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Fuel prices rise again: Here’s how it could impact travel, groceries and household budgets

Fuel prices rise again: Here’s how it could impact travel, groceries and household budgets

Fuel prices across India have become significantly more expensive, with petrol and diesel rates rising by nearly ₹7.5 per litre...
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India moves closer to ₹3.25 lakh crore Rafale deal as LoR prepared for France

India moves closer to ₹3.25 lakh crore Rafale deal as LoR prepared for France

India has moved a step closer to finalising its massive deal with France for 114 Rafale fighter jets, as the...
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Britain’s anxious young adults struggle with modern workplace demands, warns UK govt advisor

Britain’s anxious young adults struggle with modern workplace demands, warns UK govt advisor

A UK government advisor has warned that rising anxiety, depression and dependence on technology are making it increasingly difficult for...
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‘AI impact on Indians abroad is highest’: How H-1B workers are struggling after Meta, Amazon layoffs

‘AI impact on Indians abroad is highest’: How H-1B workers are struggling after Meta, Amazon layoffs

For thousands of Indian tech workers in the United States, losing a job now means far more than unemployment. It...
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Promised to return for dinner, never came back: Indian-origin Ramandeep Dhillon killed in New Zealand highway crash

Promised to return for dinner, never came back: Indian-origin Ramandeep Dhillon killed in New Zealand highway crash

An Indian-origin father of one has died following a tragic two-vehicle crash while working a late evening Uber shift in...
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Nepal plans ‘Romeo-Juliet’ clause in rape law to shield consensual teen couples

Nepal plans ‘Romeo-Juliet’ clause in rape law to shield consensual teen couples

The Balendra Shah government in Nepal is planning to amend its statutory rape law by introducing a “Romeo-Juliet” clause that...
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Eye on US: How Pakistan’s military plotted Imran Khan’s ouster in 2022

Eye on US: How Pakistan’s military plotted Imran Khan’s ouster in 2022

A classified Pakistani diplomatic telegram has surfaced, reportedly indicating an alleged US-backed effort to remove the Imran Khan-led government in...
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Mission Unaccomplished: Trump’s Gulf gamble runs aground as Iran survives American assault

Mission Unaccomplished: Trump’s Gulf gamble runs aground as Iran survives American assault

Daniel Shapiro, former US ambassador to Israel and now a critic of the war’s execution, described the proposed agreement in...
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Everest economy shift: Sherpas move from muscle to mass market, edge out Western firms

Everest economy shift: Sherpas move from muscle to mass market, edge out Western firms

For decades, Western companies sold the Everest dream to the world while Sherpas provided the labour. Agencies based in New...
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Delhi court orders corruption charges against 2 CBI officials

Delhi court orders corruption charges against 2 CBI officials

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has ordered the framing of corruption and criminal conspiracy charges against two Central Bureau of...
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Tens of thousands rally in Serbia demanding elections

Tens of thousands rally in Serbia demanding elections

BELGRADE: Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Belgrade to renew calls for early elections, demands that emerged from...
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Russia launches hypersonic Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal & Zircon missiles in massive attack on Ukraine

Russia launches hypersonic Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal & Zircon missiles in massive attack on Ukraine

Russia carried out overnight strikes on Ukraine using four types of missiles, including the hypersonic Oreshnik, in what Moscow described...
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NCDRC Awards ₹2 Crore Compensation After Surgeon Removed Healthy Kidney Instead of Diseased One

NCDRC Awards ₹2 Crore Compensation After Surgeon Removed Healthy Kidney Instead of Diseased One

NEW DELHI: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held a surgeon guilty of gross medical negligence for removing...
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‘Why Reservation for Children of Well-Off Families?’: Supreme Court Questions OBC Quota for Creamy Layer

‘Why Reservation for Children of Well-Off Families?’: Supreme Court Questions OBC Quota for Creamy Layer

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned why children from economically and educationally advanced families within Other Backward Classes...
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Fake Rapido ‘Customer Care’ Call Costs Bengaluru Homemaker Rs 1.4 Lakh

Fake Rapido ‘Customer Care’ Call Costs Bengaluru Homemaker Rs 1.4 Lakh

BENGALURU: A 49-year-old homemaker from Bengaluru lost nearly Rs 1.4 lakh to cyber fraudsters after contacting fake customer care numbers...
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Bengaluru Court Sentences Man to Life for Murder of IBM Techie, ‘Last Seen’ Evidence Key to Conviction

Bengaluru Court Sentences Man to Life for Murder of IBM Techie, ‘Last Seen’ Evidence Key to Conviction

BENGALURU: A Bengaluru court has sentenced a 38-year-old man to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of an IBM employee,...
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Volleyball Player Allegedly Kidnapped, Tortured to Death Over Relationship in Faridabad

Volleyball Player Allegedly Kidnapped, Tortured to Death Over Relationship in Faridabad

FARIDABAD: A 21-year-old volleyball player from Rajasthan was allegedly kidnapped, tied up and beaten to death by the family members...
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Mumbai Beggar Identified as Missing Medical Student From Nanded, Reunited With Family After Emotional Police Effort

Mumbai Beggar Identified as Missing Medical Student From Nanded, Reunited With Family After Emotional Police Effort

MUMBAI: What began as a routine police drive to rehabilitate beggars in Mumbai took an unexpected turn when officers discovered...
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Oil, Quad and Trump Shadow Loom Over US Secretary Marco Rubio’s India Visit

Oil, Quad and Trump Shadow Loom Over US Secretary Marco Rubio’s India Visit

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata early Saturday on his first official visit to India,...
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Gurgaon Blackout Throws City Into Chaos, Rapid Metro Hit as Power Failure Cripples 8 Substations

Gurgaon Blackout Throws City Into Chaos, Rapid Metro Hit as Power Failure Cripples 8 Substations

GURGAON: Large parts of Gurgaon plunged into darkness on Friday evening after a fault at a 220kV substation in Sector...
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