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						The civic organisation has cleaned more than 11,000 rubbish susceptible locations, according to Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi, and is spraying for larvae in every ward.<br />
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						With G-20 events being held across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that historically there was a certain reluctance to think beyond Delhi for hosting national and international meets. The Prime Minister was responding to a question on the democratisation of G-20, which is being held in India this year. Events have been held in multiple cities across the country, such as Kashmir, a departure from an earlier tradition of holding such events in one or two major cities of the country. &ldquo;This may have been due to convenience or lack of confidence in the people. We have also seen how even the visits of foreign leaders would be restricted to mainly the national capital or a couple of other places,&rdquo; said Narendra Modi.</div>
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					Jio Financial Services (JFS) will be removed from the NSE Indices including the Nifty 50 from September 7, National Stock Exchange said in a press release. &quot;In accordance with the index methodology, as JIOFIN has not hit price band on two consecutive trading days on September 4, 2023 and September 5, 2023 at NSE, the Index Maintenance Sub-Committee (Equity) has decided to exclude JIOFIN from various indices effective from September 7, 2023 (close of September 6, 2023),&quot; the press release stated on September 5. If Jio Financial Services hits the price band on September 6, the exclusion shall</div>
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				On September 5, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das emphasized the importance of a forward-looking monetary policy approach. He cautioned against relying solely on past data, as such a rear-view mirror perspective can potentially result in unintended consequences. In response to the ongoing challenge of elevated inflation over recent years, the RBI has undertaken significant measures. Since May 2022, the central bank has raised the repo rate by 250 basis points in its efforts to combat inflation.</div>
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			The Narendra Modi-led government is likely to bring a resolution for changing India&#39;s official name to &#39;Bharat&#39; during the special session of Parliament, scheduled from September 18-22. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also confirmed that the official G20 dinner invitations from the Indian President have been sent under the name of &#39;President of Bharat&#39; instead of the usual &#39;President of India&#39;. Multiple BJP leaders including Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday came out in support of the renaming the country &#39;Bharat&#39;. Our country is &#39;Bharat&#39;, there should be no doubt about this. Congress has a problem with everything,&quot; said Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on the debate over the word &#39;India&#39;. Bollywood&#39;s Big B, Amitabh Bachchan, on Tuesday caught attention after he wrote &quot;Bharat mata ki jai&quot; in a post on X (formerly Twitter) amid the ongoing controversy over renaming India as &#39;Bharat&#39;. Meanwhile, Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag also batted for using the name &#39;Bharat&#39; on team India&#39;s jersey. In a post on X, he posted, &quot;Team India nahin #TeamBharat. This World Cup as we cheer for Kohli , Rohit, Bumrah, Jaddu, may we have Bharat in our hearts and the players wear jersey which has &#39;Bharat.&quot;</div>
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		The CBI has arrested an Executive Director of GAIL in connection with the alleged Rs 50 lakh bribery case in which money changed hands to favour some contractors in the gas pipeline projects, officials said Tuesday. Along with Executive Director (Projects) K B Singh of GAIL, four others have also been arrested, including Director of Vadodara-based Advance Infrastructures Surender Kumar, they said. It is alleged that the bribe was paid for favouring the company in two GAIL pipeline projects &ndash; Srikakulam to Angul and Vijaypur to Auraiya. The CBI had received input about the bribe exchange following which, it launched an operation on Monday and made the arrests, they said.</div>
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	The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian squad for the upcoming World Cup. The squad is as follows: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav</div>
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An average voter turnout of 18.71 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of polling on Tuesday in the by-elections to Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Tripura&#39;s Sepahijala district, an EC official said. Polling began at 7 a.m. in 59 booths in Dhanpur assembly constituency and 51 in Boxanagar, and is scheduled to continue till 4 p.m. &quot;Polling began in two assembly constituencies peacefully. I appeal to the voters to come out and exercise their democratic rights. I also urge the people to maintain peace during the polling and repeat the precedent of peaceful voting like of last assembly elections,&quot; Chief Minister Manik Saha said in a Facebook post.<br />
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Aditya-L1 successfully undergoes the second earth-bound manoeuvre: Isro

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	Aditya-L1, the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun underwent the second earth-bound manoeuvre successfully, during the early hours on Tuesday, Isro said.</p>
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	Isro&#39;s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) carried out the operation. &quot;The second Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISTRAC/Isro&#39;s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation. The new orbit attained is 282 km x 40225 km,&quot; Isro said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).</p>

G20 Summit: De-watering trucks to be used to prevent waterlogging in Delhi

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	Four heavy-duty mobile de-watering trucks, borrowed from Ahmedabad, have been deployed at ITPO and Raj Ghat areas to avert any waterlogging or flooding-related eventuality, arising out of heavy rains in the national capital during the upcoming G-20 Summit, according to an official statement issued by the Lieutenant Governor (LG) office on Monday.</p>
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	These vehicles equipped with high-capacity suction pumps have been brought in by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) to deal with any contingency like the one recently, where the area in and around the Raj Ghat and ITPO were submerged after heavy rains, it added.</p>

Voting begins in six states for seven assembly seats including UP, Kerala

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	Voting for the bye-elections to the seven assembly constituencies of six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tripura, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, started on Tuesday at 7 am.</p>
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	Notably, this is the first election between the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition bloc&#39;s newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Voting for bye-elections is being held for Kerala&#39;s Puthupally, Dhupguri seat in West Bengal&#39;s Jalpaiguri, Dumri in Jharkhand and Uttarkhand&#39;s Bageshwar, and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura.</p>

Delhi Govt issues Gazette notification of the Restrictions to be imposed during G20 meeting

