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Shut out the noise, raise player awareness: The Upton mantra
India's mental conditioning coach during their victorious 2011 World Cup campaign talks about the pressure of playing the upcoming tournament at home
'No wrongdoing in any infrastructure project'
Contesting claims of a cost overrun in the construction of the Dwarka Expressway by the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG), Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari asserted that the project did not experience any cost overrun or corruption.
Expect vegetable inflation to slow from Sep: RBI guv
Vegetable prices have started softening and will see an appreciable slowdown from September, according to Reserve bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das.
G20 nations urge fair trade amid supply disruptions
Some G20 members may push for creating a free, fair, inclusive and equitable trade and investment regime amid growing concerns over rising food, fuel and fertiliser prices due to supply disruptions and export curbs, three people aware of the development said adding that it could be one of the key issues at the Leadership Summit held in New Delhi next month.
QIA to invest ₹8,278 cr in Rel Retail for 0.99%
Sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has agreed to invest ₹8,278 crore ($1 billion) into the retail arm of Reliance Industries Ltd, marking a fresh round of investments into Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) after the country's largest retailer raised ₹47,265 crore in 2021.
G20 aims for equity in trade, reforms: Goyal
Bloc is looking for 'global good' under India's presidency, says trade minister
Fukushima to begin water discharge today
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New Thai PM takes office, vows change
Thailand's new prime minister vowed to bring four years of change to the kingdom as he took office Wednesday at the head of a controversial coalition including pro-military parties linked to former coup-makers.
Plane carrying Wagner chief Prigozhin crashes in Russia
All three pilots and seven passengers aboard the plane that was travelling from Moscow to St. Petersburg are dead, state-run Tass news service reported late on Wednesday.
Chandrayaan opens new vistas for India
The mission's success propels India to the threshold of multilateral joint space missions, exploration of outer space and use of celestial resources in the future
IAF chief reviews LCA project ahead of new variant's delivery
Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reviewed the indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) programme, ahead of the delivery of a new variant, Mk-IA, to the air force early next year, IAF said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Fresh arrest in PMLA case linked to Kamal Nath's kin
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a banker, Nitin Bhatnagar, as part of its money laundering probe in connection with the ₹354-crore bank fraud case, involving Ratul Puri, the businessman nephew of senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
A mission to the Moon, at a fraction of the cost
CHANDRAYAAN-3 SPACECRAFT BUILT AND LAUNCHED AT AN ESTIMATED BUDGET OF $75 MN
Now, Isro sets eyes on Aditya L-1, Gaganyaan
The successful landing of India's third lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan-3, is only the beginning of India's space missions.
Years of hard work paid off: Isro chief credits success to his team
The lessons that we learnt from our failure helped us perfect this mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chief S Somanath said on Wednesday as he credited the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission to the hard work of all the scientists who worked on it for over a decade.
HISTORY, ETCHED IN SPACE
Relief, delight in the Isro command centre as a nation waiting with bated breath for 18 anxious minutes exhales and exults
Celebrations break out as Indians revel in success of lunar mission
India erupted in rapturous celebrations on Wednesday, feting the milestone landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon's lunar surface, as scores of people burst crackers, distributed sweets, and went out on the streets with the Tricolour in their hands and songs on their lips.
Make in India gets shot in arm as Isro breaks new ground
The success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on Wednesday is likely to boost the Centre's ambitious Make in India programme by spurring investments in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses, according to experts.
'We dreamt on Earth, fulfilled on the Moon'
Modi says India's space mission will continue to break new ground, and help moon missions by other countries
Four MLAs likely to be inducted in MP cabinet
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to include four ministers into his cabinet with an aim to balance caste and regional equations in the council ahead of the assembly elections later this year, according to two people aware of the matter.
PM and Ramaphosa review bilateral ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday reviewed bilateral relations and discussed coordination between the two sides at multilateral bodies as they met on the sidelines of the Brics (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) Summit in Johannesburg, according to a statement from the external affairs ministry.
Won't amend spl provisionsfor N-E: Centre to top court
The Union government on Wednesday recorded an undertaking in the Supreme Court that it has no intention to touch or amend the special provisions relating to the northeastern states of the country, and that the constitutionally granted status and safeguards for such states shall continue.
Zoo to celebrate 1st b'day of white tigers
The Delhi Zoological Park is set to celebrate the first birthday of its two white tiger cubs on Saturday, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.
Sajjan Kumar cleared of murder charge, but not for rioting, arson
A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged former Congress member of Parliament Sajjan Kumar of murder charges in a case related to the anti-Sikh riots in which two people were killed outside the party office in Uttam Nagar on November 2, 1984.
Survey for revamp of four Delhi markets completed
The Delhi government has concluded ground surveys of four markets - Kriti Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Kamla Nagar, Majnu Ka Tila - for their redevelopment, and will now hold consultations with stakeholders to take the project forward, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.
QRTs, ambulances in Summit security plan
With the Capital set to host to the G20 Summit in the second week of September, the Delhi Police has decided to deploy more than 450 quick response teams (QRTs), around 50 ambulances, and firefighting teams at strategic points across the city during the event, officials aware of the development said on Wednesday.
Lessons from 2019 play out in 18 mins
In the 4 years since Chandrayaan-2, Isro scientists learnt all they could from their failure, then executed those lessons in a tense 18-minute show of perfection
India backs Brics expansion on consensus basis, says PM
India fully backs the expansion of Brics (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) on the basis of consensus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a summit of the five-nation bloc on Wednesday in the face of a push by China to enlarge the grouping.
Semesters, extra language in curriculum framework
Two Indian languages as compulsory subjects in Class IX and Class X and one in Class XI and Class XII; a semester system for Class XI and Class XII with the option to sit for so-called board examinations twice a year, helping students test immediately in a course they have finished in a semester; and the freedom to choose subjects from arts, sciences, and humanities in these two classes - these are some of the far-reaching and radical changes in the final version of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) released by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday.