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Hostel collapse: Civic body, DU responsible too, says HC
the delhi High Court on Monday said responsibility for the building collapse at satya niketan in south delhi, which killed seven people, could extend beyond the Pg owner to delhi university and civic authorities, while flagging the “absolutely...
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Far-right AFD posts historic election win, exit polls show
THE ALTERNATIVE for Germany (AFD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a Far-Right party on the cusp of power at state level for the first time since World War II. The AFD won 44.5% of the...
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Fighter jet as gift, Razia Sultan story: On gender bias, Punjab textbooks turn new page
what Sidhak wants is a kitchen set. all her friends have one, and when her “Daarji”, who’s cooking in the kitchen, ignores her, she gets petulant. “Daarji just doesn’t care,” she says. Instead, her grandfather asks her to watch the republic Day...
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GSLV sheds ‘naughty boy’ tag with india’s first geo-imaging satellite
In ITS first launch since January, the Indian space research Organisation sent an earth observation satellite, eos-05, to space early Friday morning, using a Gslv rocket. The eos-05 is India’s first dedicated imaging satellite to be placed in the...
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Police camera ‘caught’ murder, rape accused at Jantar Mantar protest — at least 25 of them were in jail, records show
ON TUESDAY, when the supreme Court quashed all FIRS related to the exam leak protests by students, it let the government proceed against the 2,873 people who the delhi Police claimed had criminal records and were identified by its facial recognition...
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Pattaya’s nightlife eyes a boom as war-weary crew of US warship arrives for ‘R&R’
THERE’S NO getting around the fact Thailand’s seaside resort of Pattaya has a lingering reputation for sex tourism, even though that’s only part of the story for the city offering shore leave for crew members aboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft...
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Toll crosses 1,000; morgues full, Kathmandu sees mass burials
AS DUSK fell over Kathmandu and rain swept across the valley, a line of ambulances arrived at the western gate of Gokarna Forest Resort, a former retreat and hunting reserve of Nepal’s royal family. Police personnel and workers soon began carrying the...
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Trump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchange of fire in a month
US president donald Trump was quoted on monday as promising to “hit them hard” after Tehran launched missiles overnight at two US air bases in Jordan in response to a attack on iran's larak island. “We’re going to hit them hard,” a Fox News reporter...
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Lanka beckons, but for refugees in TN, too much time and distance lie in between
Five DAYS before his family fled Sri Lanka, men from the eelam People’s revolutionary Liberation Front arrived looking for boys above the age of 12. mahendran was 11. his parents hid him, his brother and cousins in the narrow space between the roof and...
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275 Indians still missing in Nepal, toll climbs to 675
AS SEARCH and rescue operations continued in nepal for the fourth day on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said 275 indian nationals and another 128 people of indian origin — mostly Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims — remained missing....
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‘They all died, and I lived’: Survivors of Nepal flood left in stunned disbelief
the survivors sat patiently, waiting for their turn to be transported to safety. some wept. mothers clutched their babies. husbands grieved for the wives whose hands they could no longer hold. and some onlookers expressed guilt that they had little to...
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Nepal races against time to look for survivors, 290 Indians still missing
With hundreds still missing in Nepal a day after a flash flood ravaged several districts in the country’s north, rescuers searched mud-filled valleys and hills for survivors as the official death count climbed to 392 Thursday night. in New delhi, the...
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Over 100 Indians among hundreds missing in Nepal flash flood fury
over 150 people were killed while at least 484, including 105 indians and 37 non-resident indians (nris), were reported missing after massive flash floods in nepal’s districts bordering tibet on Wednesday. according to official figures, 391 foreign...
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Iran vows to resist widened sanctions, says US seeks talks
IRAN DENOUNCED on Tuesday expanded US sanctions aimed at isolating its economy as an act of “gross lawlessness”, expressing confidence that many countries would not join the pressure campaign. Almost six months into a conflict the US has struggled to...
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‘Hadn’t even seen son’s face’: Three newborns killed in fire at Amravati hospital
AS he sat outside the mortuary on Monday, Swapnil Borge was shell-shocked. his son was born only a day before, and though he’d not even seen his face yet, Borge had gone around distributing sweets to anyone he came across — staff of the government...
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Railways rolls out waterless urinals for pilots of India’s most powerful locomotives
The LACK of a urinal or toilet in locomotives is one of the biggest operational challenges for the country’s loco pilots. This challenge has become even more pronounced given that the Railways is inducting women as loco pilots. Now, India’s most...
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THE WORLDS INSIDE A SONG
Irshad Kamil, one of Hindi cinema’s most prolific lyricists, on how his roots in Punjab have shaped his writing for over three decades
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Rashtrapati Bhavan announces, retracts Rahman visit statement
There were red faces in New Delhi Friday after rashtrapati Bhavan announced the cancellation of saturday’s Change of Guard ceremony “due to the full rehearsal for the ceremonial welcome” of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique rahman, and then withdrew...
