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Odisha govt employees to get September salary in advance

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has directed officials to disburse the month’s salary of government employees on September 26 in view of the upcoming festivities. Usually, the salaries are disbursed at the end of the month, but with government offices set to remain closed from September 27 for the Durga Puja holidays, the early payment “will allow them to meet requirements and make necessary purchases”, an official release said. “This is to encourage employees to take part in the nationwide ‘Savings Festival’ after implementation of the GST 2.0 reforms,” it said.

At least 12 dead as record rain floods India’s Kolkata

KOLKATA, Sept 24 (Reuters) – At least 12 people died as heavy rain lashed the eastern Indian city of Kolkata and surrounding areas ahead of a major festival, flooding streets, disrupting transport and leaving residents stranded for hours, officials said on Wednesday. Most of the rain, as much as 251.6 mm (9.9 inches) in 24 hours, fell during the early hours of Tuesday and was the heaviest witnessed in the city since 1988, said HR Biswas, the regional head of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Kolkata. Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters

China gives up developing-country treatment in bid to boost WTO in face of Trump tariffs

BEIJING, September 24, 2025 (AP) — China has said it would no longer seek the special treatment given to developing countries in World Trade Organization agreements — a change long demanded by the United States. Commerce Ministry officials said Wednesday the move was an attempt to boost the global trading system at a time when it is under threat from tariff wars and protectionist moves by individual countries to restrict imports. They did not mention the United States by name or President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on many other countries this year, including China. The U.S. has long argued

Bihar polls would mark beginning of end of Modi govt’s ‘corrupt rule: Kharge

Patna, Sep 24 (PTI) Launching a frontal attack on the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused it of orchestrating “vote chori” and communal polarisation and asserted that the Bihar Assembly elections would mark the beginning of end of the Modi government’s “corrupt rule”. In his opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, Kharge also made an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s recent statements and actions and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Our problems at the international level are the result of diplomatic failure of Narendra Modi and his government. The

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