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PM Modi marks International Cheetah Day, but questions linger over fastest cat’s survival in India

PM Modi marks International Cheetah Day, but questions linger over fastest cat’s survival in India

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s warm wishes on International Cheetah Day today (December 4) struck an unmistakably upbeat note. Hailing...

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NDA edges towards a deal in Bihar but tussle over Home Ministry betweem BJP, JD(U) remains

New Delhi: Ahead of the Bihar cabinet swearing-in, the Nitish Kumar government finds itself tangled in one final knot at the eleventh hour: who gets...

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Red Fort blast: CISF puts India on high alert after explosion rocks Delhi

New Delhi: A nationwide alert has been issued by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after the blast near the Red Fort in the national...

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Ozempic’s India entry stirs debate: Miracle cure or costly quick-fix?

Ozempic is coming to India. Why should this matter to you? Because this world-famous, much-discussed diabetes treatment has also become a global...

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PM Modi @75: India at the cusp of Amrit Kaal

New Delhi: 75 is an age when most leaders would be expected to take a step back, reflect, and perhaps retreat into a quieter life. Prime Minister...

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Congress’s AI video of PM Modi, his mother: Grand old party’s gaffes before crucial Assembly polls seem never-ending

New Delhi: Barely a month and a half before the Bihar Assembly election — ostensibly the most crucial one of 2025 — and the Congress is on a...

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Young India, ageing world: EY report highlights India’s youth dividend in a rapidly greying world

New Delhi: The latest Economy Watch report from Ernst & Young Global Limited could hardly be clearer in its messaging: the world’s largest economies...

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TV9 Travel & Tourism Summit: India’s growth needs icons in tourism, says G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

New Delhi: Tourism will be one of the biggest engines of India’s future growth, creating as many as 25 million jobs, former NITI Aayog CEO and G20...

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EAM S Jaishankar begins Russia trip amid widening India–US rift

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has landed in Moscow on Tuesday for a three-day visit that New Delhi hopes will reaffirm its special...

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Bangladesh-born NYPD officer dies a hero in Midtown Manhattan shooting

New York: 36-year-old Didarul Islam, a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, was among the five people killed in a mass shooting at a Midtown...

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Over 100 terrorists killed in Op Sindoor: Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: A special debate on ‘Operation Sindoor’ began in the Lok Sabha at 2 pm Monday (July 28), following week-long disruptions since the...

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Operation Mahadev: Pahalgam attack mastermind Hashim Musa killed

Srinagar: In a big counter-terrorism breakthrough for India, Hashim Musa — former Pakistani Army Special Forces operative and Pahalgam terror attack...

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No civilian flights IAF conducts major air drill in Rajasthan today

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct a major operational drill starting today (July 23) and continuing through July 25. The drill will...

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Odisha student dies after self-immolation over inaction on sexual harassment complaint

The 20-year-old girl in Odisha’s Balasore, who set herself on fire on Saturday, succumbed to her injuries late on Monday night. The victim...

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Terror-linked Pakistan to chair UN’s anti-terror architecture in a stunning irony

Diplomacy is no stranger to contradiction, but every now and then, the global order outdoes itself. One such moment unfolded this week: Pakistan is...

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Germany to end visa appeal process: Indians left with tougher, costlier options

New Delhi: Germany will eliminate its informal visa appeal mechanism from July 1 across all countries. The decision will significantly affect Indian...

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After Zelenskyy, now it's Ramaphosa: Meet Trump at your own risk

When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa entered the Oval Office this week, he surely knew what lay ahead. Still, the sheer theatrics of what...

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Pakistan vs facts: How Islamabad's false propaganda on Indian drones fell flat

Pakistan always believed in shifting the focus from the ground reality to suit its narratives. And the present India-Pakistan conflict is no...

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Pakistan flails for global attention while India stays firm on post-Pahalgam terror doctrine

“We look for partners, not preachers.” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s words at the Arctic Circle India Forum have made it very clear...

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Bullets and budgets: How wars have affected India's growth over years

New Delhi: India’s launch of Operation Sindoor after the killing of 26 civilians in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam has revived not just national...

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RBI Governor invites US businesses to invest in India citing the resilient growth story

Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra has urged US businesses to invest in India, highlighting the nation’s position as the fastest-growing...

