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Prudential plc to acquire 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance from Bharti Ent
BHARTI ENTERPRISES on Sunday announced that UK-based insurer Prudential plc has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance Company Ltd from Bharti Life Ventures Pvt Ltd and other selling shareholders, marking a significant consolidation move in India’s fast-growing life insurance sector.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
‘Large-cap funds should continue to form the core of most portfolios’
AS equity market volatility peaks amid rising geopolitical uncertainty and weakening macroeconomic indicators, retail mutual fund investors are once again confronting familiar questions around risk, returns and long-term wealth creation.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
One Indian killed, three hurt in drone attack on Moscow
A massive overnight drone assault launched by Ukraine on Sunday killed one Indian national and injured three others in Russia’s Moscow region as the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv witnessed one of its most intense aerial escalations in recent months.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Murmu okays ordinance to raise top court bench strength, new count at 38
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu promulgated an ordinance on Sunday raising the number of Supreme Court judges to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
EQUITY INVESTING & RISK TAKING ABILITY
NOT every investor has the ability to take Risk and even among those who can, the appetite is often limited.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
53 pilgrim deaths in Char Dham this season, Kedarnath shrine leads at 28
AS many as 53 pilgrims have lost their lives during the world-renowned Char Dham Yatra so far in Uttarakhand this season, with 28 deaths occurring at the Kedarnath shrine alone, official reports from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
J&K villagers clean spring as green tradition
IN the scenic village of Panzath in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, a centuries-old tradition continues to unite communities for environmental conservation to clean a natural spring named Panzath.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Ayodhya’s Ram Katha Museum to get 3 palm-leaf Ramayana manuscripts
INTERNATIONAL Ram Katha Museum (IRKM) in Ayodhya is set to acquire three rare palm-leaf manuscripts of Ramayana selected by the expert committee set up for the purpose.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
14 new faces in Satheesan's 21-member Kerala cabinet
KERALA chief minister-designate V D Satheesan on Sunday announced the names of those who will be part of his new cabinet ahead of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for Monday 10 am in Thiruvananthapuram.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
TEACHERS DRAINED BY THE RINGING BELL
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Teen health centres short of counsellors: Unicef
INDIA’S Adolescent Friendly Health Centres (AFHCs), which provide clinical and counselling services on adolescent health, ranging from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) to nutrition, substance abuse, injuries and violence, including gender-based violence, have overburdened staff and need dedicated medical officers (MOs) and full-time adolescent health (AH) counsellors, an assessment by UNICEF has found.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Country’s first AI centre to study human-elephant conflict in Palamu soon
THE country’s first human-elephant conflict research centre is set to be established in Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Jharkhand.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Govt to monitor state of highways, acquire survey vehicles to find potholes
AFTER focusing on improving the quality of highway construction, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has now shifted its attention towards their long-term maintenance and protection.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Domestic market trails global equities
Taiwan and South Korean markets surged 100-200% in a year, while domestic benchmarks declined 10-12%
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
FMCG companies eye fresh price hikes
DAILY essential products such as soaps, biscuits and beverages are likely to witness upward revision in prices following the price hike in petrol and diesel by ₹3 each last Friday.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Army airlifts donor’s kidney to transplant in soldier’s wife
THE wife of a soldier received a new lease of life after the Command Hospital, Chandimandir, in collaboration with the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences at Rohtak, successfully facilitated the retrieval and rapid air transportation of a kidney from a brain-dead road accident victim.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
The Return of Sanskrit
In yoga studios and IIT laboratories, in Mumbai apartments and in rural India where it never became extinct, an ancient tongue is staging a quiet, magnificent comeback
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
OF CYBERCRIME AND PUNISHMENT
OMETIME back, I received a call on my mobile telling me that a delivery agent from a courier company was unable to locate my door.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
CJI: ‘Cockroach’ remarks on those entering bar through fake degrees
CHIEF Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday said his remarks on Friday were specifically directed at individuals entering the legal profession through ‘fake and bogus degrees’ and were ‘misquoted by a section of the media’.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
‘Decide if you want to be part of geography or history’
ARMY Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday warned Pakistan that it would have to decide ‘whether they want to be part of geography or history’ if they continued to harbour terrorists and operate against India.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Lessons in Law and Order
Former ACP of Delhi Police, Virender Punj, is campaigning to make legal education a classroom subject
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
300-YR WAIT FOR CHOLA PLATES ENDS
THE Netherlands on Friday formally returned the 11th-century Anaimangalam Chola Copper Plates to India, marking the culmination of a 14-year diplomatic effort to reclaim one of the most important surviving records of the Chola Empire and a prized symbol of Tamil heritage held overseas.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Further ₹ fall may negate fuel price hike benefits
WITH the rupee breaching the 96-per-dollar level, SBI has warned that any further depreciation could negate the gains from the recent fuel price hike and excise duty cut.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
The Art of Love Without Performance
In the mid-morning light, a Common myna flew above my head, shrieking.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Why Gen Z Voters No Longer Respond to Old Opposition Politics
For decades, Indian elections were contests of ideology, caste arithmetic, charisma, and coalition-building.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
HAL-IAF Tejas Mk-1A review pushed to June; IAF considers relaxations
THE programme review meeting between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the delayed Tejas Mk-1A light combat aircraft has been pushed to June, with a firm date yet to be finalised, senior defence officials told this newspaper.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Government now restricts imports of silver
THE Centre’s clampdown on precious metal imports continued on Saturday as it placed imports of silver bars under the restricted category with immediate effect.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
BHOGAPURAM AIRPORT TRANSFORMING INFRA
INFRASTRUCTURE has always been a catalyst for economic transformation, serving as a powerful multiplier — unlocking productivity, enabling investments, creating jobs, and accelerating long term growth.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
Song With the Wind
Much like India’s weaving traditions, miniature painting schools, or families of instrument makers, Hindustani classical music, too, often travels through generations—passed down not just through formal training, but through everyday life at home.
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