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Cruising on the road less taken: Indian women are rewiring motorsport
As women open new doors everywhere, the gaps in motorsports - on and off the track - also stand exposed. An International Women's Day feature
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The road to 2047: Some thoughts for banking panel for Viksit Bharat
Issues the high-level committee can look into to prepare the Indian banking system for 2047
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T20 WC: IND vs ENG semifinal shatters record for most-streamed T20I match
The India-England contest generated 619 million views on JioHotstar, making it the most-streamed T20 International in history
India taps alternative crude oil supplies as West Asia conflict drags on
India imports about 88 per cent of its crude oil requirement, with roughly half of those supplies in February passing through the Strait of Hormuz
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Punjab govt announces ₹1,000 monthly aid for women, ₹1,500 for SC women
Providing monthly assistance of ₹1,000 per woman was a key poll promise of the ruling party before the 2022 Punjab assembly polls
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'Will work to strengthen party': Nitish Kumar's son Nishant joins JD(U)
Speculation is rife that Nishant will be made deputy CM in the new government
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PM Modi inaugurates India's 1st 'ring metro' in Delhi: Check route details
PM Modi launches two Delhi Metro corridors completing the capital's first ring metro while also laying foundation stones for new routes and housing projects worth thousands of crores
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Nearly 4 mn beneficiaries to get ₹9,000 next week: Himanta on Women's Day
The single-day transfer to women beneficiaries comes as the state gears up for Assembly elections, when the BJP-led government will seek a third straight term
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Odisha CM disburses ₹5,100 cr to over 10 mn women under Subhadra Yojana
An amount of ₹5,000 each was credited to the bank accounts of 10.2 million women, who have already received a similar amount in three instalments
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Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon, Iran hits Bahraini desalination plant
Israeli officials said the strikes targeted commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force
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Australia storm past India by 10 wickets in women's one-off pink ball Test
Australia earlier did the ground work for their victory, bowling out India for 149 in their second innings, and then scaled down a nominal target of 25 without any ado
Renewed search for missing MH370 yields no clues as families demand answers
An expensive multinational search failed to turn up any clues to its location, although debris washed ashore on the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands
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From planning to safety, women take on key roles at upcoming Noida airport
The airport, which recently received its aerodrome licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is expected to begin passenger services within the next one-and-a-half to two months
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Iran continues strikes on Arab states, global oil supply shock deepens
Iran's strikes continued even after its President Masoud Pezeshkian said he had instructed the military not to attack any nation that isn't striking the Islamic Republic
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22 Iranian sailors of IRIS Dena discharged from Sri Lankan hospital
They were admitted on Wednesday after the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena sank after being torpedoed by a US submarine off Galle on the island's southern coast
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Why Trump's plan to secure tankers in Strait of Hormuz may face hurdles
Trump has floated deploying Navy escorts for tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, but analysts say geography, Iranian military threats and limited naval resources pose challenges
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UAE says air defences intercepting missiles, drones launched from Iran
The military response follows a wave of aerial threats targeting the Gulf nation
Bank of England may be wary of looking past another energy price shock
Markets are all but ruling out a rate cut this month that had looked like a done deal prior to the war on Iran, and traders now put the chance of any easing at all this year at around 50-50
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'Every promise fulfilled': Punjab FM presents ₹2.60 trn budget for FY27
This is the last budget of the AAP government in Punjab before it goes to polls early 2027
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West Asia crisis, crude prices likely to steer stock markets this week
Besides, global market trends and trading activity of foreign investors would also drive investors' sentiment
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