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India ranks second globally in diabetes cases with 90 million adults: Study
New Delhi: At 90 million, India ranked second in the number of adults living with diabetes in 2024. China was first at 148 million and the US ranked third at 39 million,…
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Vande Mataram’s 150 years to be major theme of Republic Day Parade 2026
New Delhi: The sesquicentenary of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be the dominant theme of this year’s Republic Day Parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the opening stanzas…
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India, Bangladesh U-19 captains skip customary handshake at WC match
Buawayo (Zimbabwe): The strained bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh filtered onto the cricket field as captains of the two teams abstained from making a customary handshake ahead of their ICC Under-19…
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India has world’s lowest data costs: Scindia
New Delhi: Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that India now has world’s lowest data costs and highest data usage, driven by robust digital infrastructure. There are more than 120…
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India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train makes maiden voyage
Malda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, January 17, flagged off the country’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) from Malda Town station in north Bengal. He also…
- World
US lawmakers urge Trump to seek lower Indian tariffs on pulse crops
New York: Two US lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to push for favourable provisions for pulse crop in any future trade deal with India, saying American producers face a “significant competitive…
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Rahul Gandhi meets patients, families of Indore water contamination victims
Indore: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, February 17 met patients and families affected by the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak linked to water contamination in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city. He visited four…
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BJP’s saffron sweep: 1,425 seats, 20 corporations in Maharashtra civic polls
Mumbai: The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, and wresting control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his…
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Bengal SIR: ECI seeks daily report from EROs on document verification progress
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the identity-proof document verification during SIR, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the District Magistrates (DMs), who are also the…
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Earthquake of 4.1 magnitude jolts Gujarat, no casualties
Ahmedabad: An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude shook Gujarat’s Kutch district in the wee hours of Saturday, January 17 causing panic among locals, though no casualties were reported, officials said. The quake was…
- World
Trump repeats claim of stopping India-Pakistan conflict
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has again claimed that he stopped the fighting between India and Pakistan and saved millions of lives, describing it as an “honour”. Addressing an event in…
- Business
RBI issues revised Integrated Ombudsman Scheme 2026
Mumbai: The central bank on Friday, January 16, issued the revised Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2026, aimed at further improving the efficiency of the resolution of complaints filed by aggrieved…
- Delhi
India-EU free trade agreement to be ‘mother’ of all deals: Goyal
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday, January 16, said the free trade agreement between India and the 27-nation bloc EU, the negotiations for which are at the last…
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Instagram reel inspires 18-year-old to launch business, earns Rs 6K daily
An 18-year-old who got inspired by an Instagram reel has launched a business in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, earning him a revenue of Rs 6,000 every day. Honey Khan began his business with…
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Rajasthan BLO threatens suicide over order to delete 470 minority voters
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) from Rajasthan’s Hawa Mahal Assembly constituency has threatened to commit suicide after he was allegedly pressured to delete the names of 470 Muslim voters from his booth. A…
