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Hindustan Times Delhi
Seeking synthesising generalists in Al age
Coaching factories have killed the infrastructure that enabled multi- dimensional intellectual development. India must rebuild, deliberately and at scale, the competitive public culture that trained its brightest minds to become highly accomplished generalists
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Ministry issues showcase notice to boxing federation
With theselection of Indian boxing teams for the Asian Games and CWG under scrutiny, the Sports Ministry on Tuesday issued a showcause notice to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) highlighting issues related to “administrative, governance and selection process of athletes.”
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Markets tumble after PM’s austerity appeal
Markets slumped on Monday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to cut fuel consumption, avoid buying gold for a year, and limit foreign travel, amid rising pressure on the rupee and on India’s import bill due to supply constraints triggered by the West Asia conflict.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
INDIA IS HELPING SHAPE GLOBAL CHANGE: YADAV AT CII CONFERENCE
India is helping shape global change, Union environment minister, Bhupender Yadav said on Monday at Confederation of Indian Industry (CIl’s) conference on ‘Future of the Global Economy, Industry and Society, and the Vision for India@100.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Modi to embark on five-nation visit
The India-Nordic Summit will be the highlight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation visit beginning this week, including a stopover in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that will focus on energy cooperation and trade.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Nasscom backs hybrid work to cut energy use
Indian technology companies have been adopting prudent management measures, including enabling remote or hybrid work, information technology (IT) industry body Nasscom said on Monday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens and businesses to revive ‘Covid-era’ Work From Home (WFH) and virtual meeting arrangements to help the country combat the global energy crisis.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Chaos and 5 am bouts at Open Ranking wrestling
A 5am start to wrestling bouts, with wrestlers waiting through midnight for their turn on the mat — the Senior Open Ranking Tournament descended into scheduling chaos, even as the Wrestling Federation of India tried in vain to manage the situation on the ground.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Rajasthan police begins probe after NEET questions match ‘guess paper’
A GUESS PAPER 1S A DOCUMENT LISTING PROBABLE QUESTIONS FOR EXAMS, PREPARED BY EXPERTS
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
5 tourists among 6 dead as taxi falls in HP gorge
DHARAMSHALA: Six people, including five tourists from a single family from Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, were killed and four others seriously injured when their SUV taxi plunged nearly 150 feet into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district early on Monday, police said.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Krunal: No-frills allrounder who keeps on giving
From the depths of despair to the swanky and garish, Krunal Pandya made it in life through sheer hard work.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
A calibrated demand deflation
The PM's advice on consumption reflects the economic pain inflicted by the war in West Asia
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
India’s reckoning with the war’s economic cost begins
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to use petrol-diesel judiciously and not buy gold or undertake foreign trips on Sunday, he was conveying a clear message: the economic pain of the ongoing war in West Asia is not going away anytime soon and the economy will have to make adjustments to cope with the fallout.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
GST Council may clarify taxation of app cabs, ease rules
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is likely to meet before mid-July to consider proposals to simplify procedures and clarify matters including the taxation of ride-hailing app companies, according to two people aware of the development.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
GADKARI OPENS BARRIER-FREE TOLL AT MUNDKA PLAZA ON UER-2
Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated the multi-lane free flow (MLFF) tolling system at the Mundka-Bakkarwala toll plaza in Delhi on UER-2, marking the expansion of barrier-free electronic toll collection aimed at reducing congestion and improving highway efficiency.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
NITISH KATARA MURDER CASE: SC GRANTS CONVICT VIKAS YADAV 10-DAY FURLOUGH
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered temporary release of convict Vikas Yadav in the Nitish Katara murder case, granting him furlough for 10 days beginning Tuesday with a direction to surrender by May 22.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
File separate pleas on SIR’s impact on polls: SC to TMC
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to file separate applications over claims that the outcome of the recent West Bengal assembly elections was materially affected by voter deletions carried out during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, even as the Election Commission of India (ECI) maintained that any challenge to poll results could only be pursued through election petitions by defeated candidates.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
What the Iran conflict says about US power
The US-Israel war against Iran shows that overwhelming military and economic power no longer guarantee control.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Low-speed Chinese e-scooters catch up with domestic leaders
Exploding sales of low-speed electric scooters— powered heavily by cheap Chinese imports—are giving a headache to India’s established electric vehicle (EV) makers, who warn that the poor-quality products risk hurting consumer confidence in electric two-wheelers just as the sector is gaining scale.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Govt pushes for long-term fire safety master plan for Capital
Delhi home minister Ashish Sood on Monday reviewed the Capital's fire safety measures and directed officials to conduct regular fire audits, modernise firefighting systems, and prepare a comprehensive firefighting master plan, officials said.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
VB-GRAMG Act to replace MGNREGA starting July 1
The central government on Monday notified the implementation of the new rural employment law —the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), (VB-GRAMG) Act, 2025 — that replaces the nearly two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC pulls up NDMC over conservation delay
The Supreme Court on Monday warned of criminal action against New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) over delays in conserving heritage structures at the Delhi Golf Club, saying it would “break the myth of an elitist organisation going scot-free”.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
‘Every year’s problem’: Vacations begin, MCD school students yet to get textbooks
As summer vacation begins across the city, many students in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-run schools have still not received all their textbooks for the current academic session.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Set up panels to help resolve Bench-Bar disputes: Top court
SC UNDERLINED JUDGES MUST DISPLAY ‘PATIENCE, COMPASSION AND SPIRIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT’
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
DELHI PLANS MORE FUNDS FOR PARKS AND GARDENS TO BOOST GREENERY
The Delhi government plans to increase annual maintenance assistance for parks and gardens from ₹2.55 lakh to 3.8 lakh per acre to improve green cover, officials said.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
7 years after announcement, no sign of medical institute at RML hospital
The construction of the proposed Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences (ABVIMS) at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital is yet to commence, even after seven years since the announcement and two MBBS batches affiliated to the institute having passed through makeshift facilities at the hospital, according to hospital officials and students.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trump and Xi set for talks spanning Iran, Taiwan and Al
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss Iran, Taiwan, artificial intelligence (AI) and nuclear weapons as they weigh extending a critical minerals deal, according to US officials previewing Trump's visit to China this week.
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Severed body parts recovered from river in Bihar’s Kaimur, probe on
POLICE ARE YET TO ASCERTAIN THE IDENTITY OF THE DECEASED, BUT ONE OF THE BODIES APPEARS TO BE THAT OF A CHILD
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May 12, 2026
Hindustan Times
NTPC eyes ₹56K-cr nuclear bet in Bihar
State-run NTPC Ltd is considering investing about ₹56,000 crore to set up 2.8 gigawatt (GW) of nuclear power generation capacity in Bihar through its subsidiary NTPC Parmanu Urja Nigam Ltd, two people aware of the development said.
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May 11, 2026
Hindustan Times
Rain in store, temps to be below normal: IMD
The Capital is in for a wet and windy start to the week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a “yellow alert” for Monday and Tuesday.
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May 11, 2026
Hindustan Times
The roadblocks before rescue: Encroachments hit Delhi's fire response
Rampant encroachments, illegally parked vehicles and narrow lanes are hampering fire responses across Delhi, leaving several areas inaccessible during emergencies.
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