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Mango yield in Lucknow belt hit by weather woes, farmers expect 50 per cent drop in crop this season
Famous for their taste, size and variety, mangoes from the Lucknow belt are likely to be fewer this year, believe growers who wait for the season offering varieties galore, Dussehri, Langda, Safeda, Chausa and Ramkela, among others, to earn enough for the year ahead.
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May 22, 2025
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Stock markets close lower for 2nd day
(RNS, 21-05-25) Benchmark BSE Sensex dropped by 271 points on Monday, marking the second straight day of losses due to selling in IT and banking stocks and a weak trend in global markets after rating downgrade of the US by Moody's Ratings.
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May 22, 2025
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Big tech companies pose risk to free, fair digital market: FM
(RNS, 21-05-25) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that emergence of gatekeeper platforms has challenged free and fair digital markets even as she calls for global cooperation and agile regulation to tackle the rise of cross-border digital monopolies demands.
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May 22, 2025
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Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar passes away at 87 in Pune
The noted astrophysicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar passed away at the age of 87 in Pune on Tuesday.
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May 22, 2025
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Monsoon likely to reach Kerala in 4-5 days: IMD
The southwest monsoon is likely to reach Kerala in the next four-five days, much earlier than the usual date of June 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
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May 22, 2025
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Odisha BJP president Samal claims chit fund docs missing, alleges BJD hand
In a startling revelation, state BJP president Manmohan Samal on Tuesday said relevant documents relating to the chit fund scam are missing and the state government is making serious efforts to retrieve them for the refund of money to the depositors.
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May 22, 2025
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Gazan twins in Cannes warn 'nothing left' of homeland
Twin Gazan filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser said they never thought the title of their new film \"Once Upon A Time in Gaza\" would have such heartbreaking resonance.
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May 22, 2025
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FIR filed against BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, journalist Arnab Goswami
An FIR has been registered against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly spreading false information, according to police officials.
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May 22, 2025
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Kharge slams PM Modi over Pahalgam terror attack, says lives could have been saved had warning been issued
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives, could have been avoided had the PM issued a warning based on intelligence inputs.
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May 22, 2025
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Amur Falcon flies 6,000 km from Odisha to China in 18 days
A satellite-tagged Amur Falcon which flew from southern Africa to Odisha covering over 4,000 km last month made another 6,000 km dash in just 18 days - this time to China.
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May 22, 2025
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Zelensky says Russia 'trying to buy time' to 'continue war'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of not seriously engaging in peace talks and of wanting to continue its three-year invasion, despite a US push for a ceasefire.
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May 22, 2025
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DD Next Level Movie Review: Surface-level storytelling helped by next-level jokes
Usually seen as an escape and haven from real-world problems, the choice to turn theatres into a site of torment is a compelling idea that DD Next Level boldly flirts with.
4 min |
May 22, 2025
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Rupee opens lower as market awaits directional triggers
The Indian Rupee opened weaker on Tuesday, snapping a two-day streak of gains amid a lack of fresh domestic or global triggers.
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May 22, 2025
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With little progress after phone calls and talks, Ukraine's allies hit Russia with new sanctions
Kyiv's European allies slapped new sanctions Tuesday on Moscow, a day after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the 3-year-old war in Ukraine.
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May 22, 2025
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Airtel and Google partner to offer Google One subscription to its postpaid and Wi-Fi customers
Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced a partnership with Google to bring the Google One cloud storage subscription service for Airtel customers.
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May 22, 2025
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SC grants interim bail to Ashoka University professor, forms SIT; NHRC issues notice to Haryana DGP
The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, arrested over alleged offensive online posts related to Operation Sindoor.
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May 22, 2025
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Israeli strikes kill at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza as its military escalates 'offensive'
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people on Tuesday across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, where Israel has intensified a military offensive aimed at crushing Hamas.
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May 22, 2025
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Four killed as slab of residential building collapses; rescue operations on
At least four persons, including a child, were killed and four others injured after a slab of one of the four floors of a residential building collapsed on Tuesday afternoon in Kalyan city near Thane, officials said.
1 min |
May 22, 2025
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Horoscope Today, 22 May 2025: Check here Astrological prediction for all sun signs
Focus on hard work. Your service-oriented attitude will be strengthened.
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May 22, 2025
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Byju's employees, students await compensation amid company's financial crisis
Since Byju's entered insolvency proceedings in July last year, the cash-strapped edtech company has left both employees and students with several unanswered questions, particularly regarding unpaid salaries and compensation.
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May 22, 2025
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'Stark violation' of academic freedom: Students, professors back Ashoka University professor
Students of Ashoka University has come forward supporting their professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, terming his arrest as a stark violation\" of not just academic freedom, but of the very principles he taught them and stood for.
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May 22, 2025
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Eventually you wake up... And the nightmare gets over: Aakash Chopra on Pant
(RNS, 21-05-25) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes Rishabh Pant will need to reassess his approach in T20 cricket after enduring a \"nightmare\" IPL season, squandering a vital opportunity to stake a stronger claim for a spot in India's T20 set-up.
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May 22, 2025
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Two low-rung forest staff risk lives to save 1,000 villagers from wild elephants in MP
Despite three villagers being trampled to death by a rampaging wild elephant duo in the forests of Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Monday morning, a major human disaster was averted thanks to the courageous efforts of two of the lowest-rung forest department staff.
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May 22, 2025
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Rishabh would be first one to admit that he didn't have a good season, says Marsh
Rishabh Pant couldn't live up to his reputation of being a bonafide match-winner despite his staggering Rs 27 crore billing and the Lucknow Super Giants skipper would be the first one to admit that he didn't have a great IPL season, teammate Mitchell Marsh said after his team's ouster from the cash-rich league.
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May 22, 2025
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Ben Stokes quits alcohol to aid hamstring injury
England's Test captain Ben Stokes has quit drinking alcohol during his ongoing hamstring injury rehabilitation in an effort to be battle-ready for the upcoming Ashes series against traditional rivals Australia.
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May 22, 2025
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India rejects Pakistan's attempt to 'hoodwink the world' with false blame over Balochistan school bus blast
India on Wednesday strongly refuted Pakistan’s accusation that it was behind a deadly suicide bombing on a school bus in Balochistan’s Khuzdar city, calling the claim a baseless attempt to “hoodwink the world” and deflect from Islamabad’s own reputation as the “global epicentre of terrorism.”
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May 22, 2025
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Encroachers ran commercial operations from 100 government quarters in Bhubaneswar, evicted
Hotel, kalyan mandap and even godown - these are some of the operations that came to fore when the state government began evicting encroachers from nearly 100 government quarters in Unit II area of the capital city on Tuesday.
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May 22, 2025
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15-year-old arrested for shooting father to death in Pichhore
In a shocking revelation, Pichhore police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for fatally shooting his father and attempting to disguise the crime as a suicide—an elaborate deception that was uncovered only after forensic examination of the postmortem report.
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May 21, 2025
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Odisha cops yet to locate body of murdered Bihar youth
Even after two days of intensive search, police are yet to locate the body of a youth from Bihar who was allegedly murdered by his co-worker near a factory in Paradip in February this year.
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May 21, 2025
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Government sets ball rolling for global tender through GeM
The government has set the ball rolling for allowing foreign vendors to participate in government procurements in India.
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