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The Nifty50 and the Sensex rose, tracking a rise in Asian peers as traders hope for the tension in West Asia to de-escalate. The Nifty50 was trading 0.74 per cent or 173.56 points higher at 24,074.35, and the Sensex was trading 0.73 per…
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Political heavyweights cut across party lines fanned out across West Bengal on Sunday, holding rallies, roadshows and marches as campaigning for the second phase entered its final stretch ahead of the Monday evening deadline. Addressing…
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Arvind Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party, has written to Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma saying he will not appear in the excise policy case—either in person or through legal representation—opting instead for protest. In his letter,…
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Kalatan Dasgupta is a youth leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal who rose through student activism, beginning with the Students' Federation of India and later working in the Democratic Youth…
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Iran has reportedly put forward a new proposal to the United States aimed at ending the conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while postponing negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme. According to Axios, the proposal was…
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A preliminary magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Japan early Monday, the United States Geological Survey reported, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit about 18 kilometers west of Sarabetsu in Hokkaido at…
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At least 42 people were killed in clashes between ethnic groups in eastern Chad, a government official said Sunday, after violence erupted over access to a water well. The fighting broke out Saturday in Guereda, located in Wadi Fira.…
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Donald Trump’s tuxedo still looked freshly pressed as he stepped to the White House podium late Saturday, barely an hour after what authorities described as the latest apparent attempt on his life. “When you’re impactful, they go after…
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Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied areas, and Russia over the past 24 hours have left at least 16 people dead, officials said Sunday, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster reignited concerns about the dangers of…
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said heatwave conditions are likely to persist over northwest and central India for the next three days, with a gradual improvement expected thereafter. In its latest bulletin, the IMD…
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