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Dire wolves resurrected from extinction: Mythical canine will now roam again after 13,000 years

It is a development that has effectively blurred the line between science fiction and reality. Researchers have achieved what was once thought...

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Tale of two Indias: While rural belt battles hunger, urban women struggle with obesity

India is facing a double-edged sword when it comes to nutrition. The latest report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation,...

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PM Modi's Sri Lanka visit to focus on defence, energy security

After his visit to Thailand and attending the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Sri Lanka on Friday evening. The...

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Shenzhen Airlines cabin crew bitten during mid-air catfight between passengers over perfume and body odour

It was supposed to be a routine Shenzhen Airlines flight from Shenzhen to Shanghai. At least, it started that way. However, soon after it took off,...

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PM Modi, Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus seen together at BIMSTEC

New Delhi: PM Modi and Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus reportedly had a brief courtesy meeting and were seated side-by-side at the...

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Melting glaciers and Trump’s climate ‘leadership’

A new study has confirmed something we have known all along but have been ignoring, nevertheless. The world’s glaciers are melting at an alarming...

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World Wildlife Day: Will PM Modi’s Gir safari bring the focus back to lions?

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the lion safari at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat’s Junagadh district on Monday (March 3, 2025), the...

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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s Yamuna Aarti: Symbolism or commitment to river rejuvenation?

Newly sworn-in Delhi CM Rekha Gupta and her cabinet aced the optics in making a beeline for the Yamuna right after taking the oath. The image of the...

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Paris AI Summit: Grand promises, thin action — Is it all just talk?

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit was recently held in Paris, co-chaired by PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. The Summit...

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Trump’s plastic straw revival: A bold step taken backwards

In a move that surprises absolutely no one familiar with his track record, US President Donald has decided that the most pressing environmental issue...

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Burning Billions: Why the US can’t buy its way out of devastating California wildfires

Wildfire ravaging California is nothing new. The end of the arid Californian summers has been marked by the fires gutting the dry woods. What,...

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Elon Musk’s population alarm: Babies, business, and big demographic shifts!

Elon Musk is back with his population theories. The latest in the population series (ft. Musk-isms) is the graph illustrating projected population...

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Goodbye, Dr Manmohan Singh: You have the gratitude of generations of Indians

If, like me, you grew up in middle-class India watching television at home, made telephone calls from home that didn’t feel like an “endurance...

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India’s toxic air chokes tourism as travel industry stares at huge economic losses

Air quality in the national capital region has been ranging between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ over the past few days. Fresh snowfall in the hills...

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Iran's hijab death penalty: A sentence not for women, but for the State itself

Iranian women who defy the hijab ban and share videos of themselves without the veil with foreign media, or even protest peacefully, are now set to...

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Project Cheetah: Can Kuno overcome habitat, policy and prey challenges?

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Kunal Shah's theory linking high-speed internet to low birthrate holds zero CREDibility

That India is dealing with the demographic disadvantage of an ageing population has been established in many recent studies. The primary reason for...

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GRAP-4 enforced but Delhi's choking lungs continue to grapple with the smog

Are you breathless with moist eyes and palpitations? Then you are either in love or in Delhi. Well, that’s the social media meme doing rounds, and...

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Russia's ‘Ministry of Sex’ turns women into pawns amid demographic crisis

Vladimir Putin has done it again. Misogyny, we meant. Not waging a war (at least not another one. At least not this time). But his misogyny is no...

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Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to head DOGE: What it means for Trump, US and the world

Trump 2.0 is set to see a very interesting cabinet. While John Ratcliffe — who served as the Director Of National Intelligence in Trump 1.0 and...

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Trump In, Climate Out: Why Donald Trump is bad news for ensuing climate fight

A “climate denier” as the President of the United States — often considered the “most influential person” on the planet — is nothing short of a...

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Rising AQI handing generational depression on platter, but we continue to breathe in

Want to live peacefully in Delhi-NCR? Or even live in Delhi-NCR? Then stop breathing. You read that right. Breathing in the national capital comes...

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Behind the smokescreen: How Delhi’s poisonous air is choking its animals

It is yet another October and yet another time when Delhi is choking.  The national capital’s lungs are filled with soot emanating from the stubble...

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