Air India discount for sr citizens, students halved

The discount on the base fare that Air India (AI) offers to senior citizens and students will be slashed from 50% to 25% for all bookings done from September 29, said an internal circular by the airline on Thursday, reports Manju V. The carrier will, however, continue to extend its 50% sop on base fare to other categories.

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US embassy to add staff to cut visa wait time

Attributing the inexorably long visa waiting period to the impact of Covid, the US embassy in Delhi said staffing should be back to 100% of pre-Covid level in less than a year.

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Deposit ₹5.2cr in 2 weeks for hartal damage: HC tells PFI

The Kerala HC Thursday directed the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) to deposit Rs 5.2 crore in two weeks to compensate for damage caused to assets of the state road transport corporation during an illegal flash strike. The division bench also ordered the state to make PFI state secretary Abdul Sattar an accused in all cases registered in the state.

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Gehlot out of Cong prez race, Sonia to take call on Raj CM

As the race was thrown open, Congress was finalising a replacement candidate for Gehlot, with Mallikarjun Kharge, a senior Dalit leader, as the lead contender.

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In a first, Supreme Court recognises concept of marital rape

For the first time, the Supreme Court on Thursday acknowledged the concept of ‘marital rape’, and held ‘rape’ under the MTP Act includes a husband’s act of sexual assault committed on his wife. Though another bench is to hear pleas on marital rape next February, Justice D Y Chandrachud’s observation can be seen by many as a pointer to the trajectory SC may take while deciding the prickly issue next year.

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Reliance launches first in-house premium fashion store

Reliance Industries' retail unit launched its first in-house premium fashion and lifestyle store on Thursday, as the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led company continues to grab a bigger slice of India's luxury market.

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IPO mop-up plunges 32% to Rs 35,456 crore in H1: Report

Just 14 companies raised Rs 35,456 crore through main-board primary share sales in the first half of the fiscal, down 32 per cent from the year-ago period when 25 issues had mopped up Rs 51,979 crore.

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Posing as patient, gunman kills Chinese man in Karachi

An unidentified assailant masquerading as a patient shot and killed a Chinese national and wounded two others in their seventies inside a dentist's clinic in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi on Wednesday, five months after a suicide attack there left three Chinese dead.

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Visa applications backlog to ease, US assures India

The US says it is considering all steps to reduce the backlog of visa applications by considering steps like interview waivers for those who previously had American visas and increasing staffing at its missions in India to their highest ever levels. The assurance came after foreign minister S Jaishankar raised the issue.

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Zarina Wahab: Sooraj Pancholi is innocent and Rabia Khan knows it - Exclusive

Yesterday a Court order was published which criticized late actress Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan for misusing the judicial machinery. The order stated that Rabia was trying to protract the trial by repeatedly filing applications in various courts despite the fact that the CBI had submitted a report confirming that Jiah's death was by suicide and not homicide, as alleged by Rabia. In light of this order, ETimes reached out to the main accused, Sooraj Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab. Here is the conversation that took place...

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RBI's card security deadline unlikely to be extended

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to extend a Friday deadline for businesses to set up an additional layer of security for consumers' credit card data even after some concerns remain over payments failing and revenue losses, say bankers and merchants.

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Bihar court issues arrest warrant against Ekta Kapoor

A court in Bihar's Begusarai on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Ekta Kapoor, film producer and director, and her mother Shobha Kapoor on charges of insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their family members in her web series 'XXX' (Season-2). The court of judge Vikas Kumar issued the warrant on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar, an ex-serviceman and a resident of Begusarai.

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Indus Towers asks Voda Idea to clear dues for business continuity

Mobile tower giant Indus Towers is learnt to have asked debt-ridden Vodafone Idea to clear outstanding dues and pay every month on time for continuity of business post-November, sources aware of the development said on Wednesday.

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Live: Kin of 28 Delhi Covid warriors to get Rs1 cr

India on Tuesday reported 3,230 fresh Covid cases and 4,255 recoveries. The country's active caseload currently stands at 42,358 and the daily positivity rate is 1.18 per cent. The country saw 32 Covid deaths. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

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First govt job in 75 years, Bihar village erupts in joy

Sohagpur, a small village tucked away in Katra block of Bihar's Muzaffarpur's district, was in a celebratory mood on Tuesday. The cheering and dancing was to celebrate the achievement of Rakesh Kumar, 25, who has become the first in the village to land a government job since Independence, reports Manoj Chaurasia.

