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extended-range artillery and infantry vehicles to meet its operational requirements along its border with China and address its «coercion and harassment», a top Pentagon official said on Thursday. The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over-three-year confrontation in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh.

Robert Habeck on Thursday said India and Germany want to further strengthen bilateral cooperation and increase investments and collaboration among companies. He arrived on a three-day visit to India on Thursday. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the Indo-German Business Forum in New Delhi, Habeck also said China is Germany's biggest trading partner and a lot of German and European companies have invested in that country.

The members also agreed on a voluntary action plan for lowering the cost of finance for energy transition, sources close to the development told ET. A report, under India's presidency, on low-cost financing for energy transition which estimates global annual investment of over $ 4 trillion on such developments, was noted by the group. The unanimous agreements were a result of the major deliberations on the first day of the group’s two-day meeting beginning July 19.

The Centre has taken a significant step towards re... moreThe Centre has taken a significant step towards refunding approximately ₹5,000 crore to depositors whose funds are trapped in four cooperative societies of Sahara Group.

Shree Cement share price declined over 2 per cent in the morning trade on Thursday, a day after the company said the government ordered an inspection of the company. There were reports already claiming that the government had issued inspection orders against the company for alleged tax evasion which the company had denied earlier. Media reports emerged days back on July 11 only that the government issued an inspection order against Shree Cement.

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NEW DELHI : Go First must sign fresh lease agreements for 30-35 aircraft since lessors have already terminated the previous ones following its insolvency filing, two people aware of the development said, delaying the low-fare airline’s plans for a quick return to skies. “While the airline is making active efforts to relaunch flight operations, it will need to re-enter into fresh lease agreements or get the termination revoked by the lessors in case it wants to operate these 30-35 aircraft whose lease agreements were terminated around the time the airline filed for insolvency," one of the two people said. Go First filed for insolvency on 2 May and suspended operations with effect from 3 May, leaving a void of 6.8% in the domestic civil aviation market.

schools shut on 20 July owing to the heavy rains in the state and the warning by the weather department that the rains may continue on Thursday. "In view of the continuous rains in Mumbai, considering the safety of the students, the Municipal Corporation has declared a holiday for tomorrow, 20th July, for primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools (Nursery to Class 12) of all management in the Mumbai Metropolis," said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The State Disaster Management Unit of Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts have also decided to keep the schools shut on Thursday.

TEHERAN : India could have played a more active role in West Asia, said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, just months after China helped broker a key normalisation pact between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Speaking to a delegation of Indian journalists in Tehran, Kani said Indian diplomacy had shown “passivity" in the region in contrast to China. “I believe,among the great powers of the world, it is the Chinese party that has emerged victorious because it did not allow the United States’ illegal restrictions to affect its bilateral relations with different countries.

G20 ministerial in Goa and Chennai, ministers from 14 countries including the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Colombia, have under the banner of the High Ambition Coalition called on G20 hosts India and other members to agree on measures such as phasing out fossil fuel use to ensure that average increase in global temperature does not exceed 1.5°C compared to the 1850s. “We urge you, as leaders of the G20, to accelerate your efforts to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, to expand your cooperation and lead the way in phasing out all fossil fuels and in transitioning to a green sustainable energy future where access to energy is guaranteed for all,” the ministers wrote in an open letter to the G20.

Canada still plans to introduce a digital services tax in 2024 despite U.S. opposition, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said.

₹70 per kilogramme from Thursday from ₹80 per kg now.  The government is selling tomatoes to people at a subsidised rate of ₹80 a kg in Delhi-NCR and some other key cities through the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). In the national capital, the rate of tomatoes has come down to ₹120 per kg. Although, the key kitchen item is selling as high as ₹245 per kg at some places.

retail prices. From Friday last week, the central government is selling tomatoes at a subsidised rates.

CRCS Sahara Refund Portal (mocrefund.crcs.gov.in) FAQs, Application Process Live Updates (July 19): Promising much-awaited relief to crores of depositors who have their money stuck in Sahara Group, Union Minister of Home and Cooperation, Amit Shah on Tuesday (July 19) announced the launch of ‘CRCS Sahara Refund Portal’. The new online platform will help aggrieved depositors get their money back, starting with Rs 10,000 per depositor in the initial phase.

Also read: Novak Djokovic receives heavy fine for smashing racquet during Wimbledon 2023 final On December 12, 2019, the General Assembly proclaimed 20 July as World Chess Day, marking the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924. Since 1966, chess players worldwide have been observing 20 July as International Chess Day under the initiative of FIDE.

Hundreds of regular investors who together put up $63 million to buy pieces of Atlanta and Miami commercial real estate have allegedly seen their funds disappear. 

digital payment systems and trade settlements, as well as strengthening cooperation in cyber security and prevention of transnational crimes." Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Don Pramudwinai, chaired the Retreat, which saw the participation of Foreign Ministers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. During the Retreat, the Ministers reached a consensus to conduct such gatherings on a regular basis, preferably in the first quarter of each year.

Russian experts think the Central Bank will roll out its digital ruble by 2025, with the nation’s biggest banks expressing their eagerness to work with the central bank digital currency (CBDC).

LONDON — U.K. inflation cooled significantly in June, coming in below consensus expectations at 7.9% annually.

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has publicly responded to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) investigation into the company's AI chatbot, ChatGPT. The FTC's probe was examining whether OpenAI has breached consumer protection laws, potentially putting users' personal data and reputations at risk.

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