CAG flags widening fiscal stress in Maharashtra despite robust growth; warns of rising revenue deficit, weak budget planning | Mumbai News

A large portion of state revenue is devoted to salaries and pensions, consuming over half of the total MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s economy continued to outpace much of the country in 2024-25, but the state’s finances are coming under increasing strain as rising revenue expenditure, mounting committed liabilities and persistent weaknesses in budget management threaten the government’s…

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‘Double standards’: Pakistan rejects UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan strikes

Pakistan denies UN report that documents civilian casualties in Afghanistan, calls it ‘baseless’ Pakistan’s military has rejected a UN report documenting hundreds of civilian casualties from cross-border fighting with Afghanistan, saying its forces targeted only Pakistani Taliban hideouts and other militant infrastructure and carried out the strikes in self-defence.Pakistan’s military spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif…

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Quote of the day by Cicero: ‘If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it’ and the slow psychological toll of hiding what you really believe

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, philosopher, and one of history’s greatest orators A boardroom full of executives sits in silence, agreeing with an aggressive expansion plan that several of them privately believe will fail. Each person can see the serious problems, but no one chooses to speak.This gap between what…

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‘The landscape is very different now’: Joe Root explains captaincy comeback, opens up on McCullum exit and Fleming era | Cricket News

Joe Root could hardly have asked for a better start to his return as England Test captain, but his comeback is less about reclaiming an old role and more about embracing a challenge he now feels better equipped to handle.Root had previously described his relationship with the England captaincy as unhealthy before stepping down. Four…

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How China’s new two-stage plan aims to destroy Earth-bound asteroids before impact

Photo credit: Getty images Chinese researchers have identified what they describe as the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large asteroid threatening Earth by burying a nuclear bomb beneath its surface before detonation.According to a study led by researchers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Beijing, the two-stage approach could…

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