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A Delhi court on Friday discharged all 23 accused in the CBI’s excise policy case, including former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, both leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Following the…
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The latest escalation in border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan has effectively derailed the ceasefire brokered last year by Qatar and Turkey. Islamabad claims its airstrikes killed more than 130 Taliban operatives, while Kabul…
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India and Israel on Thursday concluded the first round of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in New Delhi, with the second round of in-person talks scheduled for May 2026 in Israel, the commerce ministry said. The talks…
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Several users reported problems accessing WhatsApp Web on Friday morning, with most complaints related to login failures and chat syncing issues. According to outage-tracking platform Downdetector, reports of disruption surged around 9 am.…
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Days after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made an unscheduled visit to New Delhi, where he held what was described as a “highly…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday surprised his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi by appearing in traditional Indian attire ahead of their joint dinner in Jerusalem. Netanyahu wore a stone-coloured Nehru jacket — often…
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A 30-year-old woman and her three young daughters, aged five, four and three, were found murdered in their rented home in north Delhi’s Samaypur Badli on Wednesday morning, police said. The woman’s husband, identified as the prime suspect,…
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India’s environment minister on Wednesday called for a major acceleration in global climate efforts, urging nations to triple renewable energy capacity and significantly scale up adaptation finance. Addressing the silver jubilee edition of…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the Speaker of the Knesset Medal by Israel’s Parliament on Wednesday, becoming the first Indian prime minister to receive the legislature’s highest honour. The medal was presented by Knesset Speaker…
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The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has withdrawn the new social science textbook from its website following concerns raised by the Supreme Court over certain references to the judiciary. The development came…
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