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Hindustan Times Ranchi
Australia Hand Sri Lanka Their Worst Ever Test Defeat
Sri Lanka suffered their heaviest defeat in Test cricket history on Saturday as Australia flexed their muscles to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series with a crushing victory by an innings and 242 runs.
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February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Preparing the ground for next generation of reforms against global headwinds
By increasing access to agricultural credit and improving storage capacities, the PM Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana seeks to address key challenges in the farming sector and contribute to food security.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Trump's Greenland bid 'not a joke': Rubio
The top US diplomat said President Donald Trump's proposal to buy Greenland \"is not a joke\" because of the risk that China would station resources on the island that threaten American security and the importance of Arctic shipping lanes for energy exports.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Pakistan: 12 terrorists, 18 security personnel killed in Balochistan
At least 18 security personnel and 12 terrorists were killed during a clash between them in Pakistan's southwest troubled Balochistan province.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Lifesaving drugs exempted from full custom duty
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a full customs exemption for 36 lifesaving drugs to treat cancer, and other rare and chronic diseases, and approved a concessional customs duty of 5% for six other drugs—moves that experts hailed as steps that will increase accessibility to expensive advanced medicines for a larger section of patients.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A High-Class Budget for Middle-Class India
In a giant leap of faith, the finance minister has put over ₹1 lakh crore in the pockets of income tax paying Indians, betting on better compliance and more scrutiny for higher future revenues, and higher consumption and savings for growth
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Six smart themes that define Budget 2025-26
The finance minister's eighth budget has an internal consistency, which should help the government pursue and deliver on the targets in its focus areas
4 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Police Recover Key Maoist Documents After Encounter
The Chaibasa Police have found incriminating strategic documents and other materials after Wednesday's encounter, exposing the remaining top extremists of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) hiding inside the three forest divisions of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand, officials said on Thursday.
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Clad in Madhubani painted saree, Nirmala wins Mithila
Dulari Devi, a renowned Mithila painter from Bihar, had met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when the latter visited Madhubani last year and gifted her a saree with Madhubani painting, requesting her to wear it during her Budget speech.
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Hamas Frees 3 Hostages, Israeli Govt Releases Palestinian Prisoners
Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting.
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Oppn Decries Budget as 'Pro-Bihar', 'Anti-farmers'
The Opposition hit out at the Centre for failing to address the \"economic crisis\" and decried the Union Budget as a \"pro-Bihar\" budget.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
CM, NDA leaders belaud, Tejashwi belittles budget
Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu has secured benefits for his state upto ₹1 lakh crore. What has happened for Bihar's special package and special status? TEJASHWI YADAV, RJD leader and Bihar LoP
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Push for clean energy, critical minerals
Nuclear energy is expected to form a significant part of the energy mix for Viksit Bharat (developed India), Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Saturday, as she announced a ₹20,000 crore allocation for a programme for the research and development (R&D) of small modular reactors.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
German Doctor Convicted of Raping Patients
A German court on Friday handed a doctor a six-and-a-half-year jail term for raping female patients while carrying out colonoscopies.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Man killed in road rage incident, two arrested in Jamshedpur: Cops
A 27-year-old man was killed in a road rage attack by three car-borne people near Tinplate Company quarters under the Golmuri police station (PS) in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur city, police officials said on Saturday, adding that two people have been arrested in connection with the case.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Centre Unveils ₹1L-Cr Urban Challenge Fund, Revamped PM-Svanidhi
An urban challenge fund of ₹1 lakh crore to transform cities into \"growth hubs\"; ₹15,000 crore fund for SWAMIH 2.0 (special window for affordable and mid-income housing) to construct 100,000 \"stuck\" housing units; and enhanced bank loans and UPI-linked credit cards under the revamped PM SVANidhi (Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi) scheme—these were the major announcements made for the urban sector by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Saturday.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
UDIT NARAYAN JHA ON BACKLASH FOR KISSING FANS
After a video showing him kissing a fan on the lips sparked outrage online, the singer says this is how fans show love
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Defence Spending Hiked, Focus on Modernisation
A significant portion of the modernisation outlay in defence will be spent on buying weapons, systems and equipment
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bhutan Takes Lion's Share in Allocation for MEA in Budget
India's close partner Bhutan once again garnered the largest share of the government's external aid portfolio, with an outlay of ₹2,150 crore in the 2025-26 Budget, which also retained a ₹100 crore to develop Iran's Chabahar port.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
India Eye Women's U19 T20 WC Defence
Unbeaten so far in the tournament, a dominant India will start as overwhelming favourites to win their second consecutive title when they take on South Africa in the final of the Women's U19 T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Sky and Samson's form in focus as India take on England in fifth T20I dead rubber
The series already in their pocket, India would look to address their nagging batting woes against an England team gunning for revenge after feeling hard-done by a debatable concussion substitute when the two teams clash in the fifth and final T20 International here on Sunday.
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
₹15k-cr SWAMIH fund to help stalled projects
Experts said the fund will help middle-class families, who are juggling home loans and paying rent for alternative accommodation
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
8 Maoists Killed In Gunfight With Security Forces In C'garh's Bijapur
Bijapur: Eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police officials said.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Job creation, infra development steps on anvil for poll-bound Bihar
With an eye on the Bihar polls due later this year, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced measures for job creation and infrastructure development including green-field airports.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Poll Vault: 'Special' budget boost to Bihar, Nitish govt
The Union budget 2025 has left the NDA leaders in poll-bound Bihar upbeat as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced state-centric projects.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
DGGI busts ₹150 cr input tax credit scam in Dhanbad
THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH RAID BY THE JAMSHEDPUR REGIONAL BUREAU, WHICH HAS COVERED ENTIRE JHARKHAND IN THE PAST 15 DAYS, BUSTING GST SCAMS WORTH OVER ₹400 CRORE AND LEADING TO A TAX LOSS OF OVER ₹100 CRORE
2 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
UDAN Scheme To Add 120 New Destinations In The Next 10 Yrs
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that the government will launch a modified version of its regional connectivity scheme, UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik), which will set out to connect 120 new destinations over the next decade.
1 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Agriculture budget is big on strategic Vision
The chief economic adviser termed agriculture \"the sector of the future\" at the release of the Economic Survey 2024-25.
3 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A Highwire Walk That Must Balance Between Economic Growth and People's Welfare Needs
As India approaches the close of FY24-25, the economy finds itself at a crossroads.
4 min |
February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
New tax regime, TDS relief on house rents make people upbeat
THE TAX PROFESSIONAL SAID THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS, HAVING ANNUAL INCOME BELOW THE TAXABLE BAR, WOULD HAVE THE REASON TO FEEL GOOD
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