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Second Test Against Bangladesh: India On Brink Of Victory
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October 15, 2024

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  • PM Modi says Congress is bent on dividing Hindu society for electoral gains and is trying to bulid a Muslim vote bank by keeping the minority in fear
  • Election Commission says Congress demands on Haryana are 'unprecedented' and it is rejecting the will of the people
  • INDIA bloc allies slam Congress, say it does not know how to win even sure-shot elections after its loss in Haryana. AAP dumps it in Delhi and will go solo in the nsuing elections
  • Rahul Gandhi says Haryana loss was 'unexpected' and the party is analysing the results
  • PWD takes over the 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow in Delhi and removes Delhi CM Atishi's belongings for trespassing. It argued that the house was not Delhi CMs permanent residence and once Kejriwal vacated it, a fresh application for allotting it to Atishi needed to be made
  • Centre gives nod to Rs 68000cr mega defence deals including building 2 nuclear submarines and buying 31 Predator drones
  • US government considers asking a federal court to direct Google to sell some of its businesses which will effectively break up the company
  • Finance minister Nirmala Sithraman said that the carbon tax proposed by the EU is unilateral and arbitrary
  • The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI held rates for the 10th consecutive cycle but changed its stance from 'withdrawal of accommodation' to neutral, indicating that all things reamining the same, it might consider lowering key rates in the next review
  • Stocks turn red again on Wednesday: Sensex loses 167 points to 81467 and Nifty 31 points to 24981
  • Asian TT: Despite losing to Japan 1-3 in the semis, the Indian women's team defied rankings and won a historic bronze medal
  • 2nd T20: India score 221/9 powered by a scintillating 74 (34 balls) by Nitish Reddy and a blistering 53 (29balls) by Rinku Singh
  • 2nd T20 versus Bangladesh: Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh shine with the bat as India thrashes the visitors by 86 runs to win the match and seal the series 2-0 with one match to go
  • Women's T20 World Cup: India thrash Sri Lanka by 82 runs, improve their net run rate considerably to jump to the second position on the group table and give themselves a realistic chance of making the semis
  • EC slams Congress for raising doubts about Haryana results
Ratan Tata passes away at 86. To be cremated with state honours. Calling him a "visionary business leader", PM Modi said he was "extremely pained by his passing away"

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