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broadband connectivity plan for 6.4 lakh villages across the country under the BharatNet project with an outlay of Rs 1.39 lakh crore, according to sources. Around 1.94 lakh villages have been connected under the BharatNet project at present, and the balance is likely to be connected in two and a half years, they added. «The Cabinet in its meeting, held on Friday evening, has approved Rs 1,39,579 crore for providing last mile optical fibre-based connectivity to homes in all villages of the country,» one of the sources said.

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₹250 crore will have to compulsorily follow GMP within six months, while those with a turnover of less than ₹250 crore will have to do so in a 12-month period. The government amending schedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 to upgrade and tighten the GMP norms for pharma firms. This compulsory compliance comes after the government inspection found serious lapses in the maintenance by these drug firms.

Missouri plans to spend $50 million on railroad crossing improvements in response to a 2022 fatal Amtrak derailment

U.S. gas prices are continuing to rise — giving drivers across the country another headache at the pump

Pakistan, pushed its weekly inflation up by 1.30 per cent and annualised inflation up to 29.83 per cent, Geo News reported on Saturday citing The News. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the increase in the sensitive price indicator (SPI) was attributed to an increase in the prices of tomatoes (16.85 per cent), LPG (9.82 per cent), petrol (7.86 per cent) and diesel (7.82 per cent), chilli powder (7.58 per cent), garlic (5.71 per cent), onion (5.50 per cent), powdered milk (5.17 per cent), eggs (3.86 per cent) and broken basmati rice (2.06 per cent).

planning to buy your dream home, individuals should be well versed with the home loan rates and the rules associated with them. In an email interview with Livemint, Mahesh Shukla, CEO & Founder, PayMe talked about Cibil Score, additional charges associated with a home loan, and risks associated with opting for a variable interest rate on a home loan. To achieve a better interest rate on a home loan, one should consider several strategies.

Also read: UN HQ event creates Guinness World Record for people of most nationalities in yoga session A montage video shared by Guinness World Records on Instagram showcased Kimberly Winter's burping prowess on several occasions, celebrating her achievement as "Loudest burp (female) 107.3 dB (C-weighted) by Kimberly Winter."A post shared by Guinness World Records (@guinnessworldrecords) According to the official GWR site, Kimberly Winter's thunderous burp measured an impressive 107.3 decibels (dB), surpassing the previous record of 107 decibels set by Italy's Elsa Cagoni in 2009. To put it into perspective, her burp was even louder than the sound of a blender (70-80 dB), an electric handheld drill (90-95 dB), and some motorcycles at full throttle (100-110 dB).

Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the country's disaster relief systems struggling to contain the aftermath of one of the strongest storms in years. Almost 15,000 residents were moved out of the city of Shulan in corn-growing Jilin province, where one person was dead and four others missing, according to state media. Rain has fallen continuously in Shulan since Aug.

power stocks have been in the limelight with power majors like NTPC, Adani Power and Tata Power rising by 14%, 13% and 6.5% in the past one month (July 2023). This surge comes from the simple fact that power stocks have been trading at bargain prices. Therefore, amid the current market scenario, where the broad stock market is trading close to record highs, long-term investors are increasingly finding power stocks appealing.

food prices rose for the first time in three months, as trade disruptions from India to the Black Sea and extreme weather stoke supply concerns anew. The United Nations’ index of food-commodity prices gained 1.3% in July, led by vegetable oil, according to a Friday report. That marks a pickup from the two-year low reached the prior month as fresh threats emerge in the supply chain.

Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) including Noida has been witnessing heavy rainfall due to which waterlogging was witnessed on roads near Badarpur metro station in Delhi. In Maharashtra, moderate rain has been predicted in most places in North Konkan, while South Konkan-Goa will likely experience light to moderate rain today. Additionally, many places in North Madhya Maharashtra, a few places in South Madhya Maharashtra, and isolated areas in Marathwada are expected to receive light to moderate rain.

The planet's average sea surface temperature spiked to a record high in April, and the ocean has remained exceptionally warm ever since. In July, widespread marine heat waves drove temperatures back up to near-record highs, with some hot spots nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 38 Celsius).

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis says communication and negotiations have been met with atrocious effort from Farmers Insurance, which halted policies in the high-risk hurricane state this week.

Check the latest updates on Chandrayaan-3 entering into Moon's orbit at Mint's LIVE blog:On 1 August, the Indian space agency, ISRO, recorded a key manoeuvre -- a slingshot move of the Chandrayyan spacecraft. On this day, ISRO said the craft was sent successfully toward the Moon from Earth's orbit.

Madras High Court has dismissed 14 of the 16 pleas filed by Indian startups against Google's app billing policy, ruling that it was a matter falling under the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The court decision leaves many of the companies, including Matrimony.com, Shadi.com and Unacademy, without the protection of the interim injunction from the court that had prevented Google from delisting their apps from its App Store. The companies had approached the high court after Google asked them to either adopt the company’s mandated billing route or risk being removed from its Play Store.

European Union climate observatory data showed on Friday. Ocean surface temperature reached 20.96C on July 30, according to the ERA5 database, while the previous record was 20.95C in March 2016, a spokeswoman said.

AIIMS, Yusuf Sarai towards Ch. Dilip Singh Marg was waterlogged.

Reliance Industries AGM: Sensex heavy weight Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced that company's 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) would take place on 28th August 2023. The RIL AGM will be held at 2:00 PM (IST) on the above said date.

Rick Britten spent $11,000 with Qantas on a Top End business class trip for himself and his wife in late 2020 only to have it cancelled because of COVID-19 lockdowns. It was annoying, but nothing compared trying to claim the travel vouchers the airline gave him as credit.

Shiba Inu is a meme coin leader. Its triumph influences the price of other projects in its class like DigiToads. SHIB has a market capitalization of about $4.7 billion, down some points from its all-time high of $36.2 billion. The project stands tall and is 17th in the crypto ranking charts. Its pure meme appeal has recently received a utility dimension with Puppynet recording over 30 million transactions–an impressive feat.