India has become most populous nation. But with fertility rate slowing, there are concerns that it may grow old before getting rich. The second part of the series explores demographic challenges

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Markets Today LIVE: With Wall Street, driven by the so-called Santa Clause rally, and Indian markets closing higher in the previous trading session, investors would be looking to continue the momentum

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed measures to regulate algorithmic (algo) trading by retail investors, introducing new checks and balances for stock brokers and exchanges. Currently, algo trading is dominated by instituti

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited announced two major energy projects in both traditional and renewable energy sectors

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Among the cases is a murder case filed against Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, his wife and senior party leaders in connection with the deaths of paramilitary soldiers

Bushra Bibi, wife of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, and supporters of Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attend a rally demanding his release, in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 26, 2024. Photo by Waseem Khan on Reuters

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GST Council addresses disaster levy, clarifies tax exemptions, and revises ITC norms, while deferring insurance premium GST cut and key rate rationalisation decisions

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Uttarakhand reported the highest number of forest fires this season, with incidents rising fourfold, according to government data.
Himachal Pradesh witnessed a 14-fold increase in forest fires compared to the previous season.
The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) - 2023, released on Saturday, showed that Uttarakhand recorded 5,351 forest fires in the last season (November 2022 to June 2023), ranking 13th among all states.
This season, the number surged to 21,033, making it the state with the most forest fires.
Himachal Pradesh, which recorded only 704 forest fires last season, saw the number rise sharply to 10,136 this season.
Odisha, which recorded 20,973 incidents this season against 33,461 last season, ranked second, followed by Chhattisgarh (18,950), Andhra Pradesh (18,174), Maharashtra (16,008), Madhya Pradesh (15,878) and Telangana (13,479).
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who released the report, said forest fires were the biggest problem confronting his ...

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"This is a national tragedy, violating the spirit of the Good & Simple Tax the GST was meant to be," says former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian

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Three scenarios culminated in mutual annihilation, with both the US and China engaging in a nuclear exchange that decimated cities and resulted in millions of casualties

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Initially, the petition was filed in the MP-MLA court, where it was dismissed. However, the petitioner pursued the matter by appealing to the District Judge Court

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Sops announced by several states in their 2024-25 Budgets may divert resources away from critical social and economic infrastructure development, an RBI article said on Tuesday.
The gross fiscal deficit as per cent of budget estimate moderated in April-September 2024-25 over H1:2023-24 in case of both Centre and states, primarily on account of robust receipts, deceleration in their revenue expenditure growth and decline in capital expenditure, the article published in December RBI Bulletin said.
This provides fiscal room to them to boost capex in the latter half of 2024-25 which would aid in sustaining the post pandemic gains in expenditure quality and support medium-term growth prospects.
However, several states have announced sops in their 2024-25 Budgets; such spending may divert resources away from critical social and economic infrastructure development, it said.
Many states, including Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand have announced sops including free electricity to

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Whether it's an uncontrollable crowd, sanitation, network issue or toiletries; indian music concerts of Bryan Adams, Dua Lipa, or Diljit Dosanjh have invited widespread backlash amid poor management

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The concept car was first unveiled at the 2023 Japan Mobility show where Lexus had said that it was the precursor for an EV scheduled for production in 2026

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The rating agency's arm said that India's recent consumer price inflation at around 5 per cent was without clear evidence of a trend towards slowing price pressures

Most GCCs in India support critical business goals by using AI, data analytics, robotic process automation, and cloud services

India ranked third globally in terms of funding raised by fintech companies, behind the US and China, the report said

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