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Heavy snowfall brings hills to a standstill
Hundreds of tourists and local commuters were stranded in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand as heavy snowfall blanketed the regions. Many were forced to abandon their vehicles or spend the night in them, as rescue teams navigated...
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‘Armada on way’: US renews threat to Iran
President Donald Trump said a US “armada” was heading toward the Gulf and that Washington was watching Iran closely, even after downplaying the prospect of imminent military action and saying Tehran appeared interested in talks. Trump has repeatedly...
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Inflexible Bangladesh all set to miss T20 WC
Bangladesh’s participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup appears unlikely after the interim government reiterated on Thursday its decision not to travel to India due to security concerns. Asif Nazrul, the Bangladesh government’s sports adviser, met...
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IndiGo hit with record ₹22cr fine for Dec chaos
India’s aviation regulator on Saturday imposed a record ₹22.2 crore penalty on IndiGo and issued warnings to six senior executives, including the chief operating officer, after its inquiry found the airline’s “overriding focus on maximising...
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Exports brave US tariffs, global churn to log rise
Defying global headwinds and hefty US tariffs, India’s merchandise exports increased 1.9% to $38.51 billion in December from $37.8 billion a year earlier, and 2.44% to $330.29 billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, which was primarily driven...
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ED vs Bengal fight over raids reaches top court
The tussle between the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government over controversial raids linked to political consultancy firm I-PAC reached the Supreme Court on Saturday, with both sides separately moving the...
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SIT arrests Sabarimala chief priest in gold case
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Sabarimala gold misappropriation case has arrested the temple’s chief priest over his alleged “close links” with the prime accused in the case, people aware of the matter said on Friday. Kandararu...
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US spirits away Maduro
US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from his bedroom early Saturday in an operation without modern precedent, plucking a sitting head of state from sovereign territory to face American criminal charges. President Donald...
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Uproar as 68 Mahayuti candidates win unopposed
As many as 68 candidates from the three major ruling parties in the Mahayuti alliance in the state are set to be elected unopposed in crucial elections to 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. Opposition parties are crying foul, alleging that the...
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Cigarettes set to get costlier from Feb 1 as excise duty hiked
The government has imposed a new excise duty on cigarettes ranging from ₹2,050 to ₹8,500 per 1,000 sticks, a move that sent tobacco company shares plummeting on Thursday and is expected to significantly raise prices for the country’s approximately 100...
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4% of Assam voters marked for deletion
The Election Commission (EC) has marked 1.06 million names for deletion from the electoral rolls of Assam following a special revision exercise that involved house-tohouse verification across the state, officials announced on Saturday with the release...
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‘Can’t be brushed aside’: India on B’desh attacks
India on Friday expressed grave concern at the “unremitting hostility” against minority communities in Bangladesh and reiterated its call for those responsible for the lynching of a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das to be brought to justice, reflecting...
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Rahman ends exile, seeks ‘safe, peaceful’ Bangladesh
Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on Thursday, ending 17 years in self-imposed exile with a promise to deliver safety and justice if his party wins the general elections scheduled for February...
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Cold snap, dense fog paralyse north India
Air pollution surged into the severe category in Delhi on Saturday while blinding fog and frigid temperatures swept much of northern India and disrupted air, road and rail traffic across 10 states as authorities issued red and orange alerts for swathes...
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Unrest returns in B’desh, Indian missions on edge
Bangladesh continued to be on edge on Friday, after protests near the Indian high commission in Dhaka and assistant high commissions in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi, attacks on the offices of several newspapers including the influential The Daily...
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Kokate resigns, Nashik police set to arrest him
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Manikrao Kokate has resigned from the Maharashtra cabinet, party president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar confirmed on Thursday, a day after a trial court in Nashik issued an arrest warrant against the...
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20 US states sue Trump govt over H-1B visa hike
Twenty US states have sued the Trump administration for what they said was the “unlawful” introduction of a $100,000 visa fee for H-1B visa applications. The lawsuits -- filed by the Democratic Party’s AttorneysGeneral in these states -- argue that...
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India eases visa rules as Chinese applicants rise
India has tweaked visa rules to address the issue of a growing number of applications from Chinese nationals coming to the country for short periods for business activities without changing vetting procedures, people familiar with the matter said on...
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Bollywood? Now, love actually: Hugh Grant
NEW DELHI: Perhaps we love villains the way we do because people are inherently evil, Hollywood star Hugh Grant said, with a twinkle and a grin, speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday. It seemed a fitting combination of the two...
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2026 exciting year for Indian equities: Desai
Indian markets have already turned around from the worst period of dollar returns in over two decades, and 2026 will be an “exciting year” for domestic stocks, according to Morgan Stanley managing director Ridham Desai. In 2025 so far, Nifty 50 and...
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TRANSFORMING TOMORROW
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sharing his views on the road ahead for India at the 23rd Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
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Putin to visit India on Dec 4-5, ties in focus
NEW DELHI: President Vladimir Putin will make a state visit to New Delhi during December 4-5 for the annual India-Russia summit, the external affairs ministry announced on Friday, with the trip setting up an opportunity to reinvigorate bilateral ties...
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Foes Trump, Mamdani strike an affable chord
After months of trading insults, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability in the nation’s biggest city at an...
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Winter session from Dec 1, Oppn hits out at ‘curtailed sitting’
The winter session of Parliament is set to take place from December 1 to 19, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday, setting the stage for truncated but likely stormy proceedings. Last year, the winter session ran from November...
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Remove strays from public places, says SC
The Supreme Court on Friday directed all states and Union territories (UTs) to ensure the removal of stray dogs from educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus depots and railway stations, and ruled that they cannot be released back in...
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Historic polling in Ph 1 of Bihar elections: EC
PATNA/NEW DELHI: The highstakes assembly elections in Bihar kicked off on Thursday with the first phase recording a provisional turnout till 6pm of 64.66%, a figure the Election Commission of India described as the “highest ever” in the eastern...
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Indo-Pacific must be free, open: Rajnath at ASEAN
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday put the spotlight on the Indo-Pacific region and said it must remain free from coercion, reiterating India’s position that a rulesbased international order is a must for peace, prosperity and stability in the...
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Modi honours Patel’s legacy, attacks Nehru
India’s first home minister Vallabhbhai Patel wanted to integrate the entirety of Kashmir into India just as he had done with the princely states but was prevented from doing so by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...
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Man holds 17 kids hostage; shot dead
Seventeen children between the ages of 12 and 15 were rescued from an audition theatre at Powai in Mumbai on Thursday following a dramatic three-and-a-half hour-long siege in which a lone man, identified as 50-year-old Rohit Arya, carrying an airgun...
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Shah: Infiltrators to be deleted from voter lists
Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that every infiltrator would be detected, deleted from voter lists and deported to their countries, as he slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc for “protecting” illegal immigrants in...
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20 killed as bus bursts into flames after bike collision
HYDERABAD: Twenty people were killed and several injured when a sleeper bus heading from Hyderabad to Bengaluru went up in flames after hitting a motorcycle on the outskirts of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh early on Friday, said police. Most of...
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Sanctions force refiner retreat on Russian oil
The US late on Wednesday announced sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, the Trump administration’s strongest bid yet to pressure President Vladimir Putin into negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, a move that could force Indian...
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Fresh strikes by Pak cloud Afghan peace talks in Doha
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar to seek a path back to calm, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 Afghanis following a brief truce. Kabul accused Islamabad of violating the 48-hour...
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Court in Belgium clears Choksi’s extradition
An Antwerp court has ordered fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s extradition to India and termed his arrest by the Belgian authorities based on India’s request as valid, a development which brings New Delhi a step closer to bringing him back, people...
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21st century belongs to 1.4bn Indians: PM
HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the 21st century belongs to 1.4 billion Indians and that the country will become “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) by 2047 even as he attacked the Congress and hailed the recent goods and...
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Indian wolf finds place on IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species; only 3,000 left in the wild
In a first-ever global assessment, the Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), one of the most ancient and elusive wolf lineages in the world, has officially entered the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List of Threatened Species...
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Israel, Hamas agree to 1st phase of Gaza peace plan
Israel has begun implementing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds. It is the first diplomatic breakthrough after months of failed attempts at...
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Gill appointed ODI captain; Rohit, Kohli part of squad
AHMEDABAD: Test skipper Shubman Gill was named India’s one-day international (ODI) captain on Saturday ahead of the upcoming series against Australia, ending Rohit Sharma’s four-year tenure at the helm and signalling the beginning of a new phase in...
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Rajnath warns Pak over any Sir Creek ‘mischief’
NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday warned Islamabad of an overwhelming response if it attempted any mischief in the Sir Creek sector separating Gujarat from Pakistan’s Sindh province, his comments coming against the...
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PM launches BSNL’s fully India-made 4G infra stack
BHUBANESWAR/ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched state telecoms giant BSNL’s homegrown 4G technology stack, catapulting India into an exclusive group of five nations capable of manufacturing and deploying their own telecom...
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Goregaon flyover demolition stalled
MUMBAI: Having faced much opposition to its plan to demolish the seven-year-old Veer Savarkar flyover extension, locally known as the MTNL flyover, which was getting in the way of the connector between the Coastal Road’s north stretch and the...
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US ends sanctions waiver on Chabahar port in Iran
The US will revoke a 2018 sanctions waiver that allowed India to develop the Chabahar Port in Iran, a strategically important facility that is seen as providing vital access to Afghanistan and Central Asia. The US State Department said in a statement...
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PM pushes to bridge ethnic divide in strife-torn Manipur
CHURACHANDPUR/IMPHAL: Peace is essential for development and the government is making every effort to restore normalcy in Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he attempted to provide a healing touch to the strife-torn state where...
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British-era Elphinstone Bridge finally shut for demolition
RESIDENTS’ PROTESTS GO IN VAIN Residents of affected building and shopkeepers, having been served notices warning of legal action if they impeded the MMRDA’s work, had no choice but to accept defeat.
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India, Mauritius boost ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Mauritius counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam during a bilateral meeting in Varanasi on Thursday. India unveiled an economic assistance package of $680 million for Mauritius as the two sides pledged to work together...
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Didn’t intervene in cop’s law enforcement, clarifies Ajit
A day after a video clip of deputy chief minister and president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Ajit Pawar reprimanding probationary IPS officer Anjana Krishna on a video call went viral, he clarified that his act was not in any way meant to...
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Peace hopes rise as key Manipur pact signed, NH opened
The Centre on Thursday signed a landmark tripartite agreement with Kuki-Zo insurgent groups and the Manipur government, and convinced protesters to restart traffic on an arterial highway that was blocked for two years, potentially setting the stage for...
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Global tariffs levied by Trump illegal: US court
A federal appeals court in the US has ruled that President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, including the 50% duties imposed on India, were illegally applied, dealing a major blow to the administration’s trade strategy while casting uncertainty over...
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Jarange-Patil on strike as supporters pour in
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil began his indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan on Friday, vowing not to end his fast till the community’s demand for reservation in Maharashtra’s OBC category is fulfilled. As Jarange-Patil remained...
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Bullet train deal likely during PM’s Japan visit
India and Japan may forge a partnership for manufacturing the next generation E10 Shinkansen bullet trains in India, with an announcement likely during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Japan this week, people familiar with the matter...
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EAM: Russian oil purchase not raised in US trade talks
The current US administration did not ask India to cease purchasing Russian oil in private discussions until President Donald Trump began making public statements criticising New Delhi’s energy trade, external affairs minister S Jaishankar revealed on...
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National policy needed on stray dog issue: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday reversed its controversial blanket ban in DelhiNCR on releasing captured animals, acknowledging that the earlier prohibition was “too harsh” and “impossible to comply with”, and ordered the transfer of all similar petitions...
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Focus on trade as EAM meets Putin and Lavrov
India and Russia on Thursday explored ways to expand trade in a balanced manner, ensure long-term supplies of key commodities such as fertilisers and sustain energy cooperation, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar saying bilateral ties were...
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Ukraine ceasefire hopes dim after historic Alaska summit
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met for a historic summit in Alaska, which began with a warm welcome and a flyover by jets but ended up making no headway in resolving the Ukraine conflict as the two leaders failed...
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Sindoor to Sudarshan Chakra, PM draws Atmanirbhar vision
Atmanirbharta (self reliance) is the foundation of Viksit Bharat (developed India) and over-dependence on foreign powers can cloud freedom itself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, underlining that enhancing national security was a core...
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Dozens killed, many missing as flash flood hits J&K village
At least 38 people were killed, and several others remain missing after torrential rain triggered a flash flood in a remote village in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday, sweeping away a community kitchen and multiple structures along the...
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Modi makes push for ‘swadeshi’ after US levies 25% tariff
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on citizens to adopt the spirit of “swadeshi” and support locally made products, stressing that true service to the nation lies in promoting indigenous goods amid global economic uncertainties. His...
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Gopalganj, Kishanganj see max share of SIR deletions
The Election Commission of India (ECI) removed roughly 6.56 million names from the draft Bihar electoral roll published on Friday on account of deaths, permanent shifts and multiple enrolment, marking potentially the largest single deletion of such...
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No evidence: All 7 acquitted in ’08 Malegaon blast case
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday acquitted all the seven people charged in connection with a bomb blast in Maharashtra’s Malegaon town in 2008, saying the evidence against them did not inspire confidence and that it would...
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Phase 1 ends, 9% of Bihar voter roll may be junked
Nearly 6.5 million names or potentially 9% of Bihar’s current electorate might be removed from the state’s electoral rolls after the conclusion of the first phase of a controversial month-long verification drive that has triggered nationwide protests...
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LS, not RS, will take up HC judge impeachment
The Union government on Friday said that the motion to impeach justice Yashwant Varma will be brought in the Lok Sabha, ending the ambiguity about the high-profile process created after two separate notices were moved in both Houses of Parliament...
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Operational control enough to tax foreign firms in India, says SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a multinational company may be taxed in India so long as it exercises significant operational control over such premises, even if it has no employees staying here for a period longer than the threshold typically...
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5-judge SC bench to take up presidential reference
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai, is set to take up the presidential reference on July 22 to examine the legality of prescribing timelines for governors and the president to act on...
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US slaps ‘designated terror outfit’ tag on LeT front TRF
The United States on Thursday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), the group responsible for April’s deadly Pahalgam attack, as a foreign terrorist organisation, drawing immediate praise from India which termed it an indication of strong bilateral...
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India junks report linking senior pilot’s role in crash
Cockpit recordings of Air India flight 171’s final moments indicate the captain switched off fuel to the plane’s engines, a media report said on Thursday, citing anonymous sources, but the claim was rejected as irresponsible reporting by India’s...
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Pilots’ body rebuts report, hints at bias
India’s pilot community erupted in anger on Saturday over the preliminary Air India Flight 171 crash report, with aviation associations accusing investigators of rushing to insinuate wrongdoing on part of the flight crew for a disaster that killed 260...
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Month on, questions linger on AI crash; report ‘soon’
NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD: The preliminary investigation report into the Air India flight 171 crash will be released “very soon”, aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Friday, the informal deadline according to international norms for an initial analysis...
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Assembly nod for law to curb ‘left wing extremism’
Maharashtra has just become the fifth state in India to pass the Special Public Security Act (SPSA), despite opposition from civil society groups, who argue it is a tool to silence dissent against the state and undermine the fundamental rights of...
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Thackeray cousins unite ahead of key civic polls
Estranged cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray on Saturday shared a stage in public for the first time in two decades at a rally in Worli to celebrate the Mahayuti government’s decision to roll back its controversial order introducing Hindi as a...
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Govt notifies rules to implement Waqf Act
The Union government on Friday notified the rules that will operationalise the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, focussing largely on the functioning of the central portal where Islamic charitable endowments will be registered and leaving some...
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Oppn on board, HC judge removal to begin: Centre
Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the government will soon begin collecting the signatures of lawmakers to initiate the process of justice Yashwant Varma’s removal in the monsoon session that begins July 21. The...
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India-US trade talks need political push for final leg
The fine print of a preliminary trade deal between India and the US has mostly been worked out by negotiators from both sides but the ball is now in the court of the political leadership to break a stalemate, people aware of the parleys told HT,...
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India pushes for border demarcation with China
India pushed for a permanent solution of border demarcation with China and underlined the need to solve complex issues through a structured roadmap of engagement and de-escalation, during talks between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese...
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Shukla scripts history as Axiom-4 docks at ISS
Nearly 30 hours after he lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to enter the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, marking a new chapter in the country’s...
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AI MIGHT LET ONE OR TWO PEOPLE RUN BILLION-DOLLAR COMPANIES BY 2026, SAYS TOP CEO
The age of the one-person unicorn may be closer than we think. According to Dario Amodei, CEO of AI research firm Anthropic, the next wave of entrepreneurs could leverage generative AI tools to independently manage all core aspects of running a...
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