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All India contest for authors to promote book culture

The Ministry of Education is conducting an All India Contest for authors under the Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors (PM-YUVA 3.0). A total of 50 authors will be selected through the contest being conducted at the My Gov website till the 10th of April. This scheme aims to promote r...

March 12, 2025 9:32 PM March 12, 2025 9:32 PM

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India, Mauritius decide to elevate ties to Enhanced Strategic Partnership

India and Mauritius elevated their ties to an 'enhanced strategic partnership' and inked eight pacts to boost cooperation in several sectors, including maritime security, and promote trade in local currencies. The decision was taken during delegation-level talks held today between Prime Minister Nar...

March 12, 2025 9:42 PM March 12, 2025 9:42 PM

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BJP sweeps Haryana local bodies elections by winning 9 of 10 mayoral posts

    Bharatiya Janata Party registered a big victory in the election of Mayor, President, and Ward members of various Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Municipalities of Haryana today. The BJP won polls for nine of the ten mayoral positions, including in Gurugram and Rohtak. BJP candida...

March 12, 2025 8:14 PM March 12, 2025 8:14 PM

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Oil prices show upward trend despite fear of recession

Despite recession fears and tariff concerns, oil prices continued to show an upward trend, in International markets. Brent Crude was trading over one percent up at 70 dollars and 20 cents per barrel. WTI Crude was also trading over 1.1 percent up at 66 dollars and 99 cents per barrel when reports la...

March 12, 2025 8:12 PM March 12, 2025 8:12 PM

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US stock markets remained under pressure

    After the steep fall on Monday, US stock markets stayed under pressure on Tuesday. The day started off on a negative note, as investors reacted to President Trump's fresh threats of doubling tariff to 50 percent on imports of steel and aluminium from Canada in response to Ontario's 25 percent ta...

March 12, 2025 8:09 PM March 12, 2025 8:09 PM

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Rupee strengthens, settles at 87.19 Rs against US dollar

In the Forex market, the rupee today strengthened by two paise to settle at 87 rupees and 19 paise against the US dollar. The dollar index, which indicates US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies was at 103.62 in intra-day trade .

March 12, 2025 8:06 PM March 12, 2025 8:06 PM

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Industrial Production rises by 5 % in January 2025

  India’s industrial production growth, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rose to 5  percent in January as compared to 3.2 percent in December, according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Among the three major components of IIP, manuf...

March 12, 2025 7:45 PM March 12, 2025 7:45 PM

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Asian markets remain stable despite fall across Wall Street

Asian markets were relatively stable and ended mixed despite the overnight fall across Wall Street. Among the falling markets, China's Shanghai Composite index fell 0.23 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.76 percent. However, Japan's Nikkei index rose 0.07 percent, the Straits Times Index of S...

March 12, 2025 7:40 PM March 12, 2025 7:40 PM

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ODI ranking: Batsman Shubman Gill retains top position

Several star performers of the Indian Men's Cricket team have made giant strides on the latest ODI rankings after India's ICC Champions Trophy 2025 triumph with notable gains for Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja. India lifted their third Champions Trophy title with a thrilling four-wi...

March 12, 2025 7:32 PM March 12, 2025 7:32 PM

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India always at forefront in helping neighbours say LS Speaker Om Birla

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today emphasized that India is always at the forefront of offering help to neighboring countries, especially during disasters. Mr Birla made these remarks during a bilateral meeting with a Parliamentary Delegation from Madagascar, led by the President of the National Assem...