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For ₹500/night, Uttarakhand offers real 'jail experience'

The jail administration in Uttarakhand's Haldwani has come up with a unique idea to help people ward off "bad karma" - for a nominal fee of Rs 500 per night in prison.

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SC live streaming rare treat for students of law

Tuesday's streaming was smooth and glitch free, the credit for which goes to Justice D Y Chandrachud under whose leadership the e-committee of the Supreme Court has been striving hard to bring reform in the judicial sector by adoption of new technologies and the live streaming is one of them.

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'India has fairly large forex reserve to deal with current situation'

Economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth on Tuesday dismissed the concerns over depletion of forex reserve as "overblown" and said India has fairly large reserve to tide over the current situation.

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Investors lose 11L cr in two sessions

The Nifty followed a similar trajectory as the sensex and closed 311 points lower at 17,016. RIL, ICICI Bank and ITC led the day's slide while buying in IT stocks, which witnessed relentless selling in the previous few weeks, cushioned the fall marginally.

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Gehlot camp boycott 'gross indiscipline': Congress

Even as Congress termed the boycott by MLAs close to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot "gross indiscipline", it is learned that the party is scrambling to salvage the situation and has reached out to the state leadership. The party brass is in a dilemma owing to the AICC presidential election, for which Gehlot is the top contender.

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1st-time MLA reminds Gehlot camp of history

First-time Congress MLA Divya Maderna, scion of the Maderna political family, on Monday said that the condition put forth for the CLP resolution by Gehlot-loyalist MLAs was tantamount to party indiscipline.

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Live: Pro-Pilot posters in Rajasthan CM hometown

From being the ultimate loyalist and putative national president, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, in the matter of a day, went to being a rebel who defied the leadership. His red line that antagonist Sachin Pilot could not be his replacement triggered a crisis because Congress did not believe that a mild Gandhian who untiringly swears loyalty to the brass could challenge its authority. Stay with TOI for live updates --

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Why things are falling apart in Congress and centre can't hold

Amid the crisis in Rajasthan, the rebuff from the Gehlot camp stands in stark contrast to the ease with which Congress replaced Amarinder Singh as the chief minister of Punjab last year, underscoring the growing belief that an ever-weakening Congress would leave the leadership vulnerable to state satraps with hold over local units.

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55 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus reach Delhi by special flight

As 55 men, women and children landed in Delhi, the number of those from the Sikh community remaining in Afghanistan number just a little over 40 with most of them staying back to protect and care for the "Guru Granth Sahib" amid the ongoing impasse with the Taliban regime which has refused to allow the religious scriptures to be taken out citing them to be the heritage of Afghanistan.

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At 844, sex ratio at birth worst in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand’s sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844, and Kerala’s the best, at 974, according to the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020. The report, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on September 22, stated that the country’s overall sex ratio at birth had gone up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19.

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PFI used Abu Dhabi restaurant as hub for hawala deals: ED

Popular Front of India (PFI) officebearers, many of whom have been in detention, used Abu Dhabi’s Darbar restaurant as the den for all hawala transactions and their illegal transfer to India, ED has said. This is contrary to the claims made by PFI that most of the Rs 120 crore it had received came through petty cash donations in India.

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Nitish, Pawar, Badal at Haryana rally, but many skip

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'Can scale up output of Tejas fighters for exports, operational needs'

India can scale up production of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft to meet operational requirements and export orders, defence ministry officials said. The single-engine Tejas fighter is already the frontrunner to bag a Malaysian order for 18 light twin-seat fighter trainers despite strong competition from Chinese JF-17, South Korean FA-50 and Russian MiG-35 and Yak-130 jets.

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HC order gets mysteriously altered, SC orders probe

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Step up border vigilance to check infiltration: Amit Shah

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U'khand resort torched after murdered girl's body recovered

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Terrorists in J&K attack migrants again, injure two in Pulwama

Two migrant labourers were shot at and injured by terrorists in Kharbhatpora locality of Ratnipora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday evening.

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Sharif lying to obfuscate Pak's misdeeds, India tells UNGA

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Pilot, Gehlot loyalist or a surprise choice? Rajasthan CLP to meet today, likely to pick new CM

Rajasthan CLP will meet on Sunday, in what appears to be an exercise to pick the successor of CM Ashok Gehlot, the putative AICC president. The core issue is if Gehlot will have to relinquish the CM’s post, and if Sachin Pilot will replace him. Pilot is also the choice of the leadership. But the party has to negotiate the CM’s preference, and the legislature party in which Gehlot has an absolute support.

