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He’ll handle it fine: Ponting backs Pant’s captaincy for Guwahati Test
Australian legend Ricky Ponting feels Rishabh Pant’s experience will be handy as he gears up to lead the Indian team in the second cricket Test against South Africa in Guwahatiafter regular skipper Shubman Gill was ruled out due to a neck spasm.
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November 22, 2025
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The other 98%
Even as the global water crisis deepens, the global collective response remains trappedin a silo-conserving, reallocating, andrecyclingthesametiny finitefreshwater reserves. Ambitious research that could liberate humanityfrom its dependence on freshwater remainsscarce, confinedlargely to desalination plants or isolated trials in saline agriculture
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November 22, 2025
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Will not rest until Constitution amended to set deadline for Governors to assent to Bills: MK Stalin
Asserting that the struggle to secure the rights of states and establish real federalism will continue, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday said: \"We will not rest until the Constitution is amended to set a deadline for assenting Bills.
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November 22, 2025
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Earthquake halts Dhaka Test as tremors felt across Northeast India
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka on the third morning of the Bangladesh-Ireland second Test, forcing an abrupt suspension of play for nearly three minutes as strong tremors rippled through the city and surrounding regions, including parts of Eastern and Northeastern India.
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November 22, 2025
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Cong accuses K’taka BJP, mediaofrunning tarnish campaign
Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Friday accused the Karnataka BJP and certain sections of the media of orchestrating a deliberate campaign oftarnishing the image of the Congress government in the state.
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November 22, 2025
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Uneasy Acceleration
The global artificial intelligence boom has entered a phase that feels both historic and unsettling.
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November 22, 2025
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Injured Gill, Rabada ruled out of Guwahati Test
Putting an end to speculations around Shubman Gill's availability for the second Test against South Africa, starting Saturday at the ACA Stadium here, the BCCI on Friday confirmed that the India captain has been ruled out and will now “head to Mumbai for further assessment of his injury.” In his absence, Rishabh Pant will lead the Indian outfit in the series-defining contest.
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November 22, 2025
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BJP eyes opportunities amid Cong power tussle in K’taka
The BJP is closely watching the political situation in Karnataka, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar are involved in an intense power struggle.
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November 22, 2025
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SEBI may add REITs, InvITs to indices
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Friday said the markets regulator is actively studying whether Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) should be included in major market indices.
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November 22, 2025
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United everywhere except at home
On his first day as New York's mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani posted a photo on Instagram of himself eating momos, a Nepali dumpling beloved across the South Asian diaspora in the city.
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November 22, 2025
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Ashes: 19 wickets tumble on opening day as Aussies trail by 49 runs
19 wickets fell on a chaotic opening day of the first Ashes Test at Perth Stadium, where fast bowlers from both sides wreaked havoc on a bouncy surface to leave the match dramatically in the balance.
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November 22, 2025
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FTAs, CEO talks key focus at Israel-India Business Summit
The Israel-India Business Summit was held in Tel Aviv, witnessing top political leaders, senior industry executives and major business organsations from both countries to accelerate bilateral economic cooperation and chart new areas of collaboration.
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November 22, 2025
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Bitcoin hits 7-month low on US economy concerns
Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, fell to its lowest level since April on Friday as worries over the US economy triggered a broader selloff in digital assets.
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November 22, 2025
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Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new outpost overnight, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory.
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November 22, 2025
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HM Shah urges citizens to cooperate with SIR exercise to stop infiltrators
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said prevention of infiltration is crucial not only from the security point of view but also to save the democracy from being hijacked.
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November 22, 2025
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120 Bahadur, A war epic on a par with border, if not better
Yes, it martyrs. Except for a few songs which come on when ... well, the going gets tough, there are no digressions, no stopover in this exceptional revisitation into a chapter of India's border-strife history, some call it war, which we would rather bury under the rubble of recency.
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November 22, 2025
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Market snaps two-day rally, ends lower in volatile session
The stock market snapped the two-day gaining streak on Friday and ended lower in a volatile session. Nifty fell below 26,100 amid selling across the sectors.
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November 22, 2025
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A lot at stake as India set to take on Proteas in India’s newest Test venue
A lot is at stake when India walk out for the second Test against South Africa on Saturday — for a team that once dominated home conditions with an air of invincibility, for head coach Gautam Gambhir whose puzzling selection calls have repeatedly left his support staff answering uncomfortable questions, and for BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia alongside the Assam Cricket Association, who have waited six long years to host Guwahati’s first-ever Test and can ill afford the 30th Test venue in the country being remembered for the wrong reasons.
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November 22, 2025
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Trumpcalls Democrats' message 'seditious', ‘punishable by death’
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition \"punishable by DEATH\" after the lawmakers ~ all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community ~ called on US military members to uphold the Constitution and defy \"illegal orders.
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November 22, 2025
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Sitharaman holds pre-budget meet with infra, energy experts
In its series of meetings, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday chaired the 11th Pre-Budget Consultation with experts from the infrastructure and energy sectors in New Delhi.
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November 22, 2025
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Amit Shah to Shinde: BJP is a national party, will keep growing
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly told Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde that the BJP is a national party in power at the Centre, and its efforts to expand membership would not stop but only continue, after Shinde complained about \"poaching\", sources said on Friday.
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November 22, 2025
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UP's law and order situation is in shambles under the BJP government: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that Uttar Pradesh's law and order situation is in shambles under the BJP government.
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November 21, 2025
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Red Fort blast: NIA arrests four more prime accused
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested four more prime accused in the 10 November blast outside the Red Fort in Delhi, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six, officials said on Thursday.
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November 21, 2025
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Index of eight core industries remained unchanged for October
The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for October 2025 remained unchanged at 162.4 (provisional) compared to the same month last year, data released by the Commerce & Industry Ministry said on Thursday.
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November 21, 2025
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26 e-commerce firms fully comply with dark pattern rules
In a major boost to consumer protection in the digital marketplace, 26 leading e-commerce platforms have voluntarily submitted self-declaration letters confirming that they comply with the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023.
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November 21, 2025
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Shinde meets Shah, Opposition claim he fears BJP may split his party
The Congress, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena have alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde (photo) is isolated in the BJP-led Mahayuti ruling Maharashtra.
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November 21, 2025
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SC rules timelines cannot be imposed on Prez, Guv to act on Bills for assent
In its advisory opinion on a Presidential Reference, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday overruled its 8 April judgment and held that the President and Governors of states cannot be bound by judicially imposed timelines for acting on Bills presented for assent.
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November 21, 2025
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UP SP MLA Sudhakar Singh passes away
Samajwadi Party's MLA Sudhakar Singh, who represented the Ghosi assembly constituency in Mau district in Uttar Pradesh, passed away on Thursday after battling prolonged illness.
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November 21, 2025
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Guv okays KTR prosecution, Congress flags 100-day delay
Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Sharma (photo) has granted approval to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to prosecute former Municipal Affairs and Urban Development (MAUD) Minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao in the Formula E race case involving the alleged misappropriation of Rs 54.88 crore.
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November 21, 2025
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Digital deception
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