Paris: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games began with the 'Parade of the Nations' here in which athletes from 205 countries sailed down the iconic Seine river on boats, marking a dreamy break from tradition despite rain threatening to play spoilsport. French President Emmanuel...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the continuation of its July 22 interim order staying the directives issued by the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh, asking eateries along the Kanwar Yatra routes to display the names of their owners, staff and other...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday presented a Rs 2.65 lakh crore budget for the 2024-25 fiscal in the state assembly with a focus on agriculture and irrigation. The size of the budget for the current financial year was around 15 per cent more than the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's economy is estimated to grow at 8.5 per cent in 2023-24 as per advance estimates in comparison to 7.9 per cent growth in 2022-23, according to Economic Survey Report 2023-24. The report tabled in the state Assembly Wednesday said the growth, however, was...
Kathmandu: An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu Wednesday morning. At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday announced income tax relief for the middle class, a Rs 2 lakh crore outlay for job creation schemes over the next five years and a spending splurge for states run by her party's new coalition partners as she...
New Delhi: Highlights of Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha Tuesday. * Standard deduction in new tax regime hiked to Rs 75,000 from Rs 50,000 * Deduction on family pension for pensioners raised from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday presented the Budget for 2024-25, her 7th straight presentation surpassing the record of former prime minister Morarji Desai. This is the first Budget during Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's third term in office. People of India have reinforced...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will Tuesday present her 7th straight Budget that would lay a roadmap for Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, while giving a glimpse of the Modi government's performance in the past 10 years. All eyes will be on whether...
New Delhi: The government's pre-Budget Economic Survey Monday set a conservative growth forecast of 6.5 to 7 per cent for the current fiscal as it flagged the need for creating more jobs in the economy and backed more Chinese direct investments to boost exports. The...
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