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El-Sissi says don't 'jump to conclusions' on Trump

"We have to distinguish between the rhetoric that takes place within presidential campaigns and the real and actual administration of a country after the inauguration," he said.




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Data | More than 50% Americans disapprove Joe Biden's work as President

Google search trends indicate that interest in Afghanistan peaked on August 15, the day Kabul fell. Following this, Biden's rating dropped below 50%




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Ukraine's Zelensky fires top security chief and prosecutor

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of the country’s security service and its prosecutor general, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments




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Delayed Asian Games rescheduled to start in September 2023

The Olympic Council of Asia on Tuesday confirmed the delayed games would be held from September 23 to October 8




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China summons U.S. envoy Nicholas Burns, warns America shall 'pay price' as Pelosi visits Taiwan

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Xie Feng “urgently summoned” the U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns late on August 2 night and lodged stern representations and strong protests over Nancy Pelosi’s visit




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Brazil's Bolsonaro tells Supreme Court election 'is over'

After a private meeting with Mr. Bolsonaro, the Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin said the conservative leader had said, "It is over. So, let’s look ahead.”




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Wholesale price rise at 4-month low of 1.3% in August

Vegetable prices down 10% from last August, but pulses, fruits, potatoes and onions remain in high inflation zone




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India's logistics cost will reduce to single-digit in 5 years: Gadkari




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Rupee falls 11 paise to close at 83.65 against U.S. dollar

According to exchange data, FIIs were net buyers in the capital markets as they purchased shares worth ₹404.42 crore on September 23




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ADB retains India's growth forecast at 7%; govt spending, agriculture to boost economy

The Indian economy grew 8.2% in the last fiscal (2023-24)




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GST Council sets up GoM on compensation cess; panel to submit report by December 31

In the GST regime, compensation cess at varied rates is levied on luxury, sin and demerit goods over and above the 28% tax




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FPIs inflow hit 9-month high of ₹57,359 cr in equities in September; surpasses ₹1 lakh cr mark

In the debt markets, FPIs infused ₹8,543 crore through the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) and ₹22,023 crore via the Fully Accessible Route (FRR) in September




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Fed Chair Powell says U.S. economy is in 'solid shape' with more rate cuts coming




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India’s forex kitty drops by $3.71 billion to $701.176 billion

In the previous reporting week, the reserves had jumped by $12.588 billion to an all-time high of $704.885 billion.




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36% surge in vegetable prices lifts September inflation to 9-month high

Retail inflation touches nine-month high of 5.5% in September




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Dearness Allowance hiked by 3% for Central Government employees ahead of Deepavali

The government had last hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners on March 8




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'India's growth rate among the shiniest parts of the world economy': Ajay Banga

A lot of that growth is in India, is driven by the domestic market as well, which actually is a healthy sign, in some ways, says World Bank president Ajay Banga




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China's economy grew 4.6% in July-September quarter, falling short of 5% target

The latest data show the world's second largest economy slowing from 4.7% annual growth in the previous quarter and falling short of the official target of “about 5%” growth for 2024,




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India wouldn't be fastest-growing economy if people hadn't utilized digital infrastructure: Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted that providing free digital access to the public, coupled with extensive campaigns and awareness programs in local languages, helped people across the country embrace technology




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Jet fuel sees 3.3% hike; commercial LPG rates rise by ₹62

This is the fourth straight monthly hike in commercial LPG prices; Commercial LPG now costs ₹1,754.50 per 19-kg cylinder in Mumbai, ₹1,911.50 in Kolkata and ₹1,964.50 in Chennai




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Singles' Day shopping festival loses its shine under China's lagging economy

The annual event named by the numeric form of its Nov. 11 date was started by e-commerce platform Alibaba, which offered attractive discounts to entice shoppers to spend big.




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Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur among 37 Ministers dropped from Modi Cabinet

37 Ministers have been dropped from the govt in PM Modi’s third term; eighteen of the dropped Ministers had lost the Lok Sabha elections



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Telangana Government aims to strengthen Govt schools in next 3 years

Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy directs officials to set up semi-residential schools and provide education up to the 3rd standard in Anganwadi centres




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Medical education was a business before NEET; PG seats sold for ₹8-13 crore: Nadda

Nadda emphasised that NEET was introduced to curb these malpractices and standardise the admission process




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IIT-Madras incubated Yotuh Energy raises ₹1.53-crore funding

The clean tech start-up specialises in electrifying vehicle refrigeration systems for mid-mile and last-mile cold chain logistics




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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology holds 33rd convocation; 3,508 undergraduate students, 644 postgraduate students, and 122 Ph.D. scholars receive degrees

45 students awarded gold medals for their academic performance




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Centre allows UPSC to perform Aadhaar-based authentication for candidates' verifications

The move assumes significance as the commission last month cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar