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Final stage of preparations for Interim Union Budget 2024 commences with Halwa Ceremony in North Block.

ION correspondentJanuary 25, 2024January 25, 2024

Updated, Jan. 24, 2024. 9.48 PM. The Halwa ceremony marking the final stage of the Budget preparation process for Interim Union Budget 2024, was held in North Block today....

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Over 1500 Farmers Invited to Witness Republic Day Parade and Receive Training on Government Schemes.

ION correspondentJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has invited over 1500 farmers to witness the 75th Republic Day Parade at Kartavya Path. These farmers are beneficiaries of various central...

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India overtakes Hong Kong as world’s fourth-largest stock market by market capitalisation.

ION correspondentJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024

Updated, Jan. 23, 2024. 9.56 PM. India’s stock market has overtaken Hong Kong to become the fourth-biggest equity market globally for the first time. As per data compiled by...

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Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur to be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously.

ION correspondentJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024

Updated, Jan. 23, 2024. 9.32 PM. Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously. The Rashtrapati Bhavan announced this in its communique. The announcement to...

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PM Modi takes part in Parakram Diwas celebrations at Red Fort in Delhi, commemorating the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

ION correspondentJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024

Updated, Jan. 23, 2024. 9.52 PM. On Parakram Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reiterated his government’s commitment to fulfilling Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ideals and building an India...

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‘Right now someone is being raped in a tunnel’; Knesset hears of Hamas sex crimes.

ION correspondentJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024

Aviva Siegel (L) and her daughter Shir testify at the Knesset caucus on victims of sexual and gender violence in the war, January 23, 2024 (Screen grab used in...

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Indian Navy keeps watch as Chinese vessel heads towards Maldives.

Deepak BoraJanuary 23, 2024January 23, 2024

File photo for representation of Indian Navy. This anticipated visit of the Chinese research vessel to the Maldives coincides with the efforts of the new Maldivian government, led by...

Narco-sub with $27m of ‘scorpion’ cocaine seized in Colombia.

ION correspondentJanuary 23, 2024January 23, 2024

The Colombian Navy showed off the haul of cocaine, including parcels stamped with a scorpion. A semi-submersible carrying almost 800kg of cocaine, including parcels stamped with a scorpion symbol,...

Health Top Stories World

Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout.

ION correspondentJanuary 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Eight-month-old Daniella, right, is the first Cameroonian child to get the jab. The world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to...

United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis arrives on a 5-day visit to India.

Deepak BoraJanuary 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Updated, Jan. 22, 2024. 11.24 AM. The President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Dennis Francis arrived in New Delhi this morning on a five-day...