Maduro declared winner in Venezuela elections 

Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election by the government-controlled electoral authority, a result that has been immediately challenged by opposition leaders and several international governments.

Coaching centre deaths: 5 more held, MHA forms probe panel

Five more people, including four co-owners of the basement of the coaching centre where three civil services aspirants died, were arrested on Monday and bulldozers began demolishing encroachments as anguish over the deaths echoed across the city, from parliament to the streets of Old Rajinder Nagar.

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India’s digital economy is poised to constitute a fifth of GDP by 2026 from one-tenth at present, according to a Reserve Bank report released on Monday.Bin the foreword of ‘Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for the year 2023-24’, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das emphasised that digitalisation in finance is paving the way for next-generation banking and improving access to financial services at affordable cost.