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The 123 Tejas fighters on order, including 83 improved Mark 1A fighters, will make the core of the aerospace industry in terms of budget and ecosystem.

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	Rajasthan unit BJP president Satish Poonia on Wednesday criticised the Ashok Gehlot-led government in the state and accused it of &quot;playing politics of appeasement&quot;. Addressing a rally during the party&#39;s Jan Aakrosh Yatra in Karauli, he said: &quot;Because of the appeasement politics of the Ashok Gehlot government, the majority members were targeted and harassed and stones were pelted on processions taken out on Hindu New Year and Ram Navami in Karauli. Surprisingly, the Congress government sat idle.&quot;</div>
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	G-20, under India&#39;s presidency, can make concrete progress on three critical areas: debt relief, regulations of cryptocurrency and climate finance, International Monetary Fund&#39;s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said. Gopinath, who is in India to participate in deliberations held as part of G-20, explained the three areas in a video posted on Twitter.</div>
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	External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres working together on G20, which is being led by India. Jaishankar tweeted after their meeting here on Wednesday that they &quot;exchanged views on working together during India&#39;s G20 Presidency&quot;.</div>
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	The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that he hopes that Covid-19 will no longer be a global health emergency sometime next year. Addressing a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO Covid-19 Emergency Committee will discuss next month the criteria for declaring an end to the Covid-19 emergency, Xinhua news agency reported.</div>

LIVE: India says air exercise in east not connected to China border clash

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Delhi records 6.4 deg Celsius temperature on Thursday morning

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	Air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the &#39;moderate&#39; category on Thursday, while the minimum temperature settled at 6.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season&#39;s average.</p>
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	The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 25 degrees Celsius, according to an India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin.</p>
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	According to the data by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 9 am stood at 196 (moderate category).</p>
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PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel on death anniversary

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	Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary and recalled his everlasting contribution to India.&nbsp;<br />
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	India&#39;s first home minister, Patel is credited for unifying the country by presiding over the merger of hundreds of princely states into the Union. He died on December 15, 1950.</p>
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	&quot;I pay homage to Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi and recall his everlasting contribution to India, especially in uniting our nation and giving impetus to all-round development,&quot; Modi tweeted.</p>
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		I pay homage to Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi and recall his everlasting contribution to India, especially in uniting our nation and giving impetus to all-round development.</p>
	&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1603227957568638976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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