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PARL PASSES BILL FOR 100% FDI IN INSURANCE
Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to allow 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance in a move aimed at boosting capital inflows and expanding one of the world’s fastest-growing insurance markets.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
LET THE MAGIC CONTINUE, SAYS THE HOMEBOUND TEAM
As the film secures a spot on Oscars shortlist in Best International Feature Film category, the team shares their joy
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
New Delhi towards 100
On the capital reaching a milestone
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
BJP allies flag concerns as Oppn attacks govt over G Ram G Bill
The Union government on Wednesday backed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or GRAM-G Bill in the Lok Sabha even as two National Democratic Alliance members flagged some issues and the Opposition mounted a sharp attack on the proposed law.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
EX-CMO OFFICIAL HELD IN C'GARH LIQUOR SCAM
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Soumya Chaurasia, a suspended Chhattisgarh state administrative service officer who served as deputy secretary in the chief minister's office (CMO) during the previous Congress government, in connection with the alleged liquor scam, officials said.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
OTT TO REMAIN OUT OF CENSOR BOARD NET: GOVT
Reiterating the existing regulatory framework in place under the IT Rules, 2021, the government on Wednesday said that OTT platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Central Board of Film Certification and are regulated separately under the IT Rules.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
A celebration of art, emotion, and harmony
A mid the vibrant energy and grand celebrations of the recently held 18th Global Film Festival Noida (GFFN) at Marwah Studios, the exhibition of artists Kanchan Mehra and Dilip Sharma from the Vimla Art Forum took centre stage.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
HC rejects plea seeking higher compensation
The Delhi high court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Centre, and IndiGo to pay four times the full ticket price as compensation to all passengers whose tickets were cancelled during recent flight disruptions.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
A night celebrating stars, stories and streaming glory
The Filmfare OTT T Awards 2025 ring night dedicated to excellence in streaming, honouring the creators, performers and stories that defined the past year. The starstudded ceremony brought together acclaimed filmmakers and breakout stars.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Indian athