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December 8, 2024 11:23 AM

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IAF’s Commanders’ Conference of Western Air Command concluded

A two-day Commanders' Conference of Western Air Command (WAC) of the Indian Air Force was concluded yesterday in New Delhi. During the conference, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), interacted with the WAC commanders and discussed the need to pursue training to ensure the capa...

December 8, 2024 8:21 AM

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IMD forecasts dense fog conditions likely to prevail in North-Eastern states

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted that dense fog conditions are likely to prevail during the late night and morning hours in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura today. Similar conditions are also predicted for Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Sikki...

December 8, 2024 7:47 AM

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No proposal to start new BRICS currency to compete with US dollar: S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar has said that there is no proposal to start a new currency to compete with the US dollar. Addressing the Doha Forum in Qatar’s capital, he said, BRICS countries have no intention of weakening the US dollar. Dr Jaishankar also stated that the BRICS nations d...

December 8, 2024 6:33 AM

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to embark on 3-day visit to Russia today

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a three-day visit to Russia beginning today. During the visit, the defence minister and his Russian counterpart, Andrey Belousov, will co-chair the 21st meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation ...

December 7, 2024 9:56 PM

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UPI enabled significant expansion of credit among underserved borrowers: Study

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which was launched in 2016, has transformed financial access in the country. According to a study titled Open Banking and Digital Payments: Implications for Credit Access, UPI has enabled nearly three hundred million individuals and around fifty million merchant...