2019 budget session was the most productive ever

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2019 budget session was the most productive ever This budget session was one of the busiest sessions in the past 20 years. Both houses spent nearly half their time on legislative business, passing 30 bills and working more than 70 hours extra. A look at how the session panned out. Pranab Mukherjee to be awarded Bharat Ratna Face of 2016 Brussels terror attack, Nidhi Chaphekar, pleas for Jet Airways revival Nidhi Chaphekar, the face behind the iconic photo of 2016 Brussels airport attack, has been working with the airline's management team. Now, she is the face of the grounded airline's staff's struggle to revive the airline. 'We are scared': Deadly dengue outbreak overwhelms Bangladesh Since January, almost 30,000 people have been hospitalised with the disease nationwide, and in the past week some 2,000 patients a day have been admitted to hospitals. World warned: Change now or endanger food and climate Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment warned on Thursday. These 'indestructible' tardigrades may be alive on the Moon There may be life on the Moon after all: virtually indestructible beings that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food. How Pakistan reacted after Article 370 fallout Pakistan decided to downgrade its diplomatic relations and suspend bilateral trade with India. Are these mutual funds good for you? Mutual fund managers and advisors frown upon the question. They point out that all investment products are good, but they need not be good for you. Perhaps they are meant for investors with a different profile. That is why they want you to change the question to- are these mutual funds good for me? Oyo brings joy for SoftBank, but Uber paints a gloomy picture SoftBank Group Corp.'s masterful late-stage investment in Uber Technologies Inc. is seen as proof of the power of Masayoshi Son's fat checkbook. The ride-hailing company's US listing has now become among the biggest weights around the neck of the SoftBank Vision Fund, according to data it released Wednesday. Is gold heading for $2,000? Goldman Sachs Group analysts says gold rally above $1,500 is just the beginning. Analysts at the bank predict that prices already at six-year highs will climb to $1,600 an ounce over the next six months as investors seek havens. The dimming global economic outlook, fueled by heightening trade tensions between the US and China are boosting gold's appeal as a hedge against financial turmoil.

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