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Fuel price cut held hostage by volatile oil, rupee fall and inflation

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Rs 627cr plan in offing to supply grid power to Ladakh LAC villages

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2nd T20I: Rohit guides India to series-levelling win over Australia

Rohit Sharma displayed his six-hitting prowess with an unbeaten 46 after Axar Patel snapped two wickets in a fiery spell as India notched up a series-levelling six-wicket win over Australia in a rain hit second T20I here on Friday.

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China using 'coercive' economic tools in Indian Ocean: US

China is using “coercive economic tools” to achieve its security aims in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) while also not adhering to international laws and displaying a lack of transparency in its ongoing efforts to establish overseas military bases, a senior US defence official said.

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Rajeev Chandrasekhar backs moonlighting, says captive model could fail

The days when employees signed up with big tech majors and spent their lives on the job are long gone, minister of state for Electronics and IT and Skill Development, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday, weighing in on the issue of moonlighting.

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Economists see RBI delivering another 50 bps hike next week

Economists are unanimous in forecasting that the central bank has no other option but to deliver a 50 bps rate hike next week and take the terminal rate to 6.25 per cent by December.

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Plea seeks carbon dating of Gyanvapi ‘shivling’

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Live: Protests, rush to leave Russia amid conscription call

Some draft-age Russians rushed to leave the country on Thursday to escape their country's biggest conscription drive since World War Two, as world powers at the United Nations demanded Moscow be held accountable for alleged atrocities in Ukraine. Stay with TOI for all updates

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Only NRI seats will be on offer for OCI & PIO students

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NIA raids on PFI in 15 states: 'Aims to enforce Taliban brand of Islam'

PFI has assiduously followed a multi-pronged operational strategy that aims to communalise the nation's polity, encourage and enforce Taliban brand of Islam, heighten existing social divisions, dislodge moderate mainstream Muslim organisations from the collective mind of the community and maintain a trained band of volunteers for physical actions, according to a dossier on PFI prepared by the NIA in 2017.

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Cong set to lose chairmanship of Rajya Sabha panel on home

The govt is unwilling to accommodate Congress' request to let it retain the helmsmanship of the department-related standing committee (DRSC) on home affairs in Rajya Sabha. The decision to withdraw Congress' leadership of the DRSC on home affairs in the RS and IT and communications in LS is being done "as per the existing strength of the parties" and in light of its numbers in RS coming down since 2019, sources said.

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Gehlot agrees to run for Congress president, step down as Rajasthan CM

Ashok Gehlot is likely to be the next president of Congress but will have to step down as chief minister of Rajasthan. Gehlot, who had on Wednesday declared his intent to continue as Rajasthan CM even if he was elected as Congress chief, gave up his insistence after Rahul Gandhi declared that the new party chief would have to adhere to the “one man one post” principle.

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Government says domestic rice prices may continue to rise

Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said on Thursday.

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SIT cites 90 witnesses to back charges against Setalvad, others

The SIT filed a chargesheet on Wednesday against social activist Teesta Setalvad, former DGP RB Sreekumar and ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt, citing 90 witnesses in support of charges of fabricating evidence to frame 63 persons for a purported "larger conspiracy behind the 2002 riots". Sreekumar and Bhatt are behind bars, while Setalvad has been granted interim bail by the SC in this case.

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No criminality in 5.8k intercepted calls in Radia tapes: CBI to SC

Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the CBI inquiry into the 'Radia tapes' conversations revealed no criminality. This amounted to giving a clean chit to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, whose intercepted telephonic conversations had purportedly ranged from fixing individual problems to appointment of ministers in the Cabinet to dictating journalists what is to be written.

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No criminality in 5.8k intercepted calls in Radia tapes: CBI to SC

Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the CBI inquiry into the 'Radia tapes' conversations revealed no criminality. This amounted to giving a clean chit to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, whose intercepted telephonic conversations had purportedly ranged from fixing individual problems to appointment of ministers in the Cabinet to dictating journalists what is to be written.

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Hijab, like Eid cow slaughter, not an Article 25 right: K'taka in SC

The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that enforcement of uniforms may prevent students from wearing any kind of religious clothing, including hijab, but it would not amount to stifling one's rights to freedom of religion or expression. Hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and students are free to wear it outside their schools, it said.

