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Top headlines: Q1FY21 GDP contracts 23.9%; Pranab Mukherjee passes away

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Ulubari flyover wears a deserted look during the weekend lockdown to curb Covid-19 spread, in Guwahati (PTI Photo)

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2 min read Last Updated : Aug 31 2020 | 8:18 PM IST

1. First economic contraction in 4 decades: India's GDP shrinks 23.9% in Q1, FY21

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 23.9 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2020-21 from that in the same quarter last financial year, showed official data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday. Read on...

2. Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at 84

Former President Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday in Delhi’s Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital, where he had been admitted a few days ago for a brain surgery. He was 84. Mukherjee had tested positive for

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