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Lovely Professional University (LPU) founder-chancellor Ashok Mittal on Wednesday said there is a big conspiracy behind the violence on the varsity campus.It was Mittal's first reaction since protests rocked the LPU in Phagwara over the alleged rape of a female student on the campus.The Rajya...
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Delhi's air quality fell to the moderate category on Wednesday, with the city recording an AQI of 129, as 19 stubble-burning events were detected across the six study states, including seven each in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, according to the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute.Of the 19...
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The government on Wednesday cut the windfall gains tax on the export of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), while retaining it at the same level for petrol for the fortnight beginning October 1.The rate of special additional excise duty (SAED) along with road and infrastructure cess on the...
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An Indian captain who fought off his co-pilot on a Dubai-Tel Aviv Flydubai flight, has been named as Smit Machchhar.Smit fought off his co-pilot who allegedly attempted to crash the aircraft, which had to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Israeli media reports said on...
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The Flydubai rescue flight from Saudi Arabia has landed at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, carrying passengers from an earlier diverted flydubai flight, The Times of Israel reported. According to The Times of Israel, the rescue flight carried about 180 passengers from the...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday told the INDIA bloc leaders that the mood in the country is against the BJP government and all Opposition parties must stage protests together against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.Participating virtually in the INDIA bloc...
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued an advisory on Wednesday for Indians travelling to Russia, cautioning them against seeking recruitment in the Russian armed forces, and advised that individuals should consider the gravity of such actions and understand the mortal dangers they are...
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China has established an air force support and training centre in Laos, its third overseas military outpost, further expanding the PLA's regional military footprint and strategic presence.The China-Laos Joint Support and Training Centre at Ban Keun Airport in Vientiane province, Laos, and the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said erasing even a single vote is vote chori and everyone involved in this act, from the bottom to the top, will be held accountable.He also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi uses Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to steal elections.The...
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he Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday extended the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya, fixing October 16 and October 26, respectively, for the publication of the final voter lists.Earlier, the date for the publication of the...
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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday took a sharp dig at Mamata Banerjee over her participation in an INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi, questioning whether her renewed engagement with the grand old party also meant she was now willing to accept Rahul Gandhi's leadership of the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. The two leaders reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation across trade, defence, energy, critical technologies and other areas of mutual interest, and reaffirmed their commitment to...
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An Indian national was the captain of a Flydubai flight who fought with his co-pilot during a violent cockpit confrontation that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Israeli news website Ynet reported on Wednesday.Ynet, citing Israeli officials, reported that the...
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The Mumbai Crime Branch, probing the alleged suicide of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay student Sahil Wakode on September 18, has so far recorded the statements of 40 people, including his parents and fellow pupils, a police official said on Wednesday.Besides Sahil Wakode's parents,...
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A special PMLA court in Ranchi on Wednesday framed charges against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in an alleged 8.86-acre land fraud case, his lawyer said.The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case in connection with the alleged illegal acquisition and transfer of...
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India received 87.4 per cent of the long period average (LPA) rainfall this monsoon season (June-September), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.While normal rainfall during the monsoon season is 868.6 mm, this year it was 759.4 mm over India, the IMD said, adding that...
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After four long years of chase, the Ajmer police finally arrested four men for harassing an Israeli tourist in Rajasthan. The Israeli tourist was making a selfie video in the year 2022 when the four men interrupted her and spoke to her in derogatory language.After she lodged a police...
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A Meerut district court on Wednesday held Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla guilty of the murder of merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput in the sensational Blue Drum murder case, bringing the trial to an end after 13 months and 126 hearings.Government counsel Krishna Kumar Chaubey said the court,...
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The Congress's Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan on Wednesday alleged that the police, before arresting him, had pressured him to withdraw the nomination and offered to fulfil his demands in return.Pradhan made this claim while talking to reporters after he was released from jail following...
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PETA India has moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent intervention to restore elephant Madhuri's rehabilitation at Vantara in Jamnagar, alleging that her return to a Kolhapur mutt has left her shackled and alone again.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India on Wednesday said...
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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday attacked the Opposition over its allegations against the Election Commission and Electronic Voting Machines, saying, If they win, democracy zindabad; if they lose, Election Commission murdabad, and termed the criticism a result of...
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Syra with her parents Simran and Neeraj Kanwar. Kind courtesy Suneet Varma/Instagram
Syra Kanwar, 20, daughter of Apollo Tyres' Neeraj Kanwar and Simran Kanwar, will debut at Le Bal des Debutantes in Paris this November.The invitation-only annual event brings together couture, old-world glamour and some of the world's most prominent families.Earlier invitees have included Isha...
