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Vijay Hazare is very famous. His contributions to the sport and his remarkable innings are etched in memory. And now, a piece of his legacy is under threat as the iconic "Pushpakoot," once the residence of the late cricket legend in Vadodara, faces the prospect of demolition, a TOI report stated. Back in 1947-48, during India's first-ever tour of Australia, Hazare showcased his batting prowess by scoring an impressive 145 in the second innings, while six of his teammates failed to make any mark.

DuckDuckGo Gabriel Weinberg said in federal court. On Thursday, Weinberg spoke in court during the government's antitrust trial involving Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. The Department of Justice says that Google pays over $10 billion annually to other tech companies, phone manufacturers, and wireless service providers.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in eight months last week as the labor market continues to show strength in the face of elevated interest rates

Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls. Taking to X, Delhi Traffic Police said, "Today on dated 22.09.2023 DUSU election is to held in Delhi North Campus, Delhi University. Commuters are advised to avoid following route for their convenience: 1.

economic review for August published on Friday, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) said that the prices of selected food items that drove the inflation rate above 7 per cent in July are on the retreat. «The calibrated measures taken by the Government, including adjustments in the duties of many critical inputs and monetary policy tightening, helped to reduce core inflation,» the DEA said in its report. In its report, the department specified that the government's targeted measures for specific crops, including build-up of buffer, procurement from producing centres and subsidized distribution enabled easing of inflation in the country. Amid growing food inflation in major economies inter alia France, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and UK, India on the other hand saw a dip in its retail inflation. As of August, consumer food price inflation eased to 9.9 per cent from 11.5 per cent in July. Vegetable inflation, however, surged in both July and August due to various factors including a sudden price rise in tomatoes and other food items, due to crop specific and weather-related factors like rain deficiency in the country. Nonetheless, the average inflation during April-August 2023, was 5.6 per cent, which is within the RBI tolerance limit of 2-6 per cent. Meanwhile, the economy's outlook report highlighted that the monsoon deficit in August could impact both Kharif and Rabi crops which requires assessment.

In a tragic incident, a student of Class 9 in Lucknow died after he collapsed in his classroom due to suspected heart attack during lecture. Atif Siddiqui, 14, was a Class 9 student of City Montessori School in Lucknow's Aliganj.

India has begun work on an action plan to facilitate investment in the country’s startup sector that is likely to include scaling up of the seven-year-old Startup India initiative.As part of the plan, under discussion, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is also looking at developing indicators such as investments, number of startups in a sector and employment generation to track performance of startups.“The plan

Gulab Chand Kataria said that to incentivize the dedication of the police personnel, the department advised to introduce ranking of police stations in accordance with their performance for protecting the life and properties of the people of the state. Kataria held a briefing session of the Home and Political department and took stock of its activities in the conference hall of Raj Bhavan today. In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary Home and Political Niraj Verma gave a detailed presentation of the activities of the department in the presence of DGP G.P.Singh and senior officials of the department. Singh briefed on the activities and schemes that Assam Police is undertaking for the maintenance of law and order and expedite the development of the state. The Governor said that to incentivize the dedication of the police personnel, the department advised to introduce ranking of police stations in accordance with their performance for protecting the life and properties of the people of the state. He also advised the department to introduce the same for the Superintendents of Police (SPs) in the districts.

The Ministry of Health has made it possible for all NEET candidates – including those who scored as low as minus 40 marks – to be eligible for postgraduate seats. According to an update released by the government on Thursday afternoon, the qualifying percentile for post graduate courses has now been reduced to zero – down from 50 percentile and above. The National Eligibility Entrance Test (Postgraduate) – or NEET PG – is a qualifying and ranking examination in India, for students who wish to study various doctorate postgraduate and diploma courses, in government or private medical colleges in the country.

MUMBAI, NEW DELHI : Concerned about the decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) ahead of next year’s national elections, government officials met with alternative investment funds, startup founders and fund managers last week to identify and iron out operational challenges impeding capital inflows into India, people present in these meetings said. During the meeting with the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) officials, industry participants highlighted tax authorities’ reluctance to understand the valuation and revenue mismatch in high-growth startups.

(Reuters) — Many U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed «essential» would remain on the job, but without pay.

The founder of the small search engine company DuckDuckGo is testifying against Google in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter of a century

The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the country

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in eight months last week as the labor market continues to show strength in the face of elevated interest rates

Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences

By Leah Douglas

fuel emission, the West Bengal government has taken a decision to only use electric vehicles for all administrative functions. Even the vehicles taken on rent by the administration will also be electric vehicles only, as per a notification issued by the state Transport Department. The department has also drawn a rough estimate of the expenditure to be borne on this count. For the first 100 kilometers, the state government will bear a monthly expenditure of Rs 46,000 in the form of rent to the private agencies from where the car will be hired. After 100 kilometers, the rate will be Rs 8 for every extra kilometer.

Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC), state government has asked the Director General of police (DGP) to recover the arms and ammunition, looted by the attackers and miscreants during the ethnic riot from the armouries of security forces and the Churachandpur gun shop. Manipur government’s Commissioner (Home) T. Ranjit Singh in a most urgent letter to the DGP, Deputy Commissioners of all 16 districts, Secretaries of Rural Development, Education and Health Departments directed to take immediate necessary actions on the recommendations of the rights panel. After visiting various districts and relief camps including worst violence hit district Churachandpur MHRC headed by its Chairperson Justice Utpalendu Bikas Saha (retired) earlier this month in a letter to Manipur Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi made six point recommendations. According to various reports during the ethnic riots, which broke out on May 3, over 4,000 different types of sophisticated arms and lakhs of different kinds of ammunition were looted from the police stations and police outposts by the mobs, attackers and militants. Inspector General of Police (Operations) I.K.

retail market were up 1% month-on-month and 2.7% on year at ₹43.3 a kg. All-India wholesale prices were at ₹4,055 a quintal, an increase of 1% month-on-month and 3.4% on year, as per data frm the price monitoring division of consumer affairs department.

By Lucia Mutikani

Ministry of Home Affairs has conducted a special campaign for reducing pending matters, including «swachhta» drives, on a monthly basis from November 2022 to August 2023. A total of 3,438 «swachhta» (cleanliness) campaigns have been conducted at various sites by the ministry with a special focus on field and outstation offices having public interface, according to an official release. During the period, 632 references by Members of Parliament, 37 parliamentary assurances, six cabinet proposals, 213 state government references and 47 PMO references were disposed of. Also, a total of 38,550 public grievances received between November 2022 and August 2023 have been disposed of by the ministry, the release said. A total of 25,504 sq.