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Hindustan reported on Thursday. The administration made it mandatory for attendants, doctors and other hospital staff to wear masks in hospitals. It also advised people to avoid crowded areas as much as possible.

mouse fever’ which includes symptoms such as bleeding eyes and vomiting. According to the HUR or the Main Intelligence Directorate in the country, the disease has spread across Kupyansk among the Russian troops present there. At the time of the outbreak, the troops were facing shortages of winter supplies.

rice, wheat and sugar, according to a senior government official. The official said that the export ban and restrictions on these commodities may hit exports of about USD 4-5 billion this fiscal. In 2022-23, the country's agri exports stood at USD 53 billion.

National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) was launched with 6,835 projects and has expanded to capture over 9,288 projects with a total outlay of Rs 108.88 lakh crore between 2020-25, the finance ministry said on Thursday. «NIP comprises brownfield and greenfield infrastructure projects of above Rs 100 crore across both economic and social infrastructure,» the Finance Ministry said in a post on X.

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Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill replacing the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act on Thursday with Rajya Sabha giving its assent to the three Bills passed earlier by the Lok Sabha. Piloting the Bills, Home Minister Amit Shah said the new laws will give priority to providing justice in place of the earlier British laws that gave primacy to penal action and were purely indigenous. “These three Bills are made by Indians, for Indians and by an Indian Parliament….

Airtel has entered into a strategic partnership with IntelliSmart Infrastructure to connect up to 2 crore smart meters with internet of things technology, the company said on Thursday. The project is estimated to be executed over a period of next 10 years.

protesting wrestlers will not face any sort of vendetta politics and they will get the required support from the new federation, outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said on Thursday after the panel backed by him emerged victorious in the keenly-followed elections. Brij Bhushan, who is facing sexual harassment charges from women wrestlers, assured that the new dispensation will work impartially. Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi Malik, though, announced her retirement from the sport, saying she won't compete under the presidency of a man, who is backed by the former WFI boss.

According to forecasters, the northern regions are expected to experience 80mph winds while rainy conditions are anticipated throughout the festive period. In contrast, London residents might have a milder Christmas, with forecasted highs of 12C.

Anand Mahindra has shared a photo of Anandi Gopal Joshi of India, Keiko Okami of Japan and Sabat Islambouli of Syria who were the 1st licensed doctors in their respective countries. The photo was taken in 1885. «All educated at the Women’s Medical College in Pennsylvania. Anandibai was married at 9, became a mother at 14 & sadly passed away at the age of 22! But her life clearly is evidence of how a single individual can leave a strong footprint behind on the planet, despite incredible social constraints & a breathtakingly brief lifespan! Nothing is impossible,» Mahindra said in the post.

Lok Sabha had approved these on Wednesday. The bills that repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act will usher in a new era in the criminal justice system, Home Minister Amit Shah said while replying to a debate in the Upper House of Parliament. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bills will now go to the president for her assent, upon which these will become laws.

Illumination, the animation studio is coming up with Migration. Previously it has produced films such as Minions, Despicable Me, and recently The Super Mario Bros. Movie, fetching more than a billion dollars at the box office. Migration which is directed by Benjamin Renner, is written by Mike White. It is about a family of ducks who go on an adventurous vacation to Jamaica from a pool in New England.

WFI elections triggered another row. After the election results, wrestler Sakshi Malik said he is "quit wrestling" if "Brij Bhushan Singh's business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI". Brij Bhushan Singh held the post of WFI chief before Sanjay Singh.

NEW DELHI : Credit rating agencies need to reform their sovereign rating process to correctly reflect the default risk of developing economies, saving billions in funding costs, the government’s chief economic adviser, V Anantha Nageswaran, said on Thursday. His comments coincide with India seeking an upgrade to its sovereign credit rating, currently at the lowest possible investment grade, as the South Asian nation has seen its economic metrics improve considerably since the pandemic.

₹27,360 crore spread over a period of 5 years which includes central share of ₹18,128 crore. The national master plan is a core planning body under PM GatiShakti and it helps in creating data layers for the different ministries such as education, water resources, drinking water and sanitation, railways, etc.

Income Tax department conducted searches against a distillery group based in Odisha recently, the CBDT said on Thursday. The business of the group is controlled by a family based in Ranchi in Jharkhand and one of the family members is a «politically exposed person», the Board said in a statement, without taking any name.

Wells Fargo & Co. is now the first major US bank to have a unionized workforce.

LONDON — The U.K. and Switzerland on Thursday will sign a post-Brexit financial services deal designed to bring two of Europe's largest banking centers closer together.

Nawaz Sharif has praised India and acknowledged that while neighboring countries have made great strides, Pakistan has lagged behind. Speaking to PML-N cadres in Islamabad, Sharif highlighted the dire economic situation in Pakistan. The 73-year-old PML-N leader, who returned to the country from London in October ending a four-year-long self-imposed exile, who is running for Prime Minister a fourth time. He is the only Pakistani politician who became the prime minister of the coup-prone country for a record three times. «Our neighbours have reached the moon but we haven't even risen from the ground so far. It can't keep going on like this,» Sharif said. «We have been responsible for our own downfall, otherwise this nation would have reached a different place. We shot ourselves in our foot,» he added.

PE investments in Indian real estate declined by 44 per cent to USD 3.0 billion in 2023, the report added. Mumbai, NCR, and Bengaluru emerged as critical destinations for office investments. Mumbai led the PE investment trend at USD 1,685 million, followed by the National Capital Region (Delhi NCR) at USD 835 million.

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