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Tagore’s role in adoption of India's National Song
he 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram - India's National Song penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee - is being celebrated with much fanfare.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Bondi Beach hero hailed in his Syrian hometown
Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al-Ahmed, who put his life on the line by wresting a gun from an attacker in Australia's deadly mass shooting, has become a source of pride for his hometown in Syria.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
COURT JUNKS ED CHARGE SHEET IN HERALD CASE
As a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) charge sheet against former Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in the National Herald probe, the federal financial crimes probe agency has decided to challenge the order, officials familiar with the development said.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
5.8MN NAMES SET TO BE STRUCK OFF WB POLL ROLL
West Bengal's electorate has undergone a marked change with the EC’s SIR draft rolls striking off over 5.8million names, adding fresh political volatility ahead of 2026 assembly polls.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Bill to replace NREGA tabled amid huge row
A row erupted in the Parliament on Tuesday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government sought to introduce a bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), drawing objections from the opposition parties over the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name and the intent behind the proposed changes.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Set targets for clean air in the national Capital
Amid rapidly deteriorating air quality, the Delhi government recently announced a series of emergency measures, including the formation of a high-level committee tasked with finalising an air-pollution control plan for 2026.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The path before India as Bangladesh transitions
New Delhi's approach must balance immediate pressures with longer- term vision and tactical adjustments with strategic consistency
4 min |
December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
R&D boost to nuclear energy
The new nuclear energy Bill is a step forward for India's nuclear goals, but managing public perception about safety will be key
1 min |
December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
One Bondi Beach shooter an Indian
Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old killed during a terror attack on a Jewish gathering in Australia, was an Indian national, the Philippines' Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday while confirming that he visited the country in November.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Trump designates fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, classifying fentanyl as a \"weapon of mass destruction\".
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Goa club owners deported; in police net
Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa where a massive fire killed 25 people, were deported from Thailand on Tuesday and taken into custody by Delhi and Goa police as soon as they landed in Delhi.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
THREE INDIAN STUDENTS AMONG THOSE INJURED
Three Indian students were among 40 people injured in the terrorist attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia, according to a media report on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Delhi-NCR must take the road to clean air
A four-step strategy focussed on cleaner and shared vehicles — put into action in the next few years — is critical to improving air quality
4 min |
December 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Public health gains through vaccines need restatement
A well-known personality’s post on social media, questioning the use of vaccines and urging parents to avoid vaccinating children to reduce risks of autism, has stirred up controversy.
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December 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
GOOGLE FACING NEW ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION IN EUROPE OVER A.I.
Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation on Tuesday into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services.
1 min |
December 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Beyond China’s trade gains
Its surplus of $1 trillion raises concerns about an imbalance in global trade
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
India’s ties with Russia and US are no zero-sum game
President Vladimir Putin has returned to Moscow very satisfied by his whirlwind 30-hour State visit to India.
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December 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Why COP30’s trade turn matters, despite CBAM
It's easy to miss the paragraphs on trade, buried as they are in the procedural thicket of the UNFCCC's COP30 decision text.
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December 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Court, executive and the test of constitutionality
The separation of powers envisaged in the Constitution asks for the three organs of State to check and regulate each other. This safety mechanism is compromised when these organs start to work together, instead of reviewing each other
4 min |
December 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
EU tightens rules on immigration to curb far-right's popularity
European Union nations backed a significant tightening of migration rules on Monday, including allowing for \"return hubs\" for failed asylum-seekers to be set up outside the 27-country bloc.
1 min |
December 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
A safeguard for Aadhaar data
Mandating offline users of Aadhaar verification to register with UIDAI could reduce data leakage
2 min |
December 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
India-Russia tango, with China in the shadows
If you ask an Indian whether he/she wants to go to the US/Europe or to Russia for studies, tourism, or even to settle down, the answer is not hard to guess:
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December 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
5 killed as Thai-Cambodia border clashes erupt again
Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Monday as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year.
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December 09, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
England staring down the barrel under Gabba lights
Australia are on the brink of grabbing a 2-0 lead in the Ashes after dominating a demoralised England on the third day of the day-night second Test here on Saturday.
2 min |
December 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Make all prisons disabled-friendly, SC directs states
The Supreme Court has passed sweeping directions to all states and union territories to make prisons disabled-friendly and sought a compliance report within four months.
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December 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Chernobyl’s damaged shield leaking: IAEA
A protective shield at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in war-torn Ukraine, built to contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster, can no longer perform its main safety function due to drone damage, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday, a strike Ukraine has attributed to Russia.
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December 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
National policy to reduce pendency a priority: CJI
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday declared that a “predictable timeline for deciding cases and a unified national policy for disposing pending matters” will be his first priority, as he laid out an ambitious roadmap for transforming India’s justice-delivery system into one that is swifter, cost-effective, more inclusive and firmly oriented toward the ordinary citizen.
2 min |
December 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Customs duty regime next in line for reform
Reforming India’s customs duty regime—by lowering rates on select goods, increasing transparency, and reducing official discretion—will be the next major economic reform push, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
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December 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
5 dead in Af-Pak border clashes
An overnight exchange of fire between Afghan forces and Pakistani troops along the two countries’ tense border killed five Afghan civilians and wounded five others, while three civilians were also wounded on the Pakistani side, officials from the two countries said on Saturday.
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December 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Frank Gehry, master architect, dead at 96
Canada-born US architect Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, died on Friday.
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