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Delhi to get world’s largest museum

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Sensex trades higher on strong global cues

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Indian equity indices opened with gains on August 9, following positive global cues. At 9:33 a.m.,...

Indian companies hike CSR spending towards education to boost skilling

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: As the Government brings forward a new scheme requiring companies to use their Corporate Social Responsibility...

92,549 micro food processing firms get funds under Centre’s scheme

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has sanctioned financial support to as many as 92,549 micro...

LIC shares jump after healthy quarter earnings

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The shares of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) went up around 3 per cent...

Harman’s double strike, Sreejesh’s saves help India bag bronze, second in a row after 52 years

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace of goals as the Indian men's hockey team fought back...

Neeraj Chopra bags silver as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem sets new Olympic record

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra's hopes of winning a second successive gold medal to add to his first from...

Greening the atomic way

K Srinivasan FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech this year, has announced Government support for research and development...

Highly adapted microbes found in microwave ovens

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Microwave ovens harbour specialised communities of highly adapted microbes, according to a new study. This finding...

US Judge refuses to block Byju’s payment to India’s cricket board

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: A US judge refused to block a debt payment designed to free Byju’s from an insolvency...

Onion exports to Bangladesh resume after border reopens