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The G20 summit saw the announcement of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), an infrastructure project to connect India to Europe via West Asia. On Monday, India and Saudi Arabia signed eight agreements to boost cooperation in a range of areas from energy to security.
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“Hi dear friend, you can check charts for each player from the list for 11 June. Kick off time is at 20.30.”
This is an exchange between the Indian football team coach Igor Stimac and Bhupesh Sharma, an astrologer. The “list” Stimac referred to had the names of the probable 11 for the Asian Cup qualifier. There are close to 100 messages, purportedly exchanged between Stimac and Sharma. And what’s more, Sharma runs a sizable contract with the All India Football Federation. Here’s what The Indian Express has learnt, and the questions it raises.
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After being held back for a year, the country’s top annual science prize, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards, that have celebrated and nurtured the best science talent under 45, were announced Monday.
The Centre wants to amend the TRAI Act, 1997, and lay down specific requirements to enable senior corporate executives to become the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The move is expected to open up key regulatory posts to the private sector.
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There is a silent revolution unfolding in the heart of Jharkhand’s Dumka district. Thousands of women here, who could not previously read or write are finally finding their voice, thanks to a pretty remarkable adult literacy program that has already touched 13,000 lives and counting. Read more about it.
August was a great month to be an equity mutual fund investor. Inflows in India’s equity mutual funds nearly tripled last month. Here’s some more good news: This higher allocation to equity schemes is likely to continue, driven by the prospects of better economic growth in India amid the global slowdown and risk-on sentiments of investors. What’s behind this surge? We explain.
In our opinion section today, Sanjay Srivastava writes on nationalism in the age of ‘Sanatan Dharma’: “Nehru is easy to criticise for being “alienated” from Indian lifeways but it is difficult to dismiss the philosopher Rahul Sankrityayan and the poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan.”
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Ahead of her big Netflix release, ‘Jaane Jaan’, Kareena Kapoor joined us for the latest edition of Express Adda! Check it out
Delhi Confidential: The BJP’s decision to appoint senior leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as party’s Thane region in-charge appears to have made the Shiv Sena Shinde camp a little nervous, as Thane is the stronghold of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
🎧 In today’s episode of the ‘3 things’ podcast, we take a look at why an IAS officer was punished after she managed to bring tap water to a remote village, why TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu has been arrested, and the threat that the cotton crop faces.
Until tomorrow,
Sonal Gupta and Rahel Philipose
First published on: 12-09-2023 at 08:20 IST
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