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India's golden boy at the 2020 Olympic Summer Olympics, Neeraj Chopra scripted history in Budapest on Monday, beating arch-rival from Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem, to win the country's first-ever gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. It was his second medal at the World Championships after he secured a silver last year. Neeraj Chopra, 25 years, is also being praised for his patriotic gesture.

Article 35A of the Indian Constitution that was scrapped in 2019, ‘took away fundamental rights’. The CJI made the comments during the hearing of petition challenging the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant for the eleventh day on Monday, continued hearing petitions challenging the Centre's decision to repeal the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by diluting Article 370 and Article 35A.

Jio chairman Akash Ambani on Monday said that the JioBharat phones will now a UPI feature. While making the announcement at the 46th annual general meeting, Ambani said, «JioBharat phone is a gateway to digital independence for those who cannot afford smartphones.» «Jio Bharat also supports UPI payments.

free trade in the belief that it would liberalize China. But Biden maintained much of his predecessor’s tough policies toward Beijing. Tariffs remained in place.

Digital ruble scammers have reportedly struck in multiple Russian regions, with fraudsters apparently hoping to dupe citizens who do not yet fully understand how the CBDC works.

Axis Bank has reduced the fixed deposit interest rate on one tenure by 10 basis points (bps) for amounts below Rs 2 crore. The new FD rate is effective from August 28, 2023, according to the Axis Bank website. The bank has reduced 10 bps on tenure of 2 years to less than 30 months from 7.20% to 7.10%. After the revision, Axis Bank offers interest rates between 3.5% and 7.10% on tenures ranging from 7 days to 10 years. Previously, the bank had reduced 10 bps on tenure of 16 months to less than 17 months on tenure from 7.30% to 7.10% on August 18, 2023.

draw India closer. In June Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, undertook a state visit to Washington, where he was feted by the White House, Congress and business leaders alike. Europe, too, has been trying to get cosier.

North Korea has apparently decided to reopen its border after more than three years of its tight virus curbs largely due to economic challenges from the closure, South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Monday. North Korea said Sunday it has allowed its citizens abroad to return home amid eased concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic and will put them under quarantine for a week, reports Yonhap News Agency. The decision marked the secretive regime making official the reopening of its border. «Due to its border closure, North Korea is presumed to have faced various economic difficulties, and there were probably many inconveniences as personnel exchanges were blocked,» Koo Byoung-sam, a spokesperson at the Ministry, told a regular press briefing. Still, the Ministry viewed the North's latest move as «limited border reopening,» as the North has only approved the return of its nationals abroad, without mentioning when it will allow entry by foreigners. With the latest decision, more North Korean diplomats, labourers and students staying in foreign nations are expected to return. There are also concerns that North Korean defectors in China could be forcibly repatriated to the North. The Unification Ministry voiced «grave concerns» about the possible repatriation of North Korean defectors who were arrested and detained in China. «We'd like to stress once again that such defectors should not be forcibly sent back to the North against their will.

North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide

Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are mixed amid uncertainty about how consumers may respond a day after treated and diluted radioactive wastewater began to be released into the sea

BBC. Authorities informed that the abusive calls had begun since the release of Fukushima water into the Pacific and the callers usually speak in Chinese, English, and Japanese language. The callers strongly oppose Japan's move to release treated radioactive nuclear water.

Indian students are now studying in Australia. “There are no direct flights from Mumbai.

children is wrong. These four words need to be spelt out since not every law-abiding citizen in circa 2023 India seems to think it applies to them, especially if they happen to be adults in positions of power and responsibility over young people. An FIR has been filed against Tripti Tyagi, the Muzaffarnagar teacher who 'outsourced' the meting out of corporal punishment of a 7-year-old to his classmates in the form of a barrage of slaps.

COVID-19 pandemic, US President Biden has unveiled a proactive strategy, intending to seek additional funding from Congress for the development of a novel COVID-19 vaccine. Furthermore, he suggested the possibility of mandating this new vaccine for all individuals, regardless of their prior vaccination status.

₹1,000 to ₹1,250 per month, reported news agency PTI. Apart from this, the MP CM also announced 35 percent reservation for them in government jobs and said cooking gas cylinders will be provided to women at ₹450 in August to mark 'Sawan'. "Women will get cooking gas at ₹450 in the holy month of Sawan.

In the past few weeks, the world has discovered that the Chinese economy has serious problems and might already be in a crisis. The impending collapse of a real estate behemoth is causing analysts to ask if China’s Lehman moment is at hand. One-fifth of the stock of apartments is unoccupied.

Congress will strengthen its organisation at the taluka and state levels in Gujarat and reach out to the public for their support for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, senior party leader Mukul Wasnik said on Sunday. Wasnik was on his first visit to Ahmedabad after being made the Congress' general secretary in charge of the state. «In the coming days the organisation of Gujarat Congress will be strengthened and specific responsibilities will be fixed at the taluka, district and state levels.

G20 Summit that is scheduled to take place from September 9 to 10 in the national capital. It is likely to be attended by more than 30 heads of state and top officials from the European Union and invited guest countries and 14 heads of international organizations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the importance of using artificial intelligence (AI) in an ethical manner. PM Modi also proposed the idea of designating an annual 'International Consumer Care Day' and shifting from carbon credit trading to adopting 'green credit'. Modi further stressed that India has become the face of the digital revolution in the era of Industry 4.0, and also holds an important place in building an efficient and trusted global supply chain.

Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the government's financial inclusion programme, crossed 500 million in August, said Vivek Joshi, secretary-financial services, Ministry of Finance. The scheme, launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enable financial inclusion, completes nine years on 28 August 2023. As of 16 August, Joshi said, the total number of PMJDY accounts stood at 500 million, up from 147.2 million at the end of March 2015.

Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Speaking at the 104th episode of Mann Ki Baat, the prime minister's monthly radio outreach programme, Modi termed the Indian presidency of G20 as 'people's presidency'. He said that the country is fully prepared to host the G20 Leaders Summit in September that will see 40 heads of states and several global organizations make their 'biggest participation ever in the history of the G20 Summit.' "Among the eleven engagement groups of G20, academia, civil society, youth, women, our parliamentarians, entrepreneurs and people associated with urban administration played an important role," Modi said.