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Hindustan Times Patna
Space oddities: The strangest planets we've found so far
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Are we ready to encounter alien life, asks Nikku Madhusudhan of the Institute of Astronomy at University of Cambridge
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October 12, 2025
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MF Husain: Man and myth, art and artist
M F Husain is undoubtedly India's best known and perhaps most highly regarded modern artist. As an editorial in this newspaper put it last week, he is \"arguably the most inventive artist of Indian modernism\". This is why it's not just sad but upsetting that an MF Husain museum will open next month in Doha and not in the country of his birth.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
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'IT WAS LOVELY TO LIGHT THE DIYAS'
Former England footballer Michael Owen swapped his football boots for festive warmth as he posed for a special Diwali shoot with us on his recent visit to Mumbai.
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October 12, 2025
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World can’t let critical minerals go the oil way
Energy transition must be fair, equitable and just, leaving nobody behind. The governance of critical minerals must evolve in response to this context
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October 12, 2025
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Talking about a revolution
Astrophysicists are uncovering planets that echo worlds from the works of James Cameron, Andy Weir and George Lucas. Take a look.
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October 12, 2025
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Make Walnuts from Chile part of your festive celebrations
Diwali is a time of festivities and gifting.
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October 12, 2025

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Trump: Gaza truce will hold as Israel, Hamas tired of fighting
US President Donald Trump said he believed the Israeli ceasefire that began in Gaza on Friday would hold as Israel and Hamas are \"tired\" of fighting.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
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Being Indian, and being seen as one
\"Where are you from?\" \"India.' \"Oh, you don't look Indian.
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October 12, 2025
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We scan and we will
A TIMELINE
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October 12, 2025
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JMM asks INDIA bloc to declare seat deal by Oct 15
the lead partner in the incumbent INDIA bloc government in the state, demanded on Saturday that the alliance leaders finalise the seat-sharing formula for the Bihar assembly elections by October 15, after which the Hemant Soren-led party would be free to take any decision on contesting the polls.
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October 12, 2025
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Modi launches two agri schemes worth ₹35k-cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the reforms in agriculture and farming sectors undertaken by the Union government in the last 11 years have begun to show results, but for speedy development of the country, these sectors will need to be strengthened further.
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October 12, 2025

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Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
It's surprising that both Homebound and Kantara: Chapter 1 wallow in cliches of India, rather than reinventing them
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October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Patna
'TEJASHWI TO LOSE POLL AS RAHUL LOST AMETHI': PK BEGINS CAMPAIGN FROM RAGHOPUR
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday claimed that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav would lose his Raghopur assembly seat in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, just like Congress' Rahul Gandhi had suffered a humiliating defeat in Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh six years ago.
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October 12, 2025
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Where is everyone?
We've been searching for decades, but haven't found so much as a microbe in space yet. Could it be that we're early; that life simply has not evolved yet in the neighbourhood? Are we doing it all wrong? Is there a bustling universe of sentient beings out there, waiting for us to catch on? Humans are now beginning to build technology that could make the difference in our quest for alien life. We have a growing understanding of what to look for. We're getting better at sending probes to nearby planets, which could tell us more about where and how to search. What might we find? Why does it matter? Take a look
6 min |
October 12, 2025

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Partners seek more seats, but NDA deal likely today
{ DAY OF HECTIC MEETINGS } BJP MAY CONTEST ONE SEAT LESS THAN JD(U)
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October 12, 2025
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Taimur is not interested in acting, he likes Virat, Rohit: Kareena
Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is mother to Taimur (8) and Jehangir (4), has revealed that her elder son has \"no interest\" in acting.
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October 12, 2025
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Modi launches two agri schemes worth ₹35k-cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the reforms in agriculture and farming sectors undertaken by the Union government in the last 11 years have begun to show results, but for speedy development of the country, these sectors will need to be strengthened further.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
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A Man Once Lost A Single Sock. And That's Where It All Began.
Every big change starts with something small, and a good sale really helps.
3 min |
October 11, 2025
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Unbelonging and the idea of home
Meticulous and elegantly written, Aatish Taseer’s A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile searches for traces of past civilisations and empires, to make sense of the present
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October 11, 2025

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Japan in political crisis as key partner in ruling coalition exits
Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday as junior partner Komeito quit the alliance, putting in peril Sanae Takaichi’s bid to become the country’s first woman prime minister.
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October 11, 2025
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Get off the carpet
You don’t need an invite to the Met Gala to rock fur coats or sheer gowns. Here are three red carpet looks you can wear IRL
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October 11, 2025

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Bharti Telecom to launch $1.7 bn mega bond issue next week
India’s Bharti Telecom, the holding company of Bharti Airtel, will launch the largest bond sale of the current fiscal year next week, aiming to raise funds at significantly lower rates than last year, according to three merchant bankers.
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October 11, 2025

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Relief for Vedanta: SC refuses to hear PIL on Viceroy’s allegations
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into allegations made by US-based short-seller Viceroy Research LLC against Vedanta Ltd, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Vedanta Resources Ltd, and related entities.
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October 11, 2025
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Judge blocks deployment of troops in Illinois for 2 weeks
A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois during Trump's immigration crackdown.
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October 11, 2025

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Ex-British PM takes up advisory roles at Microsoft, Anthropic
Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he has joined US tech giant Microsoft and AI startup ‘Anthropic as a senior adviser.
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October 11, 2025
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Clothes and culture: Legal status of dressing choices
In a recent incident, members of a fringe Right-wing outfit stormed into the rehearsal for the Miss Rishikesh pageant and objected to women contestants wearing “western clothes”, claiming it “polluted the culture of Uttarakhand”.
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October 11, 2025
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NITI Aayog moots decriminalisation of several tax offences
Government think tank NITI Aayog on Friday proposed the decriminalisation of several tax-related administrative, technical or procedural offences and recommended civil and monetary penalties for the same.
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October 11, 2025
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Heading to Oscars, movie on forgotten Indian soldiers
Almost all the films that are celebrated as war movies in world cinema are from Hollywood or Europe. Retrospectively, one is tempted to ask the question: Whose world and war do these feature?
4 min |
October 11, 2025

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All vibes, no shade
From Butter Yellow to Millennial Pink, see what our obsession with colour says about ourselves
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October 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Patna
'Watch' out for this ultra-luxury affair!
If celeb watches could speak, they would probably scream luxury.
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