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Container Cargo ship in the ocean with Birds flying

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Sri Lanka may receive diesel and petrol from India

July 4, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The government of India may send fuel to the island country Sri Lanka again in the next few days as a help, said the Colombo-based sources. The financial crisis has risen in India’s southern neighbor country as forex reserves slummed drastically in the last couple of months. Lanka has received more than 400,000 tonnes […]

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Maharashtra Govt to Put Bullet Train Project on Fast Track

July 2, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The pending land acquisition process in Maharashtra will be one of the top priorities of the newly formed government in the state. The deadline for the ‘Bullet Train project’ was pushed back at least three years from 2023 to the end of 2026 due to the attitude of the Uddhav Thackeray government since 2019. […]

Indian Railways records the best Monthly Freight Loading of 125.50 MT in June-22

July 2, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Indian Railways has carried forward the momentum of the previous year in the year 2022-23 as well and has recorded the best Monthly freight loading of 125.50 MT in June’22. The incremental loading in June has been 12.72 MT i.e. growth of 11.28% over the previous best June figures achieved in 2021. With […]

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India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.7 billion in June-22

July 2, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said, “The country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 2.734 billion to USD 593.323 billion for the week ended June 24 on the back of a surge in the core currency assets.” In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined by USD 5.87 billion […]

Russia President Putin addresses participants in 9th Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions

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Putin discusses the global food market situation with Modi

July 2, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of India – Narendra Modi on Friday talked about the actions of several countries that led to global food problems. “Putin drew attention to the systemic mistakes made by several countries, which led to the disruption of free trade in food products and […]

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Government hikes the basic import tax on gold from 7.5% to 12.5%

July 1, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The price of Gold in the country may surge at a noticeable level, and the people of India may have to pay more to buy gold as the government has decided to impose more tax on the import of gold on Friday. “India has raised the import duty on gold to 15 percent from […]

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India delivers six tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan

July 1, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Unstable country at all stages – including its national politics Afghanistan has received a total of six tons of essential medicines from India. External Affairs (MEA) Ministry of India on Thursday said “India supplied the seventh batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan consisting of six tons of essential medicines as a part of its […]

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New Wage Code: Employees to get a salary, FnF settlement in 2 days after the resignation

July 1, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The New Wage Code directs a company to pay the due salary and full and final settlement of wages within two days of the last working day of the employee. Most companies currently take 45 days to 60 days to process the full and final settlement. It is a common practice followed by most […]

SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 virus variants: alpha, beta, gamma, delta,

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Covid-19: India sees a massive hike in new cases, record over 18000 in 24 hrs

June 30, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: With more than 18000 new cases in 24 hours, The total active Covid cases crossed the one-lakh mark at 1,04,555 in the country. As per the latest updated data of the Union Health Ministry, India recorded 18,819 new Covid-19 cases and 39 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country has witnessed a jump […]

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NATO adopts a new Strategic Concept Against China and Russia

June 30, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: NATO considers Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its security. Moscow has been excluded from NATO partners, according to the Strategic Concept, adopted during the summit in Madrid. The bloc also intends to counter China, expand its partnership in the Asia Pacific Region and on the post-Soviet territory, and reinforce its defense capabilities. […]