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US Fed delivers big rate hike, sees another large move this year

The US Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00%-3.25% on Wednesday and signaled more large increases to come in new projections showing its policy rate rising to 4.40% by the end of this year before topping out at 4.60% in 2023 to battle continued strong inflation.

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Rs 19,500 crore PLI bonanza cleared for solar module units

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) of Rs Rs 19,500 crore for high-efficiency solar module manufacturing, a move the government said will substitute imports worth Rs 1.4 lakh crore a year and create 9,75,000 direct and indirect jobs, the government said.

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Raze illegal parts of Union minister Narayan Rane house: HC

The Bombay HC on Tuesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to demolish unauthorised portions of Union minister Narayan Rane’s Juhu residence ‘Aadhish’ within two weeks and imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Kaalkaa Real Estates Pvt Ltd, a Rane family concern, which had applied for regularisation of those parts.

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'Chhello Show' director on how film edged out 'The Kashmir Files', 'RRR'

Gujarati film 'Last Film Show' ('Chhello Show') is India’s official entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards. The announcement has surprised one and all. There was a strong undercurrent in the country that 'The Kashmir Files' or 'RRR' will make it.

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84% of principal posts in Delhi govt schools vacant

From principals to teachers, government schools in the city are facing an acute shortage of manpower, according to Directorate of Education (DoE) data. Of a total of 950 sanctioned posts for principals, only 154 have been filled while 796, or 83.7%, are lying vacant. Most of the schools are being run by vice-principals. Even in the case of vice-principals, of 1,670 sanctioned posts, 565 (about 34%) lie unfilled.

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Draft standards for rear seat-belt reminders mandates alerts for unbuckled seats

The road transport ministry has put draft standards for rear seatbelt reminders, which would be a mandatory feature in all new cars in the next six months. As per the proposed automotive standard, the audio seatbelt reminder will alert the driver and occupants even if any passenger, including on the rear seat, removes the safety-belt buckle later.

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New foreign trade policy likely to be announced on Sept 29

The commerce ministry is likely to release the new five-year foreign trade policy (FTP) on September 29, with a view to promoting the country's outbound shipments, an official said.

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Vietjet flight denies boarding to sports body chief in wheelchair

Wheelchair-bound Arvind Prabhoo, chairperson of the All India Pickleball Association, was unable to accompany the 16 players representing India at the 2022 World Pickleball Championship between September 20 and 24 in Bali as he was not allowed to board a Vietjet flight from Mumbai on Saturday night.

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Cyrus death: Forensics point o speeding, 2 dud airbags

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No talks at cost of food security: India to international community

India on Monday ruled out any negotiations at the cost of food security and asked the global community to keep the interests of farmers, indigenous communities and tribal population in mind while contemplating any amendment or revision to international treaties.

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Now, Congress units in TN, Maha, Bihar want Rahul as chief

Congress pradesh committees in three more states — Maharashtra, TN and Bihar — passed “unanimous” resolutions on Monday backing Rahul Gandhi for the post of party president, adding heft to a campaign that started in contender Ashok Gehlot’s backyard, Rajasthan, over the weekend and spread to Chhattisgarh and Gujarat.

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Hiring, expansions: Businesses gear up for festive sales free of Covid curbs

Indian companies are hiring thousands of temporary workers, expanding to smaller cities and launching new products as the country prepares to celebrate its peak festive season without Covid restrictions for the first time in three years.

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India’s curbs on broken rice export face criticism at WTO

After wheat, India’s decision to ban the export of broken rice and also impose 20% export duty on some varieties of the cereal, has come under attack from Senegal, a large importer, as well as the United States and the European Union.

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‘Megalomaniac’ who glorifies graft: BJP attacks Kejriwal

Dubbing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal a “megalomaniac” who considers himself God after winning assembly polls in two states, BJP on Sunday took a swipe at him saying it was a matter of “surprise” that the AAP leader did not say US President Joe Biden was also afraid of him.

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50 death sentences in 8 months: Most since Gujarat was formed

Trial courts in Gujarat have sentenced to death 50 persons in 11 cases over eight months this year, the highest for any year since the formation of the state in 1960. Court documents show that this large number is made up mainly of the record 38 convicts ordered to be hanged by a special court in February over the 2008 serial blasts case. The rest involve rape and murder.

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$968m in 4 months: India pips China to be top Lanka lender

With a total of $968 million in loans in four months of 2022, India has emerged as Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lender, overtaking China in the process, a media report said. In the past five years from 2017-2021, China has been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka as China disbursed $947 million, out of which $809 million was obtained as market borrowings from the China Development Bank.

