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₹6,620/ quintal and for long staple cotton at ₹7020/quintal. “Cotton is one of the leading sectors for economic activity for livelihood and it plays a pivotal role in the growth of the Indian economy as around 6 million farmers are engaged in cotton production and 35 million farmers grow cotton across the globe," the official said.

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said Mallikarjun Kharge is «best suited» to lead the Congress party in the «historic battle for India's soul», while leaders of some INDIA bloc parties urged him to bring strength to the opposition and lead it to victory in next year's general elections. Opposition leaders used the occasion of a book launch on Kharge's completion of 50 years in electoral politics to assert that the Congress president should lead all opposition parties together so that they can win the 2024 elections.

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chief economic advisor, V Anantha Nageswaran, also pointing to the need for cities to provide clean air and open spaces. “Our cities have become health traps. We need to ensure that citizens and children are facilitated to undertake physical activity,” CEA Nageswaran said, speaking at a panel discussion at Leveraging Private Finance for Urban Infrastructure Development –Learnings from G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) event in Delhi on Wednesday. The chief economic advisor also stressed the issue of land use conversion, also raised by the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. “The issue of land-use conversion has been plaguing us,” the CEA said, highlighting a need for simpler processes similar to what some states have instituted under business facilitation legislation.

Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so. Trans-woman Maya Gurung, 35 and Surendra Pandey, 27, a gay, got legally married and their marriage was registered at Dordi Rural Municipality of Lamjung district in Western Nepal, according to Sanjib Gurung (Pinky), president of Blue Diamond Society, an organization working for the rights and welfare of the sexual minorities in Nepal.

West Bengal Assembly witnessed an unprecedented incident on Wednesday with both ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP MLA holding sit-in-protest in the premises of the assembly with Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari pointing fingers at the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling her “thief. Banerjee was sitting with her party MLAs outside the House in front of the Dr BR Ahmbedkar statue, when Adhikari entered the assembly after Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally in Kolkata today. Shah had also launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamata Banerjee on corruption, syndicate raj, «parivarbaad» and cut-money culture. Adhikari also raised the corruption issue during BJP’s protest in the assembly premises. Trinamool MLAs today dressed in black today sat for dharna on MGNREGA issue and was later joined by their party Supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

₹114 billion) in 2021. “We are in touch with department of revenue to get the right HSN code for traditional Indian medicines. Once that happens, our exports numbers would already show an increase and with other developments, the exports are set to rise manifolds in coming years," Kotecha said.

Lok Sabha elections. “Give so many seats to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls that Modiji says I have become PM due to Bengal," said Shah.

NASA highlights the growing level of cooperation between the US and India in outer space. The potential partnerships could also involve Indian commercial entities, India’s Department of Space said in a statement Wednesday. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is visiting several locations in India this week, including Bengaluru-based facilities that are testing and integrating spacecraft for a joint US-Indian Earth-observing mission scheduled for launch in 2024.

As the world gathers for CoP-28 in the UAE, world leaders will need to demonstrate leadership and diplomacy to accelerate global climate action. This must be done in the context of the pressing realities of climate change, economic cycles and current geopolitics. My recommendations on what they should do are below: Greater mitigation commitments by developed countries: The carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius was last estimated in 2020.

Mint Healthcare Summit 2023 that fear, not increased awareness, drove people to buy health insurance during and after covid. That said, health insurance very much remains a push product in India. Dr Mishra is director - product, underwriting & claims, at Niva Bupa Health Insurance.

WTO grouping with a major interest in farm trade that it will not discuss any new issue in the agriculture segment like imposition of export restrictions before a permanent solution is found with regard to public stockholding of food grains, an official said. This position was cleared during a mini-ministerial virtual meeting of about 28 WTO (World Trade Organisation) member countries on agriculture issues on November 28. In the meeting, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal put forward New Delhi's approach to the issue saying that public procurement and stockholding of food grains serve the twin objectives of food security and income support to marginal farmers.

Foot Locker on Wednesday announced the signing of a long-term licensing agreement with Metro Brands Limited (MBL) and Nykaa Fashion. “This partnership will offer the most comprehensive selection of global sportswear and footwear to sneaker fans in India,” said the New York-based speciality athletic retailer in a statement. According to a report, the volume of the sneaker segment in India is projected to reach 66 million pairs by 2028. The sneaker segment is experiencing rapid growth in the country, with consumers seeking out unique designs that blend traditional Indian elements with modern trends. Under the terms of the agreements, MBL is granted exclusive rights to own and operate Foot Locker stores within India and to sell authorized merchandise in Foot Locker stores.

State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that there was «no sense of fatigue» among NATO allies when it came to helping Ukraine. «We must and we will continue to support Ukraine,» he said after a NATO-Ukraine meeting in Brussels, adding that NATO allies were unanimous on this position and that he was also hearing continued support for Ukraine in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. Kyiv has been concerned that the Israel-Hamas war could divert international attention away from its efforts to defeat Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the West earlier on Wednesday to ramp up arms production. The European Union has delivered about 300,000 of its promised 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine so far, he said. «We need to create a Euro-Atlantic common area of defence industries,» Kuleba said before meeting the NATO foreign ministers, adding this would ensure both Ukraine's security and that of NATO countries themselves. Kyiv has recently engaged in a concerted drive to entice leading global arms manufacturers to set up operations in Ukraine, part of a bid to diversify its reliance on weapons and ammunition given by its allies. «It is important that our solidarity with Ukraine is not only demonstrated in words but also in deeds,» NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, urging allies to do more.

BSE) achieved a historic milestone, surpassing a record of $4 trillion for the first time in today's trade. Indian stocks began today's session on a positive note following dovish statements from U.S. Fed Official Christopher Waller.

Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved that the central government will provide free grains to eligible citizens under the public distribution scheme for another five years. The centre's intention to extend the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana was mentioned by Prime Minister Modi himself during his election rallies earlier this month. During an election rally in Durg on November 4, Chhattisgarh the Prime Minister had made the announcement of the decision to extend the free ration scheme.

Investing.com — U.S. stock futures rose Wednesday, after dovish comments from a top Federal Reserve official raised expectations that the U.S. central bank has ended its rate-hiking cycle.

persuading people to get tested is hard. People with HIV may experience no symptoms for years, and men are often reluctant to visit a clinic when they feel well. As for prevention, condoms work, but only when people use them, which many don’t.

THE STREET signs in Inner Mongolia, a region in northern China, are written in two languages. There are the blocky characters of Mandarin, the mother tongue of most Chinese. Then there is the vertically-written script of Mongolian, which is spoken by many people in the region.

New Delhi: COP27 (Conference of Parties) at Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian city, was scheduled to wrap up last year on 18 November after two-weeks of talks. Hard-fought negotiations, however, went down to the wire at the global climate conference attended by about 100 heads of State and over 190 countries, and when it eventually closed almost two days later, had a breakthrough to show—a loss and damage (L&D) fund— financial assistance for countries vulnerable to climate change impacts. It is not unusual for COP negotiations—the annual conference convened under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—to go into extra time.

2024 Duster marks the third generation of this SUV, known as a popular choice under the Dacia brand in European countries. In India, the Duster gained recognition when Renault introduced it for the first time in 2012. Although the SUV was discontinued in the Indian markets earlier this year, there are indications that it might stage a comeback in the next couple of years.