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		Delhi Govt issues Gazette notification of the Restrictions to be imposed during G20 meeting<br />
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		- All types of goods vehicles, commercial vehicles, interstate buses and local city buses shall not operate on Mathura Road (beyond Ashram Chowk), Bhairon Road, Purana Quila Road and&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/Urn8Ix9hMD">pic.twitter.com/Urn8Ix9hMD</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1699096108637864390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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BJP should tell people about the agenda of this special Parl session: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi

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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | After the INDIA alliance&#39;s meeting at the residence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi says, &quot;...Why has this special session of Parliament been called? There has been no explanation from the Centre yet...Our demand is that the BJP should show&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/0tn8LF4qOM">pic.twitter.com/0tn8LF4qOM</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1699088372638343192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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IT Dept has processed about 88% of verified ITRs for AY 2023-24 as on Sept 5

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	With over 6 crore of verified ITRs processed, the Income Tax Department has processed about 88% of the verified ITRs for AY 2023-24 as on 05.09.2023. More than 2.45 crore refunds for AY 2023-24 issued: Central Board of Direct Taxes</div>
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Stone pelting on BJP's Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Neemuch was reported earlier this evening

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	Madhya Pradesh BJP president VD Sharma says, &quot;...I have received information that stones were pelted on the yatra by Congress goons from the hills and behind trees. This is not only unfortunate or condemnable but it is also a serious crime. Congress is nervous about the immense public support we are getting...They have attacked the yatra in a planned manner. They will not be spared...Vehicles were damaged (in the stone pelting)...Our &#39;Rath&#39; was damaged...&quot;</div>
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PM Modi interacted with the winners of the National Teachers’ Award 2023 on 4th September, at 7 LKM in Delhi.

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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the winners of the National Teachers&rsquo; Award 2023 on 4th September, at 7 LKM in Delhi. <a href="https://t.co/ZbEzeP6gt9">pic.twitter.com/ZbEzeP6gt9</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1699069827074466194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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	Himachal Pradesh is now open for tourists with hoteliers in prominent travel destinations of the state offering lucrative discounts, officials said on Tuesday. Flight services of Alliance Air from Delhi to Shimla and further from Shimla to Dharamshala have been resumed, they added.</div>
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India Post and Shiprocket partner to strengthen e-commerce export ecosystem

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	Department of Posts, as part of its ongoing initiatives to create an export ecosystem for e-commerce in the country, entered into an agreement with Bigfoot Retail Solution Pvt Ltd (Shiprocket), one of the leading e-commerce enablement platforms.</div>
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President Droupadi Murmu confers the National Teachers' Award 2023 to 75 selected awardees

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	President Droupadi Murmu said, &quot;When teachers appreciate or encourage or punish, students remember everything. If they are punished to improve them, students realise it with time. So, I believe that giving them love is more important than giving them education...Our Education Policy gives priority to connecting with Indian culture and pride.&quot;</div>
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2,000 bottles of banned cough syrup seized in West Bengal, three arrested

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	Around 2,000 bottles of banned cough syrup Phensedyl were seized and three people were arrested on Tuesday in West Bengal&#39;s Nadia district which borders Bangladesh, police said.</div>
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Delhi is not shut, just small part of NDMC area to have restrictions during G-20 Summit, says Police

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		IMPORTANT INFORMATION<br />
		Don&#39;t believe in rumours!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/G20Summit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#G20Summit</a> <a href="https://t.co/bLbopi5azh">pic.twitter.com/bLbopi5azh</a></p>
	&mdash; Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/DelhiPolice/status/1698943422135210468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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International Media Centre stands ready ahead of G20 Summit

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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi: International Media Centre at ITPO Complex for G20 Summit. <a href="https://t.co/mBAGvL6u0W">pic.twitter.com/mBAGvL6u0W</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1698985852184215736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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CBI arrests GAIL Exec Director KB Singh, 4 others in bribery case

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	The CBI has arrested an Executive Director of GAIL in connection with the alleged Rs 50 lakh bribery case in which money changed hands to favour some contractors in the gas pipeline projects, officials said Tuesday. Along with Executive Director (Projects) K B Singh of GAIL, four others have also been arrested, including Director of Vadodara-based Advance Infrastructures Surender Kumar, they said. It is alleged that the bribe was paid for favouring the company in two GAIL pipeline projects &ndash; Srikakulam to Angul and Vijaypur to Auraiya. The CBI had received input about the bribe exchange following which, it launched an operation on Monday and made the arrests, they said.</div>

India a priority market with limitless possibilities: Meta India head

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	Meta sees India as a &quot;priority market&quot; with &quot;limitless&quot; possibilities buoyed by macroeconomic growth, digital infrastructure and the popularity of its apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the social media giant&#39;s India head Sandhya Devanathan said.</p>
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	In an interview with PTI, Devanathan, who took over the leadership role in January this year, said India&#39;s new Digital Personal Data Protection legislation has provided a framework and clarity for tech companies and marks a &quot;great step in balancing user protection with innovation&quot;. Meta, she emphasised, &quot;welcomes constructive regulations&quot;, and will wait to see the detailed rules.</p>

India on track to become solid global player due to strong financial regulations, say experts

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	India is on the path to become a solid global player due to robust financial regulations, financial experts, including RBI Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao, have said.</p>
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	The RBI Deputy Governor said India was in a &quot;sweet spot&quot; to grow robustly, despite global turmoil and monsoon risks to growth, and to do so, developing credit markets was essential.</p>

Jharkhand: 11.40% voter turnout till 9 am in Dumri assembly bypoll

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	Over 11 per cent of 2.98 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the by-election to Dumri assembly seat in Jharkhand, an official said.</p>
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	The polling is underway peacefully across the constituency, and the turnout is recorded at 11.40 per cent in the first two hours of voting, he said.</p>

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