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IPL PLAYERS HIGHLY UNDERPAID

The league’s media rights may have skyrocketed since its inception but salary cap hasn’t grown proportionately. Swaroop Swaminathan captures the story through numbers

Pvt sector must step up infra investment: DFS secy

India needs to spend 8-10% of gross domestic product on infrastructure for sustaining high single-digit growth rate over next couple of decades, said a senior finance ministry official.

PM e-drive: Electric 2W buyers can get subsidy of ₹10K in 1st yr, ₹5K in 2nd yr

UNDER the ‘PM Electric Drive Revolution in innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM e-drive) scheme, which will be rolled out soon, electric two-wheeler buyers can avail a maximum subsidy of up to ₹10,000 in the first year and ₹5,000 in the second year.

Fuel prices may fall if crude remains low: Official

Oil marketing companies (oMCs) may consider reducing petrol and diesel prices domestically if international crude prices remain low for an extended period, according to a senior official from the Petroleum Ministry.

Mkt rally makes investors richer by ₹6.5L cr

Optimism is fuelled by US inflation in August falling to three-year low of 2.5% which sparked rate cut hopes

Myanmar residents flee deadly floods on makeshift rafts, boats

CARRYING children on their backs or rowing the elderly on makeshift rafts through rising waters on Thursday, thousands of Myanmar residents fled severe flooding triggered by the deadly Typhoon Yagi.

Marvelling Singapore's skyscrapers, Pope bats for fair wages for migrants

POPE Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest.

Russian attack leaves 18,000 with no gas, water supply

THE key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is without a drinking water supply or natural gas for cooking and heating, authorities said on Thursday, as the Russian army’s attritional slog across the Donetsk region lays waste to public infrastructure and forces civilians to flee their homes.

UNICEF horrified by Malaysian child sex abuse

402 children rescued from charity homes in 2 states where they were harmed physically

34 killed in Israeli strikes on UN school in Gaza

ISRAElI airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. A UN official said six staffers were among the dead.

HISTORY MADE WITH FIRST CIVILIAN SPACEWALK

A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts —until now.

Struggle not limited to Art 370, but for solving K-issue, says Er Rashid

Baramulla MP Er rashid, released on interim bail from Tihar jail by Delhi court, arrived in Srinagar on Thursday. Wearing a black band on his left arm and visibly overcome by emotions, he kissed the ground at Srinagar airport.

MVA scrambles to defuse Maha tension over 163 Assembly seats

AHEAD of maharashtra assembly elections, the Opposition alliance maha Vikas aghadi (mVa) has ironed out differences over 125 seats while the remaining 163 seats remain contentious among the allies.

Muslim panel seeks sealing of mosque's 'illegal' part in HP

A day after hindu outfits held a massive protest against the “illegal mosque” in Sanjauli area of Shimla, office-bearers of the local muslim welfare committee submitted a memorandum to the municipal commissioner urging him to seal the unauthorized portion of the structure and offered to demolish it once the court delivered a verdict on the matter.

3 nabbed for thrashing two Army officers, raping woman

MP cops say 10 teams formed to arrest 3 other suspects on the run

6 cr seniors covered under Ayushman Bharat

WITH the Union Cabinet approving health insurance coverage to those aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their income, the Centre’s flagship scheme said Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), has now become much bigger. It will now cover 6 crore senior citizens and around 4.5 crore families.

Missile tests stacked, conventional & N-weaponry to be inducted soon

THE armed forces are due for a major upgrade in their missile inventory as the services and manufacturers have chalked out an array of tests for missiles, including strategic deterrence—the nuclear-capable and conventional ones—in different categories.

Dhankhar takes a jibe at Rahul, says Indians must act as ambassadors abroad

IN an oblique reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said that every Indian abroad should act as an ambassador for the nation.

China ties complex, but 75% of issues sorted: Jaishankar

INDIA’S relationship with China is very complex, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Geneva on Thursday.

Putin proposes bilateral talks with Modi in Oct as Doval meets Russian Prez

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Thursday proposed to hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan when National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on him in St Petersburg, Russian officials said.

3 students killed in hit-and-run on B'luru road

IN a hit-and-run case, three degree students of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), who were triple riding a motorcycle, died on the KIA flyover in Chikkajala traffic police limits around 1.30 am on Thursday.

Cabinet okays 10% quota for ex-Agniveers in services

THE state Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for providing 10 per cent reservation for ex-Agniveers in direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts in uniformed services.

Weeds now a threat to forests as they develop resistance to weedicides

WHILE concerns are being expressed over depleting forest cover, the forest department is now faced with a situation where 40-50% of the state’s forests are affected by invasive weeds.

Farmers say Chinese garlic, banned for pesticide content, flooding TN markets

IT’S been a double whammy for Tamil Nadu garlic farmers who are facing a drop in harvest due to unseasonal rain in Ooty and Kodaikanal over the past few months.

Clashes during Ganesh idol immersion, 56 arrested

TENSION prevails in Nagamangala after a communal clash during a procession taken out in the town to immerse Ganesha idols on Wednesday night.

Declare floods nat'l disaster: Naidu

CM says good Central relief package needed for victims so that they can recover from loss

Congress contesting 89 seats in Haryana, gives one to ally CPM

CONGRESS is contesting on 89 seats out of a total 90 assembly segments in the haryana assembly elections as it has left the Bhiwani seat for the INDIA bloc ally Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Modi, Shah among BJP's 40 star campaigners for Haryana assembly polls

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi, Union home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are among the party’s 40 star campaigners for the haryana Assembly polls.

Man stabs to death his sister-in-law, jumps in front of moving train

A 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband’s brother, who was a day later, on Thursday, found in a grievously injured condition on railway tracks in the national capital.

HC to CBI: Waterlogging due to rain or other factor?

Non-functional stormwater drain key reason for flooding: Defence