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RWAS a barrier, Govt may let high-income households compile own spending data
TWO years ago, the Ministry of statistics and Programme implementation (Mospi) and some Resident Welfare Associations (RWAS) had squared off: the latter felt the government’s surveys asked difficult questions and sought private details, while the...
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workers protesting for higher wages got over 50 days on average in jail — until courts stepped in
It’s a tale of two protests — and two very different outcomes. last month, the Jantar Mantar protest demanding a leakproof exam system ended with the Union education Minister’s resignation and an assurance by the Centre and states that the police will...
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No suicide, self-harm, romantic or sexual chats: Openai launches CHATGPT for teens
openai is launching a version of chatgpt designed for teenagers — the first generation to grow up with artificial intelligence — who are already using it for schoolwork, questions about daily life and even companionship. The san Francisco-based...
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Amid protests, Soren cancels key exam, scraps all tests held by outsourced agency
Jharkhand Chief Minister hemant soren on Monday said the state Cabinet has decided to cancel the result for the JsscCGL examination, and all exams conducted by testing agency TDPL, in a bid to end a deadlock that has embroiled his government for weeks...
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Kyiv launches biggest drone attack on Russia so far, kills 6
UKRAINE LAUNCHED hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with longrange missiles and swarms of drones targeting...
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Youth will power our journey to Viksit Bharat 2047, says PM
MARKING THE 80th Independence Day in the shadow of the Jantar Mantar protests by the youth — which saw the resignation of a Union Minister and the promise of exam reform — Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday underlined “yuva shakti” (youth power)...
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Kyiv seeks Patriot missiles as Russia hits Danube port
RUSSIA STRUCK Ukraine’s largest grain export port on the Danube Thursday, causing damage and starting a fire, authorities said, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine needed more US air defence missiles to get through winter. The port...
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Putin threatens to seize EU ships if Europe targets Russian vessels
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin said on wednesday that russia will respond in kind if European countries start to seize russian merchant vessels and the commander of russia's Pacific Fleet said his forces were ready to “inspect and detain” foreign vessels...
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AC vests and UV parasols: Southeast Asia turns to high-tech gadgets to beat the heat
STROLL THROUGH Tokyo on a summer day and you’ll see hand-held fans everywhere. But the light-blue one that eimi Nakayama was holding on a recent afternoon was a more high-tech variety. Outfitted with a small metal plate that runs on the same science...
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Lathis, tear gas, a sea of protesters: Jharkhand anger reaches Assembly
Protesters WHO attempted to march to the Vidhan Sabha in Jharkhand’s ranchi were met with lathi-charge, tear gas and water cannons as anger over alleged irregularities in state government exams saw no sign of ebbing. Meanwhile, former Jharkhand Public...
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Birdcall, insect flutter: Experts capture sounds of forest — and their meaning
last Year, a collective of ecologists and enthusiasts set out to capture the sounds of india’s key ecosystems. they came up with nearly a hundred hours of recordings across ecologically varied terrain — from the drenched corridors of the Western Ghats...
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UPI free for citizens, merchants may face ‘nominal’ fee: Govt
ALLAYING User concerns, the Ministry of Finance “categorically” stated saturday that consumers making UPI payments will not face any transaction charges, and all person-to-person transactions will continue to be free of charge. It, however, said as...
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No cover over House gate, Speaker asks CPWD to consider a porch
three years after the new Parliament building was inaugurated, Lok sabha speaker Om birla asked the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) this week to consider adding a porch over Makar Dwar, the entrance currently uncovered and used by the majority...
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Govt deep-tech fund: Rs 2,192 cr cleared, 62% goes to firms linked to panel that chose them
A new public fund to boost India’s deep-tech ambitions in the private sector has approved, in its first round, Rs 2,192 crore in soft loans to 22 private companies at the cutting edge of space science, energy tech and pharma, among others. These...
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Govt reaches out to Opp, ready to soften FCRA Bill, allay concerns
ON THE day it reached out to the opposition in an attempt to break the deadlock in Parliament where proceedings remain disrupted, the government Wednesday signalled that the Foreign contribution (regulation) amendment Bill, 2026 would not have any...
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Udhayanidhi arrest sparks row, TN House meets today
THE arrest of DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the Tamil nadu assembly, on Tuesday over his alleged sexually coloured remarks at a public meeting on the ties between chief Minister c Joseph Vijay and a Tamil actor...
