🔍Looking at 2025, The Economy: Some positives, some concerns
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Looking at 2025, The Economy: Some positives, some concerns
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the slowing of Q2 growth is a “temporary blip”. But RBI has downgraded its GDP growth forecast for 2024-25 to 6.6% from 7.2% earlier.
🔍Explained: Alleged spy scandal in UK and the Chinese state agency involved
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Explained: Alleged Chinese spy scandal in UK, with links to Prince Andrew
The Chinese businessman had close ties with Prince Andrew. He is suspected to be working for China’s United Front Work Department, which Xi Jinping has described as one of the “magic weapons” of the Chinese state.
🔍Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?
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Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?
Taking note of social media posts and a complaint related to suspicious financials and disclosures by Bharat Global Developers Ltd, SEBI started a probe. Here's what happened after.
🔍Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?
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Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?
Taking note of social media posts and a complaint related to suspicious financials and disclosures by Bharat Global Developers Ltd, SEBI started a probe. Here's what happened after.
🔍Why do we have Christmas trees?
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Why do we have Christmas trees?
There is no dearth of legends about the emergence of the Christmas tree. One of the most popular ones is that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, was the first person to decorate a pine tree for the holiday
🔍From Bose landing to BelugaXL, looking back at Kolkata airport’s 100-year journey
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From Bose landing to BelugaXL, looking back at Kolkata airport’s 100-year journey
With connections to 64 destinations, including 15 international hubs, the airport serves as a vital gateway, facilitating trade, tourism, and the movement of people.
🔍How Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25
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How Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25
Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. But early Christians did not celebrate his birth, and no one knows on which date Jesus was actually born
🔍Why Trump wants to buy Greenland, and why he is not alone in this
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Why Trump wants to buy Greenland, and why he is not alone in this
Why is Greenland important for the US? When did the US last buy territories, and what efforts has it made in the past to acquire Greenland? We explain in three points.
🔍Explained: 6 Hong Kong activists against whom arrest warrants have been issued
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Explained: 6 Hong Kong activists against whom arrest warrants have been issued
A reward of $1 million Hong Kong dollars (around $130,000) has also been announced for information leading to arrests of activists based in the UK and Canada.
🔍Looking at 2025, Climate: Bleak forecast, adaptation way forward
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Looking at 2025, Climate: Bleak forecast, adaptation way forward
The hope of keeping global warming under the 1.5 degree Celsius limit is all but dead. The kind of emissions cuts required to keep this goal alive is unlikely to be achieved. But this is not the end of the world.
🔍The curious case of December: Why the 12th month is the roman words for 10
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The curious case of December: Why the 12th month is the roman word for 10
It is not just December, rather all months named after numericals — September (from septem meaning seven), October (octo meaning eight), November (from novem meaning nine) — that are nomenclaturally anachronistic. Why is that?
🔍PM Modi to lay foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa linking project: What is this plan, significance
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PM Modi lays foundation stone: What is the Ken-Betwa river linking project, environmental concerns around it
The Ken Betwa Link Project envisages transferring water from the Ken river to the Betwa river, both tributaries of the Yamuna. Here's why this was needed, who the project will help, and concerns about its impact on the Panna tiger reserve.
🔍With recent militant activity in Punjab, a look at key accused and their link to pro-Khalistan groups
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With recent militant activity in Punjab, a look at key accused and their link to pro-Khalistan groups
Many violent incidents in Punjab between January and October were attributed to gangsters but their nexus with militant groups is now out in the open.
🔍Explained: Why protesting farmers demand implementation of the Land Acquisition Act 2013
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Explained: Why protesting farmers demand implementation of the Land Acquisition Act 2013
The Land Acquisition Act 2013 came into force on January 1, 2014. If it is already in force, why are farmers protesting to demand its implementation?
🔍No-detention policy scrapped: How Punjab raised concerns over the policy years ago — and re-introduced board exams for class 5, 8 students
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No-detention policy scrapped: How Punjab raised concerns over it years ago — and re-introduced board exams for class 5, 8 students
In 2014, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal passed a resolution in Vidhan Sabha to restart board exams for class 5 and 8, saying it was keeping in view the “drastic fall in learning outcome levels” of the children.
🔍How Boxing Day became important in the sporting calendar
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How Boxing Day became important in the sporting calendar
The day after Christmas sees a pile-up of sporting fixtures, notably the Boxing Day Test at the MCG and a string of high-profile games in the English Premier League.
🔍Why land acquisition surrounding the Noida International Airport has been delayed
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All about the land acquisition surrounding the Noida International Airport in Jewar
The Noida International Airport, coming up at Jewar, will connect cities including Agra, Mathura and Gautam Buddh Nagar among others.
🔍Birth centenary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 5 defining aspects of his legacy
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Birth centenary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 5 defining aspects of his legacy
Vajpayee was a Member of Parliament for 47 years — he was elected 11 times to Lok Sabha, and twice to Rajya Sabha — and left behind an enduring legacy.
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