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Latest News, Live Updates Today July 23, 2024: Sri Lanka apologises for ‘forcing’ cremations of Muslim Covid victims

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Latest news on July 23, 2024: Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe. (Representational picture)
Latest news on July 23, 2024: Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe. (Representational picture)

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July 23, 2024 9:04 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: Budget aimed at Viksit Bharat dream, says Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai

  • Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai said that a clear glimpse of ‘Amritkal Vision - 2047’ is visible in the first budget of the Modi Government 3.0
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July 23, 2024 9:00 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Kamala Harris faces most brutal attack for being ‘childless’: ‘Becoming a step-parent to older teenagers…’

  • As Kamala Harris has taken over the limelight with Joe Biden's exit from the White House race, she has become the subject of trolling and racial abuse.
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July 23, 2024 9:00 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna granted conditional bail in sexual abuse case

  • The police have filed an FIR against him under IPC sections 377, 342, 506, and 34.
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July 23, 2024 8:57 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Changes in income, capital gain taxes, employment push: Key Budget 2024 highlights

  • The government increased the standard deduction from 50,000 to 75,000, providing tax relief to millions of taxpayers.
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July 23, 2024 8:52 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Budget: DoT allocated additional ₹38.76 cr for system to block spoof int’l calls

  • The finance minister, overall, allocated Rs.1.28 lakh crore to the telecom sector for telecom projects and public sector firms under the telecom ministry
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July 23, 2024 8:39 PM IST

India News Live Updates: 89 govt primary schools with zero enrolments, Himachal govt set to merge schools

  • Furthermore, there is zero enrolment in 10 government middle schools while 18 schools had only five students, Himachal CM said.
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July 23, 2024 8:30 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Haridwar: Schools to stay shut for a week from July 2 due to Kanwar Yatra

  • Magistrate announced that Government, non-government schools and Anganwadi centres from class 1 to 12 in the Haridwar district will remain closed for a week.
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July 23, 2024 8:18 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Union Budget: Centre cuts Census 2021 allocation to ₹1,309 crore

  • The Centre has repeatedly maintained that the decennial exercise has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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July 23, 2024 8:18 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after Trump's assassination attempt, ‘I take full…’

  • Her resignation comes a day after appeared before a congressional committee and was berated by hours by both Democrats and Republicans for the security failures
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July 23, 2024 8:17 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns after assassination attempt against Trump

  • Secret Service boss Kimberly Cheatle is stepping down from her job, according to an email she sent to staff, following the assassination attempt against Trump.
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July 23, 2024 8:00 PM IST

Cities Live Updates: Bengaluru to get its first Doppler radar by this year for better weather forecasting

  • The radar will have an operational range of 250 km and will be installed in Bengaluru this year.
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July 23, 2024 7:48 PM IST

India News Live Updates: BJD terms Budget as ‘anti-Odisha’; 9 MLAs stage walk out during FM’s speech

  • Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd and the Hotel & Restaurant Association of Odisha expressed happiness for the budgetary announcement on priority to the state’s tourism sector
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July 23, 2024 7:44 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Opposition slams Budget, Rahul Gandhi calls it ‘Kursi Bachao’ exercise

  • Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called the Budget disappointing, saying the distribution is not need-based but only to save the chair
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July 23, 2024 7:37 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Tripura: BJP wins 70 per cent panchayat seats uncontested

  • BJP won 4,805 seats out of the total 6,889 seats uncontested, said the State Election Commission
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July 23, 2024 7:36 PM IST

India News Live Updates: Budget pushes urban sector reforms, but lacks plans for implementation: Experts

  • Experts emphasised the need for specific frameworks, funding mechanisms, and timelines for the urban sector reforms
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