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Economy and Finance

IMF commends India’s economic resilience and growth amid global challenges, projects 6.3% growth in 2023-24

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The current account deficit is anticipated to improve to 1.8 per cent of GDP in FY2023/24, supported by resilient services exports and lower oil import costs.
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Probe in phone snatching case leads to sextortion racket: Zubair among 2 arrested, police reveal they earned Rs 2.8 crores by blackmailing victims

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The two accused Zubair Khan (19) and Waseem (21) were arrested by Gurgaon Police in a phone snatching case, which in turn led to the busting of a sextortion racket.
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The Philippines, Brazil, and Egypt show interest in the Akash air defence missile system after Armenia’s order

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The Akash missile is a DRDO-developed system and has been in service for over a decade now with multiple advanced versions of the missile under development by the Akash Team.
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World

Attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in the Red Sea likely to drive up oil prices

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The immediate consequence has already started to reflect in the form of a surge in the insurance costs for vessels transiting through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
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Kharge’s name proposed as PM candidate in INDI alliance meet, deadline set for seat-sharing talks set to December 31: Details

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Mallikarjun Kharge's name was proposed as PM face in INDI meeting, but he reportedly rejected it saying the alliance should focus on winning first.
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Crime

Ahmednagar: Zeeshan sexually assaults 17-year-old with the help of a female friend, uses intimate photos to blackmail

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As per the FIR copy obtained by OpIndia, the incident is said to have come to the fore on 14th December 2023 after the victim called her mother and informed her that she was being blackmailed.
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Delhi riots: Mustaqueem, who shot and killed Rahul Solanki denied bail, Islamist who broke CCTV cameras and another who provoked riotous mob granted bail

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Justice Amit Bansal noted that Mustaqueem refused to be identified in a 'Judicial Test Identification Parade and that prima facie there is material to show his involvement in the offences.
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News Reports

Bihar Government reinstates Pashubali in Shayama Mai Temple after protests as devotees demand restoration of old practices

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Bihar govenrment lifted ban imposed on Pashubali in Shayama Mai temple
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Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC grants bail to Gautam Navlakha; NIA had said he is a part of the ISI nexus

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The NIA opposed bail application of Elgar Parishad violence accused Gautam Navlakha, citing his alleged links to ISI.
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Politics

‘Donate for Desh’ turns into ‘Donate for despair’: Congress’ desperate attempt to collect money falls flat. Here is the paltry sum they collected after...

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Congress managed to collect 1.45 cr in the first 24 hours of Donate For Desh campaign, out of which Rs 1.38 lakh were donated by party president Mallikarjun Kharge
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Construction for the proposed Ayodhya Mosque likely to begin in May 2024 with a new Five-Minaret Design: Mosque Development Committee

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The construction of the proposed mosque in Dhannipur village, 25 kms away from Ayodhya, could likely begin in May 2024.
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Madhya Pradesh: Stone balls worshipped as ‘Kuldevta’ turn out to be 70 million years old dinosaur eggs

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Experts from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences have found these stone balls to be fossilised eggs of Titanosaurus, a species of dinosaurs that roamed the Narmada valley over 70 million years ago.
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Mitchell Starc becomes the most expensive player in IPL history, Kolkata Knight Riders buys him for 24.75 crores

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Earlier, Cummins broke the roof as he became the costliest player in the history of the Indian Premier League when he was acquired by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs 20.50 crore on Tuesday at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
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Haryana: Muslim woman gets triple talaq from husband, brother-in-law rapes her in name of ‘Halala’, mother-in-law says justified in religion

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When the victim narrated the ordeal to her mother-in-law, she rationalised the act of rape by claiming that Halala is permissible in Islam.
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Madras HC sets aside acquittal, convicts DMK Minister K Ponmudy & his wife in disproportionate assets case, sentencing on 21st December

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While announcing the order, the judge said that the TN Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy had amased 64.9 per cent assets more than his known sources of income.
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Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait swapped with Dr. Ambedkar’s in Madhya Pradesh assembly, Congress accuses BJP of ‘erasing history’

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Objecting to the change, Congress leaders demanded the restoration of Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait in its original state. The party leaders issued a warning that if the picture is not restored to its original state, Congress MLAs will personally do it themselves.
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Australia’s World Cup-winning skipper Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive player in IPL history, sold at Rs 20.5 crores to SRH

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Australia's World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins created history by being the most expensive IPL player in history.
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‘Shameful, ridiculous’: VP Jagdeep Dhankar reacts to TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee doing mimicry in Parliament premises and Rahul Gandhi’s videography of it

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Jagdeep Dhankhar has called the act "shameful". He said, "Imagine, a senior leader of your party (Congress) videographing another member of another party, mimicry of the Chairman, mimicry of the Speaker, how ridiculous, how shameful, how unacceptable."
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News Reports

Religious conversion row: SC grants interim protection from arrest to SHAUTS University VC, Director, and professors

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An ex-university Hindi stenographer had alleged that SHAUTS officials attempted to convert her and other girls from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to Christianity through coercion.
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LK Advani and MM Joshi accept invitation to attend Ram Temple idol consecration ceremony extended by VHP

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Alok Kumar, the International Working President of the VHP, has requested both Advani and Joshi to attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' programme of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on 22nd January next year.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal likely to dodge ED summons in Delhi liquor scam for the second time, will go for 10-day Vipassana instead

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The announcement for this year’s Vipassana sessions comes at a time when the party faced heavy defeat in the recently concluded assembly elections. It lost deposit in 201 out of 204 seats and scored less than NOTA in all 3 states.
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Politics

49 more Lok Sabha MPs suspended for unruly behaviour in Parliament, over 110 MPs suspended so far during winter session

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In a meeting with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, the MPs of the opposition parties had promised they would not bring placards into the house but they failed to fulfill their promise
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Jalgaon: Muslim crowd booked for ‘raising Hamas flags’, Sar Tan Se Juda slogans, SP MLA Abu Azmi demands withdrawal of complaint. What FIR, videos...

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The participants in the rally including the 11 accused persons reportedly raised anti-India slogans and 'Sar Tan Se Juda' slogans. They also hailed Pakistan, Palestine, and Hamas during the rally and condemned India's support for Israel.
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Mahuagate: Delhi HC refuses to grant interim relief to TMC’s Mahua Moitra against orders to vacate govt bungalow

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Delhi High Court refused to grant interim relief to TMC MP Mahua Moitra against orders to vacate govt bungalow.
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J&K: Illegally obtained Indian documents seized from Rohingyas & Bangladeshis, facilitators also booked in FIR filed against illegal settlement

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In a press release issued on Tuesday, police said several First Information Reports have been lodged at different police stations against the people found to be accused of providing shelter to the Rohingya.
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Hadiya, who had converted to Islam after marrying a PFI Islamist, found living with her second husband, Court dismisses family’s petition

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Hadiya's family had petitioned the Kerala High Court, claiming that they had been unable to locate her for the past month.
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Telangana: Tension erupts in communities as VDC calls for social boycott against Muslims over land dispute

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VDC called for social boycott of Muslims in a Nizamabad village over a land dispute.
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‘Hindus seeking right to worship on Gyanvapi land, restoration of temple not barred by Places of Worship Act,’ rules Allahabad HC, all 5 petitions...

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A suit was filed in 1991 by the Ancient Idol of Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar and 5 others before a local court in Varanasi seeking the removal of the mosque and restoration of the disputed land to Hindus.
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Made to believe that I was the only female he was in love with: Ex-girlfriend of ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqi lifts the lid on his...

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Munawar Faruqi is a contestant in the 17th edition of the reality TV show 'Big Boss'. His ex-girlfriend Ayesha Khan is also a part of the show.
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US announces 10-nation naval force to combat Houthi rebels threatening maritime trade in Red Sea route

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The violence has scared off merchants, with oil giant BP joining container shipping company Maersk in rerouting transits away from the Red Sea. The redirected transits could force vessels to take a much longer hike around Africa and dent the pace of commercial shipping.
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Delhi Anti-Hindu Riots: Delhi court dismisses ex-AAP councilor Tahir Hussain’s plea to stay ED’s money laundering case against him

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Delhi court rejected plea of Tahir Hussain to stay money laundering case against him
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Digvijaya Singh comes out in support of urban naxals Shoma Sen and Umar Khalid: Here is what they are facing trial for

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Digvijaya Singh suggested that Umar Khalid and Shoma Sen were incarcerated for supposedly speaking up for Dalits and minorities.
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Punjab: Panic ensues for over 20 minutes as Pitbull mauls a Woman in Ludhiana, leaves her badly injured

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The dog forcefully hurled her to the ground, resulting in substantial injuries. People tried to help her and repeatedly struck the dog with sticks in an attempt to ward it off. After a strenuous 20 minutes, the gathered crowd managed to free the woman from the dog's grip, rushing her to the hospital. 
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Dawood Ibrahim aide Chhota Shakeel confirms the gangster is ‘alive and healthy, met him multiple times yesterday’: Report

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"Dawood is alive and healthy. Even I was shocked to see this fake news. I met him multiple times yesterday," the gangster told News18.
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China: Death toll from earthquake rises to 111, ‘all-out’ operation launched

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The epicenter Liugou Township is about 8 km from the county seat of Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu.
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“Rape is rape even if committed by a husband against wife”: Gujarat HC on marital rape

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The Gujarat HC observed that rape is rape even if it is committed by a husband against his wife and disagreed with the marital rape exception provided under Section 375 of the IPC.
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‘Christian community’s service to state in education, health commendable’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Monday praised Christian community for their contribution in the field of education and health.
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World

Putin listening to everything going on in Ukraine during the war? Ukraine military chief’s office bugged, devices found

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The Ukrainian media immediately pointed the suspicions towards Russia, which is in a war against Ukraine since Feb 2022.
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Politics

Congress kickstarts ‘Donate for Desh’ campaign, forgets to register the domains for the campaign 

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According to several Twitter users, the failure alludes to the callous or non-serious approach of the party for its own crowdfunding campaign as otherwise, it had enough time and resources to run basic errands.
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Rise in tourist footfall, international airport, Vande Bharat Express: How Ram Mandir is becoming the development centre for Ayodhya

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As per reports, the tourist footfall expected in Ayodhya by 2051 is a staggering three lakh people per day. Yearly tourist footfall is expected to rise to 8-10 crore after the Ram Mandir opens to devotees.
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Arvind Kejriwal summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi liquor policy scam case

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Arvind Kejriwal was summoned by the financial watchdog to appear before it on 2nd November as well. The head of the Aam Aadmi Party, however, had ignored the summons, claiming it was unlawful and intended for political purposes.
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ISIS Ballari module’s plan to trigger IED blasts foiled: NIA arrests 8 terrorists, explosives, weapons, and documents exposing terror plan seized

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NIA teams raided 19 locations spread across Ballari and Bengaluru in Karnataka; Amaravati, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra; Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand; and Delhi.
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Gyanvapi survey: ASI files sealed report in Varanasi court regarding the survey of the controversial site

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“We submitted the report in a sealed cover in the court today. The court has fixed December 21 as the next date to look into the report,” said advocate Amit Srivastava, representing the ASI, in Varanasi. The report will be shared with the petitioners on December 21.
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After banning animal sacrifice at Shyama Mai Temple, the next target may be Maa Kali’s narmund mala: How this Sanatana tradition differs from Bakrid

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Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has banned animal sacrifice in the hallowed Shyama Mai Temple in Darbanga.
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‘Hamid Ansari used to help gangster Mukhtar Ansari despite being the Vice President’: BJP MLA Sushil Singh

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BJP MLA Sushil Singh told OpIndia that Mukhtar Ansari got at least 100 of his political opponents killed. It is alleged that these murders continued unabated under the patronage of the Samajwadi Party government.
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‘Bali tradition is practiced since ancient times’: Giriraj Singh asks if restrictions on sacrifices at Shyama Mai temple extend to Bakrid

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"I admire the Muslims who make it a point to consume only halal meat. Now Hindus should demonstrate a similar commitment to their own religious traditions," Singh said.
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Adhir Ranjan, A Raja and more: Lok Sabha suspends 33 more MPs for misconduct during Winter Session, total suspension stands at 46

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The motion for the suspension of MPs was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.
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‘We are a part of Sanatan Dharma’: Descendant of Nihang, who performed Havan in 1858 at Babri structure to organise Langar in Ayodhya

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Nihang Sikhs get permission to organise Langar at Ayodhya.Baba Harjit Singh, the descendant of Nihang Baba Fakir Singh Khalsa, stated that the Sikhs are a part of Sanatan Dharma.
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Half of Bengal’s population will one day speak Urdu: Old video of Kolkata Mayor thanking Mamata Banerjee for making it second language goes viral

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In February 2012, Mamata Banerjee made Urdu the second language in areas of West Bengal where the population of Urdu speakers was equal or more than 10%.
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Ashok Gehlot ruined Rajasthan’s economy, left a debt of Rs 5.37 lakh crore on the state, failed to boost GDP

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A report by the Reserve Bank of India shows that Rajasthan has a debt of Rs 5.37 lakh crore by the end of the financial year 2022-23. This debt was only Rs 2.81 lakh crore in 2018 when Ashok Gehlot took over the office.
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