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Mithun Chakraborty in Jailer 2
Mithun Chakraborty unveiled his look from the Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer 2, where he's reportedly playing an antagonist.Releasing on October 15, Jailer 2 will see the two legendary actors collaborate once again after three decades.The last time Rajinikanth and Mithun acted together was in the...
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A US military transport aircraft stands at Camp Victory near Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, September 29, 2026. US forces are set to withdraw from their last bases in Iraq by September 30, ending more than two decades of military presence in the country. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer
US forces have completed their withdrawal from the last airbase in Erbil, Iraq, thus bringing an end to Operation Inherent Resolve. Operation Inherent Resolve was the US’s military mission to defeat ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). “This milestone reflects the success of a...
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Indian benchmark indices ended lower after a volatile session on Wednesday, extending the prevailing corrective trend as selling pressure returned in the afternoon following an initial recovery attempt. Weakness in pharma, healthcare and metal stocks, along with persistent foreign investor...
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Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha nominee Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani on Wednesday thanked party chief Akhilesh Yadav for the trust and confidence placed in him after filing his nomination for the Upper House from Uttar Pradesh, reports ANI.Nathwani filed his nomination papers in Lucknow in the presence...
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A severe disaster was averted, an Israeli official said, as a flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, amid a reported altercation between the pilots, Israel's Channel 12 reported.Citing Channel 12, The Times of...
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An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Squadron Leader Pallakshi Prasad, posted at Air Force Station Kanpur secured All-India rank 2 in the NEET PG exam.Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 2021, she served aboard a naval warship before moving to the Indian Air Force in 2025. The...
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On Wednesday, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd shares fell as much as 10% from the days high after an explosion-like incident was reported at the company's refinery facility near Jakotte in Mangaluru in Karnataka.The houses were shaking and people were reporting tremor-like...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using him to manipulate electoral outcomes. In a post on X, the Congress leader alleged that Gyanesh Kumar is...
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Filmmaker Karan Johar has announced the last season of his popular talk show 'Koffee With Karan' with an emotionally driven message recalling the origins of the project and the disadvantages associated with it.From the very first season in 2004, this iconic chat show has brought together India's...
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The Election Commission is meeting on Wednesday evening to review a series of decisions taken last week, mostly on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list.Officials said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi will...
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A commercial flight travelling from Dubai to Israel was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and made an emergency landing, briefly prompting fears that the aircraft might have been hijacked. Israel responded by scrambling fighter jets.The incident was reportedly caused by a dispute between the...
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He teaches history but loves Bollywood, especially its songs.And that love story began -- wait for it, Virat -- when he saw the bubbly, chirpy Anushka Sharma in Rab De Bana Di Jodi.Soon Eric Azevedo, a 30-year-old history teacher from California, saw himself returning to Mumbai...
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A US military transport aircraft stands at Camp Victory near Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, September 29, 2026. US forces are set to withdraw from their last bases in Iraq by September 30, ending more than two decades of military presence in the country. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer
US forces have completed their withdrawal from the last airbase in Erbil, Iraq, thus bringing an end to Operation Inherent Resolve. Operation Inherent Resolve was the US’s military mission to defeat ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). “This milestone reflects the success of a...
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A couple in a live-in relationship in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar allegedly sold their nearly one-month-old baby for Rs 1.2 lakh, after which the infant was resold multiple times before being taken to Hyderabad, police said on Wednesday.The parents, who are labourers, allegedly bought...
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Four persons have been arrested and four juveniles detained after a video purportedly showed villagers beating up a young man and his female friend in Bihar's Gaya Ji district, officials said on Wednesday.The incident took place near Mahuadih area under Sherghati police station limits on...
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October has a full menu of interesting OTT shows and films lined up.With the Gandhi Jayanti long weekend coming up, at least eight shows and films will premiere on OTT. There's the comedy Dupahiya Season 2, the heartfelt film, Ohh My Dog, the hilariously chaotic Chumbak 2, the Karthi-style action...
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the bail granted to dismissed cop Sachin Waze in the 2021 Antilia bomb scare case, after the NIA claimed a special court was totally wrong in granting him relief, as he intended to create terror and was accused of murder.The special court has made...
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Tahir Raj Bhasin is thrilled with the response his latest OTT series, Shaque: Trust No One, is getting. The actor plays Parineeti Chopra's husband in the film, who seems to have many grey shades. I would like to flip that and say that we are ecstatic because it has connected way better...
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After the release of Shreya Ghoshal's new independent song Bairi Piya on September 25, the singer spoke about how important independent music has been to her career.She feels a sense of freedom as she gets to experiment outside the usual space. Bairi Piya falls under the contemporary pop...
