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Rain Watch for Aug 1-7: Above-average showers, floods and landslide in few regions
Excess rainfall has led to multiple flooding and landslide incidents in northern and southern regions, resulting in loss of lives and property. Second half of monsoon season may see above normal rainfall
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How India Eats: Harsh weather continues to nudge up thali costs in July
Cost of non-veg thali rose slowly compared to veg thali, since the price of broiler, comprising more than 50 percent of the total, remained stable
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From MTR's journey to Dennis Woodside's time at Freshworks as CEO: Here are our top stories of the week
Plus, a peek into how Malabar Gold and Diamonds manages to keep sparkling, what chef Manish Mehrotra's exit from Indian Accent means for India's culinary world, and more
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Rain Watch for July 25-31: Monsoon progresses, reservoir storage levels are up
Sowing of rice is lagging slightly due to low rainfall in West Bengal. Coarse cereals, pulses and oilseeds sowing is still 3-14 percent higher year-on-year.
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Power Grid might execute energy interconnection projects in Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia worth up to Rs 40,000 crore
Ravindra Kumar Tyagi, in his first media interaction after becoming the chairman and managing director of the public-sector enterprise in January, also announced a capex outlay of around Rs 2 lakh crore by 2032
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MapMyIndia alleges Ola 'copied' data for Maps, slaps legal notice
Claims Ola breached the licence agreement signed in 2021, developed maps by caching and saving MapMyIndia's data, and co-mingling and reverse engineering the licensed product
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Budget 2024: Our top stories of the week
Read more about the Union Budget 2024 announcements and their detailed analysis
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In Pictures: Faster, higher, stronger, together
The world never ceases to hurry us. These photos - that sometimes contradict the motto of the Olympics, 'Faster, Higher, Stronger,' to which the word 'Together' was added by the Olympic committee in 2021 to recognise the importance of solidarity - resonate beyond its description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week
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SC finally says there will be no ReNEET, leaving students in a lurch
While activists and professors are disappointed with the verdict, students are considering taking a drop year as the current scores against inflated ranks won't guarantee an admission in their desired colleges
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Rain Watch for July 18-24: Disparity between regions widens, deficit in east
Excess rainfall in Tamil Nadu with 78 percent above LPA, Karnataka and Maharashtra with 25 percent surplus each, while Punjab (-43 percent), Haryana (-40 percent) and West Bengal (-10 percent) lag behind
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Budget 2024 is a quest for equitable growth: CRISIL
Continuity has been maintained on two key fronts--capex and fiscal consolidation--which bodes well for India's long-term growth prospects