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October 01, 2022

Kharge steps in, set to win with backing of Cong big guns

INTERNAL Congress elections took a dramatic turn on Friday with its veteran Dalit face Mallikarjun Kharge entering the race for the party's president on the last day of filing of nomination papers. He is 80 and has the support of top party stalwarts and the backing of the Gandhi family, making his victory in the October 17 election a foregone conclusion.

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Monsoon ends, 6% surplus rain: IMD

THE Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the southwest monsoon over India has officially ended with 6% excess rainfall, and the onset of northeast monsoon will begin around October 20. It is likely to be normal.

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US sanctions Indian firm for Iran oil deal

THE US has slapped sanctions against an Indian company, Tibalaji Petrochem Private Limted, along with others from the UAE and Hong Kong for selling Iranian petrochemicals to end users in South and East Asia.

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Dump old cars, get tax rebate on new ones: New govt offer

DELHIITES will soon get road tax concession if they buy new vehicles after scrapping old ones, with the Delhi government on Friday giving in-principle approval to the measure.

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MORE ON THE INTRICACIES OF POVERTY IN INDIA

Poverty is complex and cannot be captured only through a head count ratio and percentage of individuals who cannot afford that minimum consumption basket

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HIJAB PROTESTS AND THE IRONY OF MODESTY

THE irony of Iranian women agitating against the hijab and Indian schoolgirls insisting on wearing it has not gone unnoticed. It's no clash of civilisations, though both are insisting on the right to be left alone. The real irony is that Indian opinionators, who should know better due to historical influences, apparently don't get the picture, and Iranians on the net are politely asking them to leave Iran alone.

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Chavan endorses Kharge's seniority, track record

REFUTING the existence of the ginger group G-23, senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Pritviraj Chavan said that Shashi Tharoor's decision to contest for the post of Congress president was a unilateral one and he hadn't consulted the leaders before joining the race. Speaking to this paper, Chavan said, "After Tharoor made up his mind, he could have called up and discussed with us. We might have explored possibilities. If Tharoor had consulted us, I cant't say whether we would have accepted it or not, but... What we would have done is a matter of conjecture," said Chavan.

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Actors Ajay, Suriya, Aparna bask in Nat'l glory

President Murmu confers on Asha Parekh Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest recognition in Indian cinema

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Need to felicitate loyal workers to 'soothe resentment', says Abhishek

IN a bid to ease out disgruntlement among the loyal and old foot-soldiers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has issued a directive for organising get-together events in every block after Dussehra to felicitate the workers at the grassroots level.

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PM says new cities will fast-track India's growth path

Flags off a slew of projects, including Ahmedabad Metro & Vande Bharat Exp, while underlining need to continuously modernise cities

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Zelenskyy to accelerate Kyiv's bid to join NATO

KYIV UKRAINE'S president says his country is submitting an 'accelerated' application to join the NATO military alliance.

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PUTIN VOWS TO USE ANY MEANS TO DEFEND ANNEXED LANDS

The nuclear-backed threat comes as he signed treaty annexing four Ukrainian regions in biggest land grab since WW II

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Mkts gain about 2% despite repo rate hike

THE Reserve Bank of India's in-line monetary policy action brought a sigh of relief in Dalal Street.

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No stress fracture, but Bumrah's participation still not certain

FIRST, the good news. India are not yet ruling out Jasprit Bumrah's participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. His test results have ruled out a stress fracture as initially feared.

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