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An Indian sailor was among five crew members killed by pirates aboard a hijacked fuel tanker in Somalia, authorities said, as security forces of the African nation retook control of the vessel.The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) said three Pakistanis, one Indian and one Myanmar national...
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Hospital stocks came under strong selling pressure on Wednesday morning on the bourses with counters falling up to 7% amid heavy volume.Major stocks such as Max Healthcare Institute, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Yatharth Hospital, Fortis Healthcare, Artemis Medicare Services and Aster DM Quality...
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US-based DoorDash, one of the world's leading local commerce platforms on Wednesday opened its talent hub here, its first India office.The company is starting with 500 professionals and plans to scale its headcount to more than 3,000 within next two years, a company release said.Telangana...
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According to HSBC's Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report 2026, nearly three-quarters of Indian entrepreneurs plan to relocate or add another residency, highlighting the increasingly global outlook of the country's wealthy business owners.Singapore emerged as the most popular destination followed...
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Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday announced that a Jail Bharo Andolan will begin from Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Gandhi Jayanti, alleging that the Election Commission's functioning was not in the interest of the country.After reaching Mumbai, Dipke said that the protest...
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Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi with former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi.
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Mutual funds' SIP inflows remained concentrated in a handful of equity categories in August, with the top four accounting for nearly half of the total monthly collections.Smallcap, midcap, flexicap and thematic funds together attracted Rs 16,096 crore through SIPs in August, accounting for 48.8%...
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Asavari Jagdale, daughter of Pahalgam terror attack victim, Santosh Jagdale
Asavari Jagdale, daughter of Pahalgam terror attack victim Santosh Jagdale, on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the Indian Army and security agencies following the killing of Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Hashim Moosa in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam.Speaking to ANI, Jagdale...
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Tech-billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison bought 8 homes for approximately $10 billion for family staff including his children’s tutors close to his ocean-front sprawling residence in Florida.The Wall Street Journal reported that the homes are inside a gated community called Palm...
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Vidya Balan is all set to star in a Tamil film, directed by R Balki. The actor made the announcement on Instagram, writing, 'New Tamil Film with R Balki.'The last time Vidya collaborated with Balki was in Shamitabh (2015), where she made a special appearance. Before that, she had worked...
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Mumbai police have discovered the body of an 80-year-old man who died four years ago, uncovering an unusual case in which his family had hoped advances in medicine might eventually make it possible to bring him back to life, reports India Today.The body was found at a medical clinic in Malad...
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The news reports regarding the government's plan to put curbs on social media for under-18s are fake and have no basis, government sources said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court on Monday had asked the Centre to examine putting into a statutory framework the requirement that social media...
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Global financial heavyweights put a sizeable slice of BSE Ltd on the market, with BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs together selling nearly 1.7 per cent stake in the stock exchange for Rs 2,186 crore through separate bulk deals on the NSE.Paris-based BNP Paribas, through its affiliate BNP Paribas...
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Delhi Police have filed a chargesheet against two men accused of allegedly gang-raping a minor inside a moving sleeper bus that travelled from Greater Noida to Delhi in August, with forensic evidence, including DNA samples, forming a key part of the prosecution case.The accused have been...
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A 'blockbuster' tag attached to mega IPOs has not always translated into blockbuster returns for investors over the years. The post-listing story, in some cases, has been less rewarding.Of the 11 big IPOs that raised over Rs 9,500 crore each through public issues since 2021, 7 are currently...
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Nepal has helped India learn the difference between a friend in need and a friend who is needy of recognition. The former wins administration, the latter revulsion, writes Charu Sudan Kasturi. Read the column here.
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India has approximately 500 to 550 million active UPI users, yet only around 62 million individuals invest in mutual funds and approximately 50 million participate actively in equity markets, according to the latest EY report.Investable assets of households have grown to nearly $5.2 trillion in...
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A 70-year-old retired IAS officer, Rakesh Agarwal, was found dead with his throat slit at his home in Bhopal on Wednesday, police said.An investigation was underway to ascertain the motive behind the murder, they said, adding that the role of a domestic help was suspected.Police received...
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The Election Commission has withdrawn the additional SIR-related declaration from the online voter enrolment Form 6 in states where the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has been completed, days after the full Commission decided that the requirement would apply only during the...
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Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam has asked poll officials to take voter documents sent via WhatsApp into consideration during the ongoing SIR exercise and directed BLOs to visit households for verification if necessary, an official said on Wednesday.People can respond to notices...
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The rupee erased early losses on Tuesday to close flat at 95.99 per dollar, recovering from a brief drop past 96.Intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a pullback in global crude oil prices, and foreign inflows linked to equity index rebalancing helped the currency recover, dealers...
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Easing Gyanesh Kumar out would create a hazardous political precedent because forcing out a top official, due to public pressure, projects an image of reactive, defensive governing.Furthermore, making a high-level official like the CEC to hand in his papers would validate Opposition claims that...
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The head of the company that operates the Eiffel Tower is to leave his post at the end of the year after female employees were excluded from a visit by a Hindu religious group at the Paris landmark.Patrick Branco Ruivo, director general of the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE),...
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Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has directed banks not to visit farmers' homes for loan recovery in view of the prevailing drought situation and asked officials to explore whether the RBI could issue a circular suspending such recovery proceedings.During a meeting of the...
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Here's the breakdown:No of seats increased in government medical colleges: 10 per centNo of seats increased in private and deemed universities: 32 per centTotal increase in MD, MS and diploma seats: 11 per centDo keep in mind, though, that the National Medical Commission (NMC) has, in its...
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A case of attempt to murder and causing grievous hurt and rioting has been registered against around 20 Congress workers, including six of them who have been arrested, for the alleged defacement of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's residence here during a party protest, sources said on...
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US technology major Apple has entered the Indian payments market with the launch of Apple Pay service in collaboration with Axis Bank, the company said on Wednesday.The service can be operated by Apple users using iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with support for Mac coming soon.India is home to a...
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Children spending higher screen time are likely to suffer more damage than being born into poverty.Excessive time spent on social media, gaming and streaming can affect school grades, weaken language skills and cause greater emotional problems like anxiety and depression, reported London’s The...
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Sleep scores, magnesium supplements, white-noise machines -- something as basic as going to bed has become surprisingly complicated.The growing obsession with squeezing every possible benefit out of sleep has even acquired a name: sleepmaxxing. But the pursuit of perfect sleep can itself become a...
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For much of his 36-year career in India's bureaucracy, Gyanesh Kumar was the kind of official brought in to tackle difficult assignments.At 62, however, he finds himself dealing with a very different kind of challenge. As the official overseeing elections in the world's most populous country, he...
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said Iran would give up and claimed that the United States had taken more oil out of the Strait of Hormuz over the previous couple of days than at any point in history.Trump made the remarks while addressing reporters at the White House following...
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The Pahalgam massacre occurred in April last year
Security forces on Wednesday recovered the body of a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, identified as Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa, along with war-like stores during a search operation in the general area of Palmaidan in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district.The killing of Moosa was...
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Three Gujarat residents who allegedly left for the US through an illegal route have gone missing after reaching Ethiopia, with their families claiming they were kidnapped and that the abductors demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore for their release.The whereabouts of the three persons -- two women and...
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The Indian Coast Guard, in coordination with the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Gujarat, seized approximately 526 kg of narcotics valued at over Rs 3,000 crore in the international market after intercepting an Iranian dhow in the Arabian Sea west of Lakshadweep, officials said.The operation was...
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One terrorist was neutralised in an encounter with security forces in the Korag area of Yousmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.The encounter broke out after security forces launched a joint search operation based on specific intelligence inputs in the area.In a post on X, the...
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Following Neeru Dhanda's historic shooting gold at the Asian Games, the shooter's father Suresh hailed her daughter's win and opened up about how she got into the sport, honing her craft initially with someone else's gun when her family could not afford her one. Neeru's historic medal win...
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It was considered for years that women are less prone to heart attacks, but now young women are suffering from heart attacks. Speaking with ANI on atypical heart attack signs in women, Professor & HOD, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS Delhi, Dr Rajiv Narang, said, Since their symptoms can...
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Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath has questioned whether the mandatory 2 per cent corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending requirement is the most effective way to create social impact, suggesting that a higher corporate tax rate could instead allow the government to allocate resources more...
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Pradeep Purnekar was part of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction leader Pradeep Purnekar was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne assailants in the Manpada-Ganesh Nagar area of Thane late on Tuesday night. According to police, the incident took place around 9:30 pm in front of Purnekar's office, where...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) signed what he described as a morally binding agreement with leading technology executives at the White House to guide the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, which he announced is officially renamed Super Intelligence.As...
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Parts of Mumbai witnessed heavy rains on Tuesday evening, with waterlogging reported in some low-lying areas, including the Andheri subway, officials said. The eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai received more rain compared to the island city areas. Some parts of south Mumbai...
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Parts of Mumbai witnessed heavy rains on Tuesday evening, with waterlogging reported in some low-lying areas, including the Andheri subway, officials said. The eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai received more rain compared to the island city areas. Some parts of south Mumbai...
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A woman associated with the JEEViKA self-help group programme was allegedly raped at knifepoint in Begusarai district, days after cases of atrocities were reported from Jamui, Samastipur and Mandar Hills in Banka district.RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav hit out at the government over the incidents,...