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Direct tax kitty swells by 30% till September, over 2x asking rate

Gross direct tax collections rose 30% to a little under Rs 8.4 lakh crore during the fiscal year up to September 17, when the second instalment of advance tax had been paid. The current growth rate is more than twice the asking rate to meet the full year direct tax target of Rs 14.2 lakh crore. With around a fortnight to go for the half year of FY23 to end, direct tax collections are estimated at around 58% of the full year target.

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Direct tax kitty swells by 30% till September, over 2x asking rate

Gross direct tax collections rose 30% to a little under Rs 8.4 lakh crore during the fiscal year up to September 17, when the second instalment of advance tax had been paid. The current growth rate is more than twice the asking rate to meet the full year direct tax target of Rs 14.2 lakh crore. With around a fortnight to go for the half year of FY23 to end, direct tax collections are estimated at around 58% of the full year target.

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Discounted Russia crude gives India Rs 35k crore gain

India is estimated to have gained Rs 35,000 crore by importing Russian crude at discounts since the Ukraine conflict began in February, people in the know said. India went on bargain hunting for Russian crude as the conflict prompted Moscow’s traditional buyers to shun those barrels and traders, stuck with shipments, started offering big discounts. India has opted to import crude from Russia despite pressure from developed nations to shun shipments.

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EAM Jaishankar to pay 11-day visit to US from today

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Rajasthan Cong passes resolution seeking Rahul at party helm

With a week to go for the start of the nomination process for the Congress president’s election, the party’s Rajasthan unit passed a resolution that Rahul Gandhi should become the AICC president. The resolution was passed in a meeting attended by the PCC delegates who vote in the President’s election, including chief minister Ashok Gehlot (who proposed the resolution), AICC state in-charge Ajay Maken, senior leaders and Sachin Pilot.

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Inflationary pressures appear to be declining: Govt report

Overall inflationary pressures in India appear to be on a decline in the wake of the government taking pre-emptive administrative measures, initiating an agile monetary policy, and the easing of international commodity prices and supply-chain bottlenecks, a finance ministry report said on Saturday.

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'26-week MTP only if docs say baby won’t be born alive'

In an unusual and conditional order, the Bombay HC permitted a woman to medically terminate her 26 weeks pregnancy only if the doctors confirm that the baby may not be born alive after the procedure. “In case the doctors are of the opinion that the baby may not be born alive at the time of terminating pregnancy, the petitioner is permitted to terminate the pregnancy,” the bench directed on Friday.

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Order choking funds for research reversed

The Union ministry of finance has revised the procedure for flow of funds for research under various Central sectoral schemes. The ministry “examined” the issue that earlier mandated that STEM researchers must open a zero-balance account for every project and on Friday reversed its March 2022 order.

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7 decades after extinction, cheetahs land in India’s heart

Seven decades after the last cheetah was hunted to extinction in India, its cousins from Africa are here to take their spot in the Indian sun. On Saturday, PM Modi operated a lever to open a gate and release eight cheetahs into a special enclosure. Jet-lagged after a 9,000-km overnight flight from Namibia to Gwalior, and then to the Kuno helipad, the cheetahs looked at their new surroundings a bit tentatively at first, but were soon sprinting about.

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Uttarakhand: Parts of Joshimath sinking, finds study

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Flying to non-metro for festival? Prepare for sky-high fares

Domestic airfares for travel around the Diwali weekend are expectedly high, but the people bearing the brunt are those living in the metros and flying home to non-metros to be with their families. For them, fares are almost double that of metro to-metro routes.

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Live: UK gears up for a near-total shutdown

Britain's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in the capital's Westminster Hall ahead of Monday's state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members. Stay with TOI for latest updates --

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Kerala bus shed that saw unique sit-on-lap protest by students razed

The city corporation authorities on Friday morning demolished the controversial bus waiting shed in front of the CET at Sreekaryam where students had protested — by sitting on each other’s laps — against the residents who damaged the shed in an apparent attempt to stop boys and girls from being there together.

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At SCO meet, PM calls for better supply chains, full transit rights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for deepening cooperation and mutual trust among SCO member-states at the summit in Samarkand on Friday, urging the Eurasian security group to work together to develop reliable, resilient, and diversified supply chains in the region at a time when the pandemic and Ukraine conflict had caused an “unprecedented food and energy crisis".

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SC seeks govt reply on marital rape pleas

After a split verdict by the Delhi high court on whether marital rape could be brought within the ambit of the offence of rape, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the issue and sought a response from the Centre. A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar of the had HC differed in their reading of the exception under IPC Section 375 that shields husbands from a rape charge by wives.

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'Spl status for backward states if oppn alliance forms govt in 2024'

ihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday promised special category status for all backward states if the opposition alliance manages to form a government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “If we get a chance to form the next government at the Centre, all the backward states will be granted special status. There is no reason why this can’t be done,” Nitish said. This is the first major announcement by Nitish in the past one month since he quit the NDA.

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Wait for US visitor visa now stretches beyond 2 years

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Centre, Assam and adivasi militant outfits sign pact

Achieving yet another milestone in efforts to establish “permanent peace” in Assam by inking settlements with various armed insurgent outfits active in the state, the Centre, Assam government and eight armed adivasi groups signed a tripartite agreement in the presence of home minister Amit Shah and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, to end the “decades-old crisis of adivasis and tea garden workers”.

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Bombay high court issues contempt notice 3 months in advance

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Adani Ports enters Bengal with Rs 298 crore Haldia project

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) subsidiary HDC Bulk Terminal Ltd will modernise the Haldia port in West Bengal at an estimated cost of Rs 298 crore, marking the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate’s entry in the state’s ports sector.

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State Bank opening rupee accounts for trade with Russia

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is opening special rupee accounts to handle Russia-related trade settlements in the local currency but is not the main bank for such business.

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IMF sees further global economic slowdown in third quarter

Downside risks continue to dominate the global economic outlook and some countries are expected to slip into recession in 2023, but it is too early to say if there will be a widespread global recession, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday.

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Bengal govt has crossed all levels of brutality: BJP

BJP on Wednesday said the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has crossed all limits of brutality, repression and police torture to deny its party workers of their political right to raise their voice in a democratic and peaceful manner. Senior BJP member Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Mamata ji, all your reactions in West Bengal are contrary to your personal evolution and suffering. This is not your normal behaviour."

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SC bench order criticises CJI’s listing system

In a rare instance of open criticism of the Supreme Court’s new case listing method introduced by new CJI U U Lalit, a bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has in a judicial order said that the new listing system gave inadequate time to the judges to take up the matters. It said, “The new listing system is not giving an adequate time to take up matters fixed for hearing like the present case as there are a number of matters within the span of ‘Afternoon’ session.”

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Bail pleas must be decided as expeditiously as possible: SC

Disapproving the practice of high courts not giving early hearing in bail matters, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said pleas seeking pre-arrest or post-arrest bail must be decided by courts as expeditiously as possible as they involve the liberty of a person.

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Rajnath protests $450m package for Pak’s F-16s

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Gen Pande: Nepal must decide soon on Agnipath enlistment

India may be forced to withdraw vacancies for enlisting soldiers from Nepal under its new Agnipath scheme in the ongoing recruitment cycle if the landlocked country does not take a decision in time, Army chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Wednesday. Such a move by India, if it comes to that, could have adverse implications for the already delicately poised relationship with Nepal, where China has systematically made huge strategic inroads over the years.

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2 dalit sisters found hanging from tree in Lakhimpur Kheri

Bringing back chilling memories of the Budaun dalit sisters' death case in 2014, two minor sisters, also dalit and aged 14 and 17 years, were found hanging from a tree outside a village in Nighasan area of UP's Lakhimpur Kheri district on Wednesday evening.

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12 dead, 18 hurt in Poonch accident

As many as 12 people died while 18 others were injured after the minibus they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Sawjian Nallah in J&K’s Poonch district on Wednesday morning. Among the deceased were two minor boys, aged five and 14, as well as three women, two of them teenagers. “The accident took place near Barari Ballah Sawjian around 8.35am when the bus driver lost control of the vehicle near a bridge. The bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge,” said an official.

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Byju's fiscal 2021 loss swells to $574 million, pushes listing plans

Tiger Global-backed Byju's on Wednesday reported a loss of Rs 4,564 crore ($574.06 million) for the 2021 fiscal year as promotion and employee expenses rose, with the edtech startup pushing listing plans to next year due to uncertain global conditions.

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Amid drill with Japan, Indian ships also in Aus for war game

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Key cancer drugs, antibiotics set to become cheaper

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Karnataka brings in job quota in police for transgenders

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