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1.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke Sunday to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and requested her to improve the supply of potatoes.
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2.Illegal sale of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and country liquor in and around Rourkela has become a cause of concern for the Excise department with unlicensed bars springing up in the dhabas and small eateries.
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4.The Uttar Pradesh government plans to train 30,000 youngsters as “surya mitras” to achieve its goal of having solar panels on the rooftop every house in the state.
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4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday released 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient and biofortified seed varieties of agricultural and horticultural crops, aiming to enhance farm productivity and farmers’ income.
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5. The BJP-led NDA is expected to achieve a clear majority in Rajya Sabha after bye-elections for 12 seats scheduled next month, which would help the party get the nod for key legislations such as the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
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6.Bangladesh’s interim government Sunday issued a stern warning to media organisations, stating that they will be shut down if they publish or broadcast false or misleading news, in a move aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation.
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7.Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) MD and CEO Siddhartha Mohanty has said that the corporation is looking to make fresh investments of around rs1.30 lakh crore in equities during the current financial year.
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8.Focused mutual funds, which invest in a concentrated portfolio of stocks, are gaining traction among investors with the asset base of the category growing to ` 1.43 lakh crore in three months ended June 2024, marking an increase of 31 per cent from a year ago.
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9. After infusing money during the last two months, foreign investors have turned net sellers as they pulled out over rs13,400 crore from Indian equities in August so far due to unwinding of the yen carry trade and recession fears in the US.
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10.A 30-year-old school van driver has been arrested for allegedly raping a nursery student here in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
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11.The historic 400-year-old Barapulla Bridge in Delhi's Nizamuddin area will be restored by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) within three months, Raj Niwas officials said on Sunday.
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12.Twelve passengers were injured when they jumped out of a slow-moving train in panic after some men operated a fire extinguisher and its fumes filled a coach near Uttar Pradesh's Bilpur on Sunday.
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13.Delhi's Dwarka Court recently acquitted a man of charges related to dowry death, citing benefits of the doubt. There is a long distance between "may be true" and "must be true", the court said in the judgement.
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14.A 40-year-old woman software engineer from Thane district in Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of rs 91.05 lakh in a share trading fraud, police said on Monday.
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15. India’s Paris Olympics campaign concluded as Reetika Hooda fell short in the wrestling quarterfinals, and golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar finished out of medal contention.