Assistant High Commission of India observes Hindi Diwas at Kandy, Sri Lanka

September 14, 2024 7:15 PM

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Assistant High Commission of India observes Hindi Diwas at Kandy, Sri Lanka

The Assistant High Commission of India at Kandy observed Hindi Diwas today. In addition, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, the cultural arm of the High Commission of India in Colombo observed the Hindi Day in Colombo on Friday. The event also witnessed completion of Hindi Course of 30 Sri Lanka Pol...

Presidential elections in Sri Lanka scheduled to be held next Saturday

September 14, 2024 7:04 PM

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Presidential elections in Sri Lanka scheduled to be held next Saturday

In Sri Lanka, the crucial presidential elections are scheduled to be held next Saturday. Over 17 million voters will decide the fate of 38 candidates who are in the fray.   With the campaign silence period of 72 hours before the polls fast approaching, the frontrunners have intensified their ca...

Met Dept predicts heavy rainfall in all southern districts of West Bengal

September 14, 2024 6:11 PM

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Met Dept predicts heavy rainfall in all southern districts of West Bengal

In West Bengal, the IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in all the southern districts of the state, including Kolkata, tomorrow. The deep depression over Gangetic West Bengal will move westwards towards Jharkhand and northern Chhattisgarh in the next 48 hours. The deep depression is expected to become ...

Moscow condemns American sanctions against Russian broadcaster RT

September 14, 2024 6:01 PM

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Moscow condemns American sanctions against Russian broadcaster RT

Moscow has condemned American sanctions against the Russian broadcaster RT. Addressing the BRICS media summit in Moscow today, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the new U.S. sanctions against RT and other Russian media outlets are a brazen act of aggression that should concer...

Domestic market jumps 2% in a volatile week

September 14, 2024 5:52 PM

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Domestic market jumps 2% in a volatile week

Erasing last week’s losses, domestic markets jumped 2 percent to hit a fresh record high in a volatile week, driven by positive global and domestic data. The Indian market rose on global rate-cut optimism, which provided an impetus worldwide. The European Central Bank lowered its deposit rate by 25 ...

Centre decides to reduce export duty on onions from 40% to 20%

September 14, 2024 9:31 PM

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Centre decides to reduce export duty on onions from 40% to 20%

The Central Government has decided to reduce the export duty on onions from 40 percent to 20 percent. In a social media post, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that this decision will directly benefit farmers and other onion-related sectors. He also mentio...