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Mkts up nearly 2%, investors richer by ₹6L cr

Robust performance by auto companies in December further bolstered buying sentiment, fuelling the rally

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January 03, 2025
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US no longer among India's top crude oil suppliers; Russia leads with 31% share

THE United States no longer remains one of the top five crude oil suppliers to India as African nation Angola nudged ahead of the US in December.

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January 03, 2025
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Sebi allows ICEX to voluntarily exit market

CLOSE to two years after the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) had requested the Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) to voluntarily surrender its licence and recognition, the regulator has accepted the same.

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January 03, 2025
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B'desh school books being rewritten to purge Mujib

BANGLADESH has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country's independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the declaration, according to a media report.

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January 03, 2025
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10 Wounded in Shooting Outside New York Nightclub

TEN people were wounded in a shooting outside a New York City nightclub while they were waiting to get into a private event, police said.

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January 03, 2025
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Indian grant for project in north Lanka

India will provide Sri Lankan Rupees 290 million to develop the Karainagar Boatyard in the Northern Province of the island nation, the Indian High Commission said here on Thursday.

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January 03, 2025
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Truck driver who mowed down 15 was US national, served in Army

FBI says Shamsud-Din Jabbar solely responsible for the attack, professed allegiance to IS

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January 03, 2025
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Palestinian Authority's Turn to Ban Al Jazeera, Allege Violation of Ethics

The Palestinian Authority has ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Al Jazeera in a move the Qatar-based television network condemned on Thursday as reminiscent of Israeli practices.

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January 03, 2025
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Union Ministers to Oversee BJP State Chief Polls

The BJP on Thursday appointed senior leaders, including key Union ministers, as election officers for the selection of state presidents and members of the national council.

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January 03, 2025
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RJD home truth: Dad, son agree to disagree on Nitish

LALU Prasad and his son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav are apparently not on the same page on the issue of Nitish Kumar returning to the INDIA bloc, even as the JD(U) leader gave an \"evasive\" reply to the RJD chief's statement that \"doors were open for the CM\".

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January 03, 2025
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Prayagraj airport expands ops, flights connecting 23 cities for Maha Kumbh

The Prayagraj Airport authorities are bracing up to meet the expected crowd of devotees thronging the Sangam city for Mahakumbh.

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January 03, 2025
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Debris disposal hits Char Dham road project

THE ongoing all-weather road project aimed at enhancing the accessibility to Char Dham shrines in Uttarakhand has hit a snag as the dumping zones created for hill-cutting debris along the Badrinath highway have reached their full capacity.

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January 03, 2025
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NIA Court Convicts 28 for Killing ABVP Man During Kasganj Rally

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of Lucknow convicted 28 of the 30 accused in the high-profile Chandan Gupta murder case.

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January 03, 2025
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Return of Maha farm land soon

MahaYuti govt amends revenue law code to give back 4.9K acres of land to original farmers

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January 03, 2025
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BSF allowing infiltrators to India to destabilise Bengal, says Mamata

WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force of allowing infiltration from Bangladesh and alleged that they were doing so as part of a Central government's \"blueprint\" to destabilise the state.

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January 03, 2025
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1/3rd of insurance claims filed in '24 still unpaid

NEARLY a third of all insurance claims registered and outstanding in FY2024 remain unpaid, data of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) reveals.

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January 03, 2025
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Will implement panel's reco on NEET-UG

THE Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it would implement all the corrective measures suggested by its seven-member expert panel on exam reforms after reviewing the National Testing Agency's functioning in holding NEET-UG last year.

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January 03, 2025
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2 Sites at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal for Singh Memorial Proposed to Family

The Centre has formally started the process to allot land for the memorial of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the campus of Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, the area along the Yamuna bank earmarked for the last rites and memorials of presidents, vice-presidents and prime ministers.

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January 03, 2025
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Army hunts for ammunition to protect air defence assets

AIMING to bolster security of the Indian Army's ground-based Air Defence assets against drones, the Indian Army Air Defence branch has released a Request for Information (RFI) to identify prospective vendors (DPSUs/Private Vendors) to undertake manufacturing of 23mm Anti-Drone Ammunition under Make in India.

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January 03, 2025
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Inauguration of college named after Savarkar triggers political controversy

AN announcement for inaugurating a new college named after Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar triggered a political row, with the Congress and its student wing, NSUI, demanding that the college be renamed after former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

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January 03, 2025
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Muizzu Minister-EAM Meet Today

Jaishankar and his Maldives counterpart to give new direction to eco, maritime cooperation

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January 03, 2025
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Cohesion at Home Must While Backing an Equitable World

As India champions the cause of the Global South, it must address its domestic vulnerabilities. International leadership requires a balance between ambition and resilience

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January 03, 2025
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FERTILITY DECLINE: A SUCCESS STORY OR CAUSE FOR CONCERN?

India's declining fertility rates, once hailed as a success of family planning policies and socio-economic progress, are now the subject of renewed debate.

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January 03, 2025
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Police to Issue Notice to GCDA

Cops to seek details, documents about event during which MLA Uma Thomas fell off dais

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January 03, 2025
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Periya case: Court to pronounce sentence today

THE CBI Court in Kochi will pronounce the sentence in the Periya twin murder case on Friday.

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January 03, 2025
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Illegal dumping of waste: NGT pulls up Kerala

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday questioned the Kerala government as to whether it's colluding with the alleged violator in the illegal dumping of biomedical waste in Tamil Nadu and directed the secretary of Kerala's environment department to submit a detailed report on the issue.

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January 03, 2025
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State Budget Likely on Feb 7

CLIMATE resilience considering the impact of climate change on agriculture and disaster events will be given focus in the state budget for the 2025-26 fiscal, which would be presented in the assembly in the second week of February, most probably on February 7.

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January 03, 2025
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New dawn? NSS sets the stage for return of its 'son' in state politics

Rolls out red carpet for senior Cong leader Chennithala, who inaugurated Mannam fete

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January 03, 2025
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Wearing traditional Kerala attire, Arlekar takes oath as 23rd governor

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar took oath as the 23rd Governor of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

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January 03, 2025
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CM wishlist: Cong on sticky wicket as community leaders flex muscles

WITH THE ASSEMBLY elections less than one-and-a-half years away, heads of various community organisations from NSS to SNDP Yogam have made their positions clear as to who they would back as chief minister, in the event of a win by Congress-led UDF.

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January 03, 2025