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The New Indian Express Madurai
Polytechnic grads to be made language-ready for Germany & Japan
WITH an aim to boost overseas employability, the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) will soon introduce foreign language training, including German and Japanese, for students in government polytechnic colleges.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Civil servants vital for Viksit Bharat, must operate across sectors: Mishra
CIVIL services stand at the heart of India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat and officers must think across domains, operate across sectors, and anchor their work in humility, integrity, and purpose, P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, said on Thursday.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
CYCLONE DITWAH HURTLING TOWARDS TN-PONDY COAST
HEAVY RAIN ALERT FOR THREE DAYS
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Focus on Rohit & Kohli ahead of One-Day series
KL RAHUL will don captain’s hat almost two years after his last stint as India skipper when the hosts take on South Africa in the first ODI in Ranchi on Sunday.
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November 28, 2025
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Work on remains of antiquity at Dwarka begins
A fresh round of onshore and offshore expeditions at ancient heritage sites in Gujarat’s Dwarka and Bet Dwarka has begun.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
INDIA'S PC MARKET HITS RECORD HIGH IN Q3 2025, GROWS 10.1% YOY
INDIA'S personal computer market — which includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations — recorded strong 10.1% year-over-year (YoY) growth in Q3 2025, with shipments reaching 4.9 million units. According to IDC, this is the highest-ever quarterly performance for the Indian PC market, surpassing the previous record of 4.5 million units shipped in Q3 2024.
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November 28, 2025
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Tribal youth make it big, conquer peak in Himachal Pir Panjal range
A group of tribal youths hailing from Jashpur—most of whom had never seen snow or experienced high-altitude terrain—returned with a historic achievement that filled all of Chhattisgarh with pride.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Drive to identify illegal foreign nationals in UP, detention camps soon
THE Uttar Pradesh government is launching a large-scale identification drive against illegal immigrants, beginning in western UP’s Rohilkhand region. The operation will cover Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur districts under the Bareilly division.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Aadhaar for age check to watch online content
THE Supreme Court on Thursday indicated the need for an autonomous regulatory body to oversee what can be allowed as online content, while suggesting that Aadhaar could be used to verify viewers’ ages for programs considered “obscene”.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
GROUNDWATER URANIUM NEEDS URGENT MITIGATION
A multi-agency study by Indian researchers published in Nature has found high levels of radioactive uranium-238 in breast-milk samples in Bihar.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
SWISS HOCKEY CROWDFUND THEIR WAY TO WC
SWITZERLAND'S command over the sporting world cannot be ignored. Some of the top sport-governing bodies like FIFA, International Olympic Committee (IOC) and even the international hockey federation (FIH) are all based in the country. The national football teams are regulars in top international tournaments. The country is also home to argua-
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November 28, 2025
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Stalin presents awards, lays foundation for HR&CE projects
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Thursday presented the Children’s Welfare-Service Awards for 2025 to Thanjavur Annai Sathya Ammayar Memorial Government Children’s Home, Thoothukudi St Mary’s Mercy Home, the Chennai Government Observation Home and the Ramanathapuram District Child Protection Unit. Each received a certificate and a cheque for %1 lakh. Awards were presented across four categories: government-run children’s homes, homes run by voluntary organisations, homes for children in conflict with the law and district child protection units.
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November 28, 2025
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Land docus to have high resolution satellite images
TAMIL Nadu has launched an effort to further modernise the way land records are maintained by significantly increasing the transparency and efficiency using high-resolution satellite images with a resolution of 30cm, which can offer granular details, covering the entire 1.3 lakh square kilometre of the state.
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November 28, 2025
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2-child norm, no-tax dues must for contesting civic body polls
AS Jharkhand gears up for Municipal polls next year, the State Election Commission has issued guidelines for the same, stating that candidates with more than two children will be barred from contesting elections, if the last child was born after February 9, 2013.
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November 28, 2025
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Cong Bihar meet sees heated debate over 'selling of tickets, friendly fights'
DISCONTENT within the Bihar Congress surfaced sharply at the party’s first post-election review meeting, where several candidates flagged flaws in ticket allocation, selling of tickets and ‘friendly fights’ between allies as main reasons for the humiliating defeat in the recent Assembly polls.
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November 28, 2025
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Rajaa lays foundation for 'Cube', says CM likely to open Fintech Tower in Jan
INDUSTRIES Minister TRB Rajaa on Thursday said the Fintech Tower, part of the government's Fintech City project, is likely to be inaugurated by Chief Minister MK Stalin in January.
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November 28, 2025
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Jemimah lends hand to Mandhana
IN a noble gesture, women’s ODI World Cup winner Jemimah Rodrigues decided to miss the remaining Women’s Big Bash League season in Australia and stay back in India to lend emotional support to her national teammate and good friend Smriti Mandhana.
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November 28, 2025
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Punjab village’s stubble management hailed
UNION Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday congratulated Punjab for achieving an 83 percent reduction in stubble-burning cases, calling the state’s progress a model that should be followed across the country. During his visit to several parts of Punjab, he met farmers, reviewed rural development work, and said the state had shown that determined community efforts could bring real change.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Food services to be $125 billion mkt by 2030; organised players to gain big
INDIA'S food services market size will grow to $125 billion by 2030, with the organised segment growing at 2x that of the unorganised segment, said foodtech major Swiggy in its annual report titled “How India Eats” in partnership with Kearney.
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
WHEN A CLEAN-UP BECOMES A MESS
A year ago, the idea of a massive nationwide exercise to visit every single household to verify, add, or delete voters was not on anyone’s radar. After all, the Narendra Modi government did not even conduct the mandatory dec-adal census. Chief Election Commi sioner Gyanesh Kumar took charge in February 2025 and, for three months, did not utter the term ‘special intensive revision’ (SIR). Suddenly, one day in June, the CEC announced a nationwide SIR beginning with Bihar. Why so suddenly and so hastily?
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November 28, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Modi, Shah to attend 3-day DGP conference in C’garh
PM Narendra Modi & Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the All India Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police on Nov 29-30 at Indian Institute of Management, Nava Raipur.
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November 28, 2025
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₹7,300 cr push for rare earth atmanirbharta
AMID a shortage of rare earth magnets blamed on China's export restrictions, the Centre on Wednesday approved a ₹7,280-crore scheme to boost domestic manufacturing of these critical materials.
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November 27, 2025
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IPOs DO BOTH: REWARD RISK AND FUND GROWTH
WHAT has been whispered for long was coherently amplified by India's Chief Economic Advisor, V Anantha Nageswaran, at a recent industry conclave.
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November 27, 2025
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EC concerned over Bengal CEO's safety, Didi ups ante
EXPRESSING serious concern over a security breach at the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office, the national poll body on Wednesday sought an action-taken report (ATR) from Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma within 48 hours about the safety of the poll officers.
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November 27, 2025
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Don't want food on VB? Ensure you tick the box while booking
IRCTC's decision to relocate the 'no food' option while booking Vande Bharat train tickets online has caused considerable confusion among commuters.
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November 27, 2025
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CJI says will 'consider' petition to revive NJAC, end collegium system
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will consider a plea to revive the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) to replace the current collegium system for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary.
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November 27, 2025
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'Constitution Day must be celebrated in schools': Modi hails right to vote
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday underscored the responsibility of strengthening India's democracy by exercising the right to vote, saying that Constitution Day should also be observed in schools and colleges by celebrating young people turning 18.
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November 27, 2025
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Kharif season: Record production of rice, but oilseeds & pulse output down
THE agriculture ministry said the country's rice production during the kharif season that ended in October reached a record 124.
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November 27, 2025
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₹95cr pension arrears: HC tells secy to appear in court
THE Madras High Court has ordered the state finance secretary T Udhayachandran to personally appear before the court on December 5, in connection with a petition related to delay in settling long-pending pension benefits to the retired staff of University of Madras.
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November 27, 2025
The New Indian Express Madurai
Cages in MTR to catch tiger that killed woman
OFFICIALS of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) have decided to capture the tiger (MTRT37) that killed a tribal woman by placing two cages at Mavanallah near Masinagudi.
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