South African author Damon Galgut won the coveted Booker Prize for novella on Wednesday with “The Promise,” a novel about a white family reckoning with South Africa’s racist history.
Mr Galgut took the prize for his third time as a finalist, for a book the judges called a “tour de force”. He was previously shortlisted for “The Good Doctor” in 2003 and “In a Strange Room” in 2010, but lost both times.
The government on Wednesday reduced fuel prices and reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹5 and ₹10 respectively, citing the need to help farmers for the rabi crop, reduce inflation and boost consumption to the economy. per litre. .
India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, was granted the Emergency Use List (EUL) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.
US officials on Wednesday ordered the Israeli manufacturer Pegasus spyware In the list of banned companies, after determining the software supplied by the firm used to target executives and journalists.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a review meeting with senior officials of districts with low COVID vaccination coverage.
The meeting included districts with less than 50% coverage of the first dose and less coverage of the second.
Dravid replaces Ravi Shastri, whose tenure ends after the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup. Dravid, among India’s best batsmen, was unanimously appointed by the Cricket Advisory Committee of former international cricketers Sulakshana Naik and RP Singh.
The BJP will be confused over the long delayed meetings of the party’s national executive on Sunday and will top the agenda for next year’s assembly elections as well as its review. The party got mixed results in the recently concluded by-elections..
Following a right-wing reaction on social media and a complaint by a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) preacherThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued notice to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) regarding its new training manual on inclusion of transgender children in schools.
Top Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s allegations of sexual assault and later a long-standing relationship with a senior Communist Party leader and former deputy prime minister of China sparked intense debate in China as well as a call by authorities to censor it. Large scale efforts were made for
About 140 million people had opened “wallets” for China’s new digital yuan as of October and used it for transactions worth about 62 billion yuan ($9.7 billion), a senior official of China’s central bank said on Wednesday. .
However, Mu Changchun, director general of the Digital Currency Institute of the People’s Bank of China, told Hong Kong’s “Fintech Week” conference that there was no official launch date for the digital currency, also known as e-CNY.
Virat Kohli lost the toss for the third time in a row and India were once again asked to bat first. However, these were the only similarities from the previous two games as the batsmen went ballistic in the Group 2 Super 12 match against Afghanistan on Wednesday and captured the edition’s highest total – 210. In response, Afghanistan was reduced to 144, giving India its first win of the competition.
Opener Martin Guptill’s blistering 56-ball 93, built around monstrous sixes and official batting, propelled New Zealand to a 16-run win over Scotland in a spirited T20 World Cup match in Dubai on Wednesday. Of.
Guptill hit a total of seven sixes and six fours as New Zealand posted 172 for five in a Group 2 Super 12 match. Scotland responded at 156 for five in their allotted 20 overs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Industry body PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) on Wednesday said the skyrocketing commodity prices is seriously affecting the value cost margins of businesses, especially MSMEs, noting that it is necessary to balance inflation and the currency exchange rate. RBI has an important role in maintaining stability.
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