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HDFC Bank Q3 profit rises 11.5% on robust loan growth
INDIAS largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Saturday reported an 11.5% rise in standalone net profit at $18,650 in Q8FY26 against 716.736 crore during the same period last fiscal, driven by double-digit loan growth and the resultant interest income along-with stable asset quality.
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January 18, 2026
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Quantum of Injustice
A bare stage hums with intellectual tension and questions of belonging.
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January 18, 2026
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ICICI Bank's PAT falls by 4% to ₹11,318 crore
THE ICICI Bank reported on Saturday a 4% year-on-year decline in standalone net profit to ₹11,318 crore for December quarter against ₹11,792.40 crore during the same period last year, weighing down by sharp rise in provision of ₹2,556 crore, including onetime agriculture provision of ₹1,283 crore.
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January 18, 2026
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Journalists in Bangladesh demand protection amid rising mob attacks
JOURNALISTS, editors and owners of media outlets in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that authorities protect them following recent attacks on two leading national dailies by mobs.
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January 18, 2026
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IRAN INFERNO: PRELUDE TO A CATACLYSM
HISTORY offers a grim and recurring warning.
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January 18, 2026
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THE CRISIS OF RELATIONSHIP RECESSION
RECENTLY, we have had a number of media personalities and social media influencers weighing in on marriage—with some even calling it “an outdated institution”.
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January 18, 2026
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WILL AI CRASH LIKE THE DOT-COM BOOM?
N the late 1990s, India fell in love with internet.
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January 18, 2026
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BOOTH RATIONALISATION LANDS A HARD BLOW ON VOTERS
WHEN Tamil Nadu undertook the onerous task of verification of 6.42 crore voters in just 42 days during the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which ended on December 14, 2025, it also carried out a major parallel exercise of 'booth rationalisation', as instructed by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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January 18, 2026
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Split in Maha allies costs MVA dear in BMC elections
In 16 seats, defeat margin less than votes polled by Thackerays & Cong
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January 18, 2026
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Gangsters on prowl, target Punjab’s music industry & Kabaddi
THE recent surge in gang wars across Punjab indicates that the gangsters are attempting to take control over the state’s music industry and rural sport Kabaddi league, similar to what Mumbai’s underworld did in 1980s through the early 2000s.
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January 18, 2026
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Focus on Sinner-Alcaraz once again in Oz Open
THERE is always some kind of romance surrounding the first Grand Slam of the year.
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January 18, 2026
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Rahul, Yadav trade charges over water deaths in Indore
AFTER meeting the families affected by water contamination in Indore, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP-led state government of shirking its responsibility, and said the deaths in India’s cleanest city is the new model smart city that doesn’t even have clean drinking water.
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January 18, 2026
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The Gaps in the Dravidian Story
The meticulous history of the DMK documents the party’s victory over Brahmin dominance but falls short of a structural caste critique
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January 18, 2026
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Neville's entry into Ratan Tata Trust delayed again
THE appointment of Tata Trusts’ chairman Noel Tata’s son Neville Tata to Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) faced fresh delays after the cancellation of a board meeting scheduled on Saturday, people familiar with the matter said.
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January 18, 2026
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‘Judge me as Amish… judge me for my karma, not my birth’
N a wide-ranging conversation, bestselling author Amish Tripathi drew from history, mythology, politics, and philosophy to reflect on his recent book ‘The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath,’ unity, historical memory, and the idea of a dharmic India.
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January 18, 2026
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Mapping Mahabharata to Lactose Intolerance
Lactose tolerance, the ability to digest milk sugar into adulthood, is a genetic mutation that arose among pastoralists in Eurasia, who tamed the horse for its milk, around 5000 BC.
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January 18, 2026
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T20 WC: BCB wants to play in Sri Lanka, requests ICC to swap group
AFTER another day of discussion in Dhaka, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to swap group that would allow them to play in Sri Lanka.
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January 18, 2026
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SIR, the numbers are not adding up
With the deadline for raising objections to deletions and inclusion of voters as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) set to end today, TNIE takes a look at the alarming trends and statistical anomalies of the exercise. While 620 of 1,500 booths with high-voter deletions sampled by the newspaper indicate aggressive and arbitrary voter deletions, bungling in booth rationalisation, too, has added to the trouble
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January 18, 2026
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2 women kill man over failed relationship
A 22-year-old construction worker was hacked to death at Old Pallavaram on Wednesday night after being allegedly lured to the location by two women with whom he was said to have been in a relationship.
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January 17, 2026
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In a 1st, R-Day parade this year to showcase how battles are fought
BRINGING a sense of the battlefield to Kartavya Path, Republic Day 2026 will transform India's ceremonial boulevard into a dynamic display of how the armed forces operate in real combat conditions.
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January 17, 2026
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Nominations for BJP prez on Jan 19, result next day; Nabin likely to be named
THE BJP on Friday released the schedule for the election of the party's national president amid speculation that working national president Nitin Nabin is likely to be elected for the post unopposed.
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January 17, 2026
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TNCC team to meet Cong brass amid discord with DMK over sharing power
AMID war of words over demand to the DMK from some sections of the TN Congress unit to share power after the Assembly polls, a delegation of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) led by its chief K Selvaperunthagai is scheduled to meet AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi on Saturday to discuss the issue and other poll-related matters.
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January 17, 2026
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Biren in Delhi, likely to meet BJP leaders for govt formation
AMID speculations that the Centre is exploring to form a government in ethnic-violence-hit Manipur, former chief minister N Biren Singh has arrived in Delhi and is expected to meet top functionaries of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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January 17, 2026
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DONT DICTATE BIZ MODEL TO COVER GOVT DEFICIENCIES
A business model that failed across the world has taken off in India for both commendable and worrying reasons.
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January 17, 2026
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‘Writing begins in memory, in pain, in hope’
WRITING does not begin on the page.
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January 17, 2026
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Man develops seizure behind the wheel, fatally knocks down pedestrian in Kovai
A pedestrian was killed and three others injured when a car rammed them on Oppanakkara Street near Ukkadam on Thursday morning, after the driver suffered a sudden epileptic seizure.
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January 17, 2026
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Custodial death: CBCID told to complete probe, submit report by Feb 11
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the CBCID to file final report expeditiously ina case in which a Dinesh Kumar (30) allegedly drowned in Vandiyur Kanmai On October 19 while he was in police custody in a drug trafficking case.
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January 17, 2026
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Bulls and tamers get a permanent arena in Tiruchy
TIRUCHY hosted its first jallikattu of the year at a newly-built permanent arena in Periya Suriyur on Friday, a day after the ₹3-crore facility was inaugurated by Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin.
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January 17, 2026
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Defence Procurement Board nod to 114 Rafale multirole fighter project
A proposal to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets from French manufacturer Dassault Aviation was on Friday given the go-ahead by the Defence Procurement Board chaired by Defence Secretary RK Singh, sources said.
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January 17, 2026
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TN lagging behind Gujarat, Rajasthan in solar capacity addition, show data
TAMIL NADU is lagging behind Gujarat and Rajasthan in adding new renewable energy capacity, particularly solar power, over the past nine months, with developers blaming the rejection of several project applications by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB).
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