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Latest LIVE: Subsidised electricity in Delhi stops from today, says Atishi

From today, the subsidized electricity given to the people of Delhi will be stopped. This means from tomorrow, the subsidized bills will not be given. This subsidy is stopped because AAP govt has taken the decision to continue subsidy for the coming year, but that file is with Delhi LG and till the file doesn't come back, AAP govt cannot release the subsidised bill, said Delhi Minister Atishi.

The hospitalisation rate due to COVID-19 remains low in the national capital despite a recent spurt in cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. Delhi recorded 1,527 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 27.77 on Thursday, according to data shared by the city government's Health department.

Former BJP leader & former Karnataka Deputy CM Laxman Savadi has joined Congress today, says State Congress president DK Shivakumar, in Bengaluru. Laxman Savadi on April 12 resigned as Legislative Council member & from the primary membership of the BJP after losing the Athani constituency ticket

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HCL Tech lays off over 300 employees working on Microsoft news products

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CLOSING BELL: Sensex closes 450 points higher, above 60,500 levels

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Live blog begin on today's market stretegy

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the people at the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Gauhati High Court.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the people at the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Gauhati High Court. "Gauhati High Court has completed 75 years at the time when our country will also complete 75 years of independence. This is a unique HC, it has most jurisdiction. This HC controls other States apart from Assam, " he said.

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Private Equity inflow in real estate stable at $4.2 bn in FY23: Anarock

Private equity investment in real estate remained stable in the last fiscal at USD 4.2 billion, of which 22 per cent contribution came from domestic investors, according to Anarock.

Delhi-NCR market received 32 per cent of the total investment, while office assets garnered 40 per cent of inflows.

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New Delhi-based NTPC will likely award construction orders for about 4.5 gigawatts of coal

New Delhi-based NTPC will likely award construction orders for about 4.5 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity during the fiscal year that began this month, according to an official aware of the plans, who asked not be named before a final decision is made. The projects will be built across three sites where the utility already runs power plants.

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Paint biz goes off-colour, likely to see a fresh coat of downside in demand

Real estate consultant Anarock's arm Anarock Capital in its report FLUX has tracked capital flows in the sector during 2022-23 financial year ended March

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NTPC to build more coal plants this year to meet soaring power demand

The projects underscore how even as India sets ambitious long-term decarbonization targets, in the near term it will continue to rely on the dirtiest fossil fuel to meet rapidly growing power demand

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Punjab's ex-CM Channi summoned to appear before Vigilance Bureau today

Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has been asked to appear before the Vigilance Bureau on Friday (April 14) for questioning in a disproportionate assets case, state Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said.

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Russian court fines Wikipedia for article about Ukraine war

A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the latest in a series of government moves to silence objective reporting or criticism of the war and restrict the Russian public's access to information.

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Govt implementing measures to promote public transport: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Ecology and environment are the highest priority of the Union Government.

 

He said that the government is considering many options to curb pollution and accordingly is working on various projects on a war footing.

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Indian banking system remains insulated: RBI Guv amid US banks crisis

India's financial system remains "completely" insulated from the recent developments in the US and Switzerland, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, asserting that the country's banking system is resilient, stable and healthy.

 

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told a press conference here on Thursday that at the global level, the recent developments in the banking system in the US and in Switzerland, have once again, brought into focus the importance of financial stability and banking sector stability.

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A symbol of knowledge and prodigy: President Murmu greets countrymen on Ambedkar Jayanti

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday extended her greetings on the occasion of the 132nd birth anniversary of Dalit icon and the father of the Constitution, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Taking to Twitter, Murmu said, "I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens on the occasion of the Birth Anniversary of the architect of our Constitution, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar."

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PM Modi pays tribute to architect of India's Constitution Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a social reformer, economist, jurist and the architect of India's Constitution, on his birth anniversary.

He dedicated his life to the empowerment of the deprived and the exploited sections of society, Modi tweeted, posting an audio clip of his earlier remarks on Ambedkar's life.
 

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