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Cyclone Michaung Warning: The Andhra Pradesh government has issued an alert for eight districts – Tirupati, Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari, Konaseema and Kakinada New Delhi/Chennai: Cyclone Michaung, which is swirling over the Bay of Bengal, is set to make landfall near Bapatla on the Andhra Pradesh coast, after causing rain mayhem in Tamil Nadu. So far, at least eight people have died in rain-related incidents in Chennai. A storm surge, or tidal wave, of 1-1.5 metres is expected to inundate the low-lying areas of south coastal Andhra Pradesh and the peak storm surge will be over the Bapatla…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) will be organizing a three-day conference from December 6 to December 8, 2023 at Goa State Pollution Control Board, Saligao, Bardez. The objective of the conference is to showcase the State-of-the-Art Infrastructure facilities and initiatives in Solid Waste Management and Sewage Waste Management, in addition to sharing experiences on the subject of Waste Management challenges in larger public interest. Inaugural session will be held on December 6, 2023 at 10.00 a.m. at Auditorium, GSPCB, Saligao. The conference will be inaugurated by Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant in the presence of Minister for…

NEW DELHI: This autumn was a time rich with promise for the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. The state, the largest of the three provinces headed for assembly elections, appeared prime for a change. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been in the saddle for 18 of the last 20 years and suffered from internal factionalism in a state where it has powerful leaders in every region. There were allegations of corruption. And signs of anti-incumbency appeared to dog chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Most importantly, the Congress had just stormed to a historic victory in Karnataka, running a rooted, energetic…

Talking about India’s economic progression, he said the country is playing catch up in many ways as the era of reform was not necessarily the era of technology. New Delhi: India has a 60-year engagement with Russia and it is not correct to interpret as if there is some handicap that New Delhi has by having the relationship, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. His comments at a technology conclave came against the backdrop of increasing disquiet among the Western powers over the strong India-Russia ties notwithstanding the war in Ukraine. “We have a relationship with Russia and…

S&P forecasted that India will achieve 7 per cent GDP growth in 2026-27 fiscal and the growth rate will propel the county to become the third-largest economy. India currently is the fifth largest economy in the world behind the US, China, Germany and Japan. Goemkarponn desk NEW YORK: American credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said India would become the world’s third-largest economy by 2030. The rating agency forecasted the nation’s GDP growth would reach 7 per cent in 2026-27 fiscal year. S&P in its Global Credit Outlook 2024 highlighted a 6.4 per cent GDP growth in the…

Goemkarponn desk MUMBAI: Limited-overs specialist Glenn Maxwell has not given up hope of making a return to Test cricket and is eyeing off an away series on the sub-continent at the end of the current ICC World Test Championship cycle as his best opportunity to do so. Maxwell has played just seven Tests for his country, with every one of those red-ball contests coming outside Australia and his most recent appearance more than six years ago. In that time Maxwell played a major role in helping Australia claim their inaugural ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title in Dubai in 2021…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Former India batter Ajay Jadeja has fired shots at the team management for resting young wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan for the last two T20Is of the five-match series against Australia. Kishan showcased impressive form during India’s 4-1 series win against Australia, scoring 110 runs from three outings, including two fifties. However, he did not play the last two matches in Raipur and Bengaluru, respectively, with Punjab Kings stumper Jitesh Sharma taking his place. The 25-year-old also played just two matches during the recently-concluded World Cup, having replaced Shubman Gill (out with dengue) for the first two matches of…