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Stalin urges PM to relax paddy procurement norms
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Coimbatore today, to allow Tamil Nadu to increase the paddy procurement target for the Kharif season and relax the moisture norms for purchasing the foodgrain from farmers affected by unseasonal rain.
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November 19, 2025
The Morning Standard
Security upgrade in e-passport rollout
WITH the nationwide rollout of e-passports, a major technological upgrade designed to enhance security and streamline global mobility is on the cards for Indian passport holders.
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November 19, 2025
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TECH SUMMIT Sidda rolls out red carpet for investors in state
SETTING the tone and path for Karnataka’s development in coming years, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday rolled out the red carpet for investors and researchers to invest in the state, particularly in the technology and space sectors, at the 28th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit.
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November 19, 2025
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PITCHES LIKE ONE USED AT EDEN BENEFIT NONE
THE pitch prepared in Kolkata became one of the chief protagonists in the drama of the first Test between India and South Africa.
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November 19, 2025
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BJP & AAP lock horns over stray cattle menace in Patparganj locality
DELHI BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor on Tuesday hit out at Saurabh Bharadwaj, President of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi unit, saying the AAP leader was projecting the stray cattle issue as if it were a new problem that emerged under the BJP’s tenure.
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November 19, 2025
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Cloudflare glitch hits X, ChatGPT & transit systems for hours; services back
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.
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November 19, 2025
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Erigaisi & Yi set for tiebreak
GRANDMASTER (GM) Arjun Erigaisi could not convert his advantage in the middle game and had to settle for a draw in the second game against GM Wei Yi as their FIDE World Cup 2025 quarterfinal heads to a tiebreak.
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November 19, 2025
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Morgan Stanley sees Sensex reaching 1,07,000 level by December 2026
DALAL Street is on course to begin a multiyear rebound soon, regaining the mojo it has lost since September 2024 when the bellwether had hit the lifetime high of 85,978.25, according to Wall Street major Morgan Stanley.
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November 19, 2025
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Ukraine seeks new peace talks as Zelenskyy travels to Turkey amid tensions
UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that he will travel to Turkey this week in an attempt to jump-start negotiations on ending Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began nearly four years ago.
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November 19, 2025
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BANGLADESH DEMOCRACY CAN’T BE REBUILT WITH VENDETTA POLITICS
THE death sentence handed to former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may carry the weight of legal procedure, but it also carries the unmistakable smell of political vendetta. The interim government led by Mohammed Yunus termed the verdict “historic” and “profound”, while urging calm. Yet the very insistence on restraint amid an uneasy political clime reveals the depth of the fault lines running through Bangladesh.
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November 19, 2025
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Sundar Pichai cautions on AI errors, looming investment bubble
'DON'T TRUST AI BLINDLY'
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November 19, 2025
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'LPG from US must be economically viable'
AS Indian oil marketing companies secured a one-year deal to import around 2.2 MTPA of LPG from the US, industry analysts believe that India must have secured a good deal that is economically viable for Indian OMCs.
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November 19, 2025
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Bullet train's inaugural run in '27 to cover 100 kms between Surat & Vapi: Vaishnaw
INDIA is set to witness the inaugural run of its first bullet train in August 2027, operating between Surat and Vapi in Gujarat.
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November 19, 2025
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Drug resistance risks in cancer care & surgical procedures raise concern
AS antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging as a major public health concern in India, the Centre has rolled out a new and updated National Action Plan to address the crisis.
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November 19, 2025
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Haryana DGP asks officials to probe security lapse at Al Falah university
HARYANA Director General of Police O.P. Singh on Tuesday directed senior officials to investigate the “security lapses” that enabled several doctors to join a “white-collar” terror module and use Al Falah University in Dhouj, Faridabad, as their hideout.
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November 19, 2025
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Crowd control steps at Sabarimala stretched on 2nd day of pilgrimage
AN unprecedented surge of devotees in the opening days of the Sabarimala season caught the authorities unawares, throwing crowd management arrangements haywire and leaving pilgrims stranded in queues for over 10 hours without food or water on Tuesday. Many of them collapsed from exhaustion.
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November 19, 2025
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State Bank chief calls for national financial grid to combat frauds
CALLING for more concerted efforts to combat the increasing menace of financial frauds and boost credit access to the needy section of the society and the economy, State Bank chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty has said there is a need for developing shared digital infrastructure such as a ‘national financial grid’ and a digital payment intelligence corporation.
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November 19, 2025
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FROM ARCHIVE TO JUNKYARD TO VIDEO ART
A spotlight on a Delhi exhibition that grew from a simple idea — to display old film posters — to focus on how cinema actually circulates through cultural memory
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November 19, 2025
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Budget: DPIIT to push for reinstating start-up seed fund
IN the pre-budget consultation meeting with the Ministry of Finance, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on behalf of the startups of India is likely to have pushed for better access to seed fund for the entrepreneurs, said an official aware of the matter.
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November 19, 2025
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SC recalls order on post-facto green clearance
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday recalled its May 16 judgment that had prohibited the Centre from granting retrospective Environmental Clearances (ECs) to projects that had violated environmental norms.
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November 19, 2025
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High Court asks cops to give status of probe in FIRs
HIGHLIGHTING years of stagnation in a clutch of petitions linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the city police to place on record the latest status of the investigation.
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November 19, 2025
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'Why do you use machinery for political battles?'
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain an appeal of the CBI seeking direction to initiate a preliminary inquiry into allegations of irregularities in appointments and promotions in Jharkhand Assembly Secretariat.
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November 19, 2025
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43 Maoists held in joint operations in Andhra, police say 'entered from C'garh'
IN a major breakthrough against Left-wing extremism, 43 Maoists, suspected to be members of groups headed by Madvi Hidma and Devuji, were arrested in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. A joint operation was conducted by Greyhounds, Octopus and Police at Penamaluru near Vijayawada, in Eluru, and Kakinada, under the direct supervision of DGP Harish Kumar Gupta.
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November 19, 2025
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Trump hosts Saudi crown prince as he clears F-35 jet sale
DONALD Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington on Tuesday as the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia makes his first White House visit since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.
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November 19, 2025
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Netherlands, Germany seal World Cup spots
GERMANY and Netherlands went on goal sprees as they wrapped up World Cup qualification with resounding wins in their last European group matches on Monday. Both European giants needed only to draw to be sure of reaching the global footballing showpiece in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Instead, both went on the attack. Germany took early control as they beat Slovakia 6-0 in Leipzig. The Netherlands took longer to pull away before overcoming Lithuania 4-0.
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November 19, 2025
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Rahul steps up offensive, says Cong will fight SIR politically and legally
Party to hold mega rally against rolls revision
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November 19, 2025
The Morning Standard
Sonbhadra mine collapse toll rises to 7, rescue ops on as many still trapped
THE death toll in stone mine collapse in Sonbhadra district of eastern Uttar Pradesh has gone up to seven with another body being recovered from the rubble, officials said on Tuesday.
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November 19, 2025
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Riots pre-planned conspiracy: Delhi Police to top court
STRONGLY opposing the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, the Delhi Police told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the violence was not spontaneous but an “orchestrated, pre-planned and well-designed” assault on the sovereignty of the nation.
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November 19, 2025
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AAP & BJP trade barbs over stubble burning
THE Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP traded sharp accusations on Tuesday over responsibility for Delhi’s crippling air pollution crisis, which continues to drive the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) past the 400-mark.
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November 19, 2025
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After The Hunt gets release date
OLLOWING its limited theatrical run earlier this year, director Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt is set to release on Prime Video on November 20, Thursday.
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