCE LAUNCHED BY STATE GOVT

HEALTH and Family Welfare minister Mukesh Mahaling on Saturday launched the '100-Day intensified TB campaign' to combat TB incidence and mortality in the state.

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December 08, 2024
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Students fall sick after consuming mid-day meal

BERHAMPUR: Twenty-Five students of an upper primary school in Simanbadi, under Daringibadi block in Kandhamal district fell ill after consuming mid-day meal (MDM) on Saturday.

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December 08, 2024
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9 including juvenile held for youth's murder

TWO days after a 25-year-old youth was murdered in Saletikra village, police on Saturday arrested nine persons including a juvenile for their alleged involvement in the matter.

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December 08, 2024
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Snatching, burglary rock Talcher, cops clueless

THE recent spate of snatching and theft in Talcher industrial belt has left local residents anxious, prompting them to demand immediate and effective police intervention.

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December 08, 2024
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'Ghodalagi' besha of Trinity observed at Srimandir

WITH winter setting in, the servitors of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, dressed the Trinity in warm clothes in a ritual popularly known as 'Ghodalagi' besha.

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December 08, 2024