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BJP chief ’s Patna bastion falls, PK storms into House
Bringing the BJP’S threedecade-run in Patna’s Bankipur assembly constituency to an end, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor wrested the seat from the ruling party in an assembly bypoll on Monday. Kishor defeated his nearest rival neeraj...
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Climbers beware: Mountains pose challenges beyond avalanches
renowned NEPALESE mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his team looked poised for a successful ascent of Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram range before an avalanche swept them away. The climbers had been missing since July 30, when an avalanche struck the...
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Manhunt in Valley as terror attack claims 2; TRF link being probed
at HABLISHI, a village two kilometres ahead of South Kashmir’s Kilam area, where two migrant workers were shot dead by terrorists on Friday, the road is blocked by armoured vehicles of J&K Police and the army. no one is allowed to enter or...
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Tough exam leak Bill clears LS, Rahul raises police crackdown
Wrapping UP a two-day debate punctuated by acrimonious exchanges as the opposition slammed the government over the police crackdown on student protesters in Delhi, Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the stringent Public examination (Prevention of Unfair Means)...
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Petitions flag police ‘excesses’, SC weighs independent probe option
UNDERLINING The need to fix accountability, the Supreme Court Tuesday considered setting up a Special Investigation Team for a “completely independent, transparent, fair probe” into allegations of police excesses on those protesting against exam paper...
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Deadlock nears end, LS all set to discuss anti-paper leak Bill today
AFTER a week of repeated disruptions, the government and the opposition on monday reached an understanding to end the logjam in lok Sabha, paving the way for a discussion on The Public examinations (Prevention of unfair means) amendment Bill, 2026,...
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At Dipke home, mother marks ‘victory’, father says he will never join politics
“GOING TO take a nap. See you all in a little while.” At 4:32 pm on Saturday, Abhijeet Dipke posted on X two lines that would sound inane on any other day. But this wasn’t any other day — just two hours earlier, at 2:18 pm, Dharmendra Pradhan...
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Drones target US bases in Iraq as tensions escalates
Irbil, July 24 Drones CARRYING explosives targeted a city in northern Iraq where US forces are stationed, and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran. The...
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PM steps in: Fast-track courts to punish exam leak guilty, tough new law on way
THE fast-track courts, announced by Prime Minister narendra Modi Thursday, to address the issue of exam paper leaks, have their task cut out. In a system where accountability for exam leaks has been dismal with most cases stuck in legal quicksand. an...
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‘Change name... but don’t end careers’: At Jauhar varsity, a campus fears demolition
“ if you have a problem with the name, change the name), acquire the university… But don’t demolish it,” says 20-year-old Shahvez, who is doing an ot technician course at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur. Awaiting the results of his final-year...
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Protesters storm heart of Delhi, police use lathis and tear gas to stop march
tens of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of education Minister dharmendra Pradhan took over the heart of lutyens’s delhi on Monday, breaking through police barricades and attempting to march to Parliament on the first day of the...
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Hot debate: Men in shorts are challenging Japan’s buttoned-down office culture
For More than three decades, noboru Watanabe wore the uniform of the Japanese salaryman: trousers, a starched shirt, a jacket and a necktie. but last week, Watanabe, 53, an environmental official in tokyo, ditched the outfit for the unimaginable: a...
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Hunger strike Day 21: Police shift Wangchuk to hospital
soon after dawn on saturday morning, police swooped on sonam Wangchuk’s protest at Jantar Mantar, breaking up the hunger strike that had entered its 21st day and begun to gain visible political traction this week. The action came the day after a new...
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Bridges hit, Chabahar port tower falls as US escalates Iran offensive
The United states expanded its airstrike campaign against iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key iranian port, backing up Us President donald Trump's threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure...
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Hegseth rolls out testosterone screening programme for US military personnel
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best.” The screenings will be conducted...
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Delimitation Bill: Ahead of House session, Sule signals options open
SIGNALLING another break in the opposition ranks ahead of the Monsoon session of parliament, the sharad pawar-led Ncp(sp)’s working president and Mp supriya sule on wednesday said her party would consider supporting the Centre’s proposed delimitation...
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Another Indian killed as Iran hits UAE tankers in Hormuz
as the US and iran stepped up attacks and battled for control over the Strait of hormuz, two Uae-flagged oil tankers with indian seafarers came under fire from tehran on tuesday, leaving one dead and 10 injured. the Ministry of external affairs (Mea)...
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Investigators probe fire at a music bar in Bangkok that killed 27 people
A HUGE fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition on Monday as investigations began into the Thai capital’s deadliest blaze in 17 years. Bangkok city officials said...
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Dining companions: Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban
HONG KONG dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, allowing the pets to join them at eateries. Since 1994, only guide dogs and those performing statutory duties were allowed in...
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India, Australia ink defence pacts, fast-track trade deal
SIGNALLING A significant deepening of bilateral ties, India and Australia on thursday sealed a series of pacts across sectors, from defence and maritime security to energy, including one that paves the way to operationalise their 2014 Civil Nuclear...
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Kejriwal’s former residence will be Delhi state guest house and cultural centre
THE delhi government will develop the official residence of former Chief Minister arvind Kejriwal as a “delhi state Guest House-cum-cultural Centre”, The Indian Express has learned. The renovation and beautification of the bungalow at 6 Flagstaff...
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From Haryana judoka to Harvard scientist on new US council scouting alien life
FROM A judoka in haryana’s junior team in 2006 to a postdoctoral researcher at harvard, Dr Devesh Nandal has come a long way. he is now beginning an even longer journey — in search of alien life. The 37-year-old scientist from Jatal village...
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‘Saw missiles for first time’: For Paanch Saab, baptism by fire at sea near Hormuz
In the early hours of a tense morning outside the Strait of hormuz, near the Fujairah anchorage, a young marine engineer from Kerala looked at the sky and saw missiles streak past, one after another. It lasted a few seconds but it was a sight, she...
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Ali Khamenei lies in state as Iran starts week of funeral ceremonies
the BODY of ayatollah ali Khamenei lay in state in a vast hall in tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects to Iran's late supreme leader, slain by us and Israeli bombs. Iran is staging a week...
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Modi flags trust amid turmoil, Takaichi underlines: ‘Build ties as brother, sister’
POSITIONING ECONOMIC security and energy resilience as the defining pillars of the next phase of their bilateral ties, India and Japan Thursday unveiled a raft of initiatives in this direction amid shifting geopolitics and global energy disruptions...
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Harvard professor with polarising alien theories to lead new White House UFO council
A POLARIZING Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security risks posed by UFOS. Avi Loeb, a cosmologist who studied black holes...
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Qatar: No high level Us-iran dialogue, only technical talks
TOP Us envoys who have arrived in doha will not hold a high-level meeting with Iran, a Qatari official said on Tuesday, casting doubt on the progress of efforts to bring a lasting halt to the Iran war and fully reopen the strait of Hormuz. Instead,...
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‘No point fearing death’: Chinese dissident’s perilous dinghy escape to South Korea
A ROUGHLY 40-hour sea journey on a dinghy with a dying phone. Detention in South Korea. That’s just part of what Chinese dissident Dong Guangping endured to escape his native country. He arrived late last week in Canada, a destination he had eyed for...
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Trump could visit India early next year: Rubio
US President donald trump could travel to india early next year, US Secretary of State marco rubio said in an interview to news agency IANS in Washington Friday. He added he would himself make another trip to india later this year to set the ground for...
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Union minister gets Rs 99-lakh subsidy for his cucumber farm — from scheme under own ministry
IN A sprawling farm in central Rajasthan, where stone walls and barbed wire shield an orchard, artificial ponds and four large polyhouses, a white signboard spells it out: “Assisted by National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’...
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Market access to non-tariff barriers: India, US review trade core elements
INDIA AND the Us Wednesday wrapped up two days of negotiations over a bilateral trade deal and Delhi said there had been “a comprehensive review” of core elements including “enhanced market access, digital trade, supply chain resilience, reduction of...
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Tehran agreed to n-inspections into ‘infinity’, says Trump; Iran denies
US President donald trump said on tuesday iran had agreed to nuclear inspections into “infinity”, despite tehran’s denials, and that unfrozen iranian assets would be used to buy humanitarian supplies from the US. Washington agreed to waive sanctions...
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Over 20 lakh take NEET retest Some nervous, most relieved: For students and parents, end of an ordeal
the re-examination for the national eligibility cum entrance test (Undergraduate) was held across the country on Sunday, with those who took the test expressing a mix of anxiety and relief at the culmination of a tumultuous period following the...
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Israel strikes kill 47 in Lebanon; Tel Aviv says 4 soldiers dead in Hezbollah attack
VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance on Thursday defended the preliminary deal to stop the war with Iran as a “win for the American people.” But he relied in part on a string of aspirational, vague and misleading claims about the agreement. Vance, speaking at the...
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private schools, pricey coaching, family business, mnc jobs: they also cracked ews list in upsc exam
For EVERY candidate who cracked india’s civil services this year under the Economically Weaker section quota, the son of a security guard or the daughter of a railway porter, there are many others on the same quota list whose backgrounds tell a...
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Trade to sailor safety, Modi and Trump look to turn a new page
IN THEIR first meeting in over a year following the strain in bilateral ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President donald Trump Wednesday walked the tightrope, projecting a positive path ahead with a trade deal soon, a strategic commitment to...
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