The Income Tax department has extended the deadline for you to link your PAN card to the Aadhaar to March 31 this year. This is the eighth time the deadline has been extended. After the Supreme Court announced its verdict about the Aadhaar in 2018, the 12-digit identification number is […]
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India will struggle to achieve 5% GDP growth in 2020, says US economist
India will “struggle” to achieve 5 per cent GDP growth in 2020 as the significant deceleration in past few quarters was largely owing to credit squeeze which is a cyclical problem, said noted American economist Steve Hanke. Hanke, who currently teaches applied economics at Johns Hopkins University (USA), pointed out […]
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Pope Francis slaps woman’s hand, says he ‘lost patience’
An image of Pope Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of an admirer late Tuesday had social media abuzz with comments on the pontiff’s prompt riposte. Francis had greeted children before the Nativity scene on Saint Peter’s plaza and was turning away when the woman cried out something, […]
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Google Chrome’s next big feature is duet-friendly UI for tab groups
Google made several major changes to its Chrome app on Android last year. It neatly arranged the open tabs in the grid tab layout. It introduced groups tab to make it easy for users to access various pages that they have opened in their Chrome apps. And it introduced a new ‘Duet’ […]
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Australia scrambles to reach thousands stranded by bushfires
Relief supplies began reaching thousands of people stranded in fire-ravaged Australian towns Wednesday after deadly bushfires ripped through popular tourist spots and rural areas leaving at least eight people dead. Navy ships and military aircraft were deployed alongside emergency crews to provide humanitarian relief and assess the damage from the […]
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U-19 World Cup hero Manjot Kalra suspended for 1 year from Ranji Trophy for ‘age-fraud’
Young left-handed opener Manjot Kalra, who scored a hundred in the final of the last edition of U-19 World Cup, has been suspended by outgoing DDCA Ombudsman for one year from playing Ranji Trophy, for an alleged age-fraud during his U-16 and U-19 days. However for the same offence, Delhi […]
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Chhattisgarh government launches financial scheme for labourers
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday launched a financial scheme for the labourers of the state. Under the scheme, Mukhyamantri Nirman Shramik Mrityu Evam Divyang Sahayta Yojana, on the death of a registered labourer at work, financial aid of Rs 1 lakh will be provided to the family members. […]
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Two soldiers killed fighting Pakistani infiltrators on the New Year day
The new year started on a sombre note with two Indian Army soldiers losing their lives in an exchange of fire with Pakistani militants, who were looking to sneak into India through the Line of Control (Loc) in Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Wednesday. The heavily armed […]
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Shimla sees coldest December in two decades
The Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla recorded the coldest daytime December temperatures in the last two decades during the past month , the local weather bureau said on Monday. Also, the average monthly minimum temperature in Shimla during December was 3.8 degrees Celsius and this was the second lowest average minimum […]
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LPG, aviation fuel to get dearer from today
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices were increased by 2.6 per cent on Wednesday to Rs 64,323.76 per kilolitre from Rs 62,686.51, while non-subsidised LPG gas prices were hiked by Rs 19 to Rs 714 from Rs 695. The revised LPG prices stood at Rs 714 per 14 kg from Rs […]
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Jofra Archer may miss Test against South Africa due to injury
England paceman Jofra Archer may miss out on second test against South Africa after skipping bowling practice at Newlands on Wednesday. Archer, who took six wickets in the first test defeat at Pretoria including 5-102 in the second innings, did bat in the nets and took part in fielding drills […]
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Hardik announces engagement with Serbian actress Natasa
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya on Wednesday announced his engagement with Serbian actress Natasa Stankovic via a social media post. “Mai tera, Tu meri jaane, saara Hindustan (I am yours, you are mine and the entire nation knows it). 01.01.2020 #engaged,” Hardik wrote on his Instagram profile where the couple were […]
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Sri Lanka names Angelo Mathews in T20 squad to tour India
Sri Lanka recalled former skipper Angelo Mathews to the T20 squad on Wednesday after a 16-month absence from the shortest form of the game for the upcoming India tour. The cricket board said Mathews, 32, will be in the squad led by Lasith Malinga to play three matches in India. […]
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J&K: 2 armymen killed in encounter in Nowshera
Two army soldiers were killed in an encounter with militants in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district in Jammu & Kashmir, an official said on Wednesday. Naik Sawant Sandip Raghunath, aged 29, belonged to Village Munde, Tehsil Karhad, District Satara, Maharashtra and is survived by his wife, Smita Sawant, the […]
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Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X key details leak
Sony and Microsoft are working on their next-generation consoles namely, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, respectively. Microsoft has already revealed a few details about the Xbox Series X while PlayStation 5 features have also leaked multiple times. Now, a new leak has revealed graphic capabilities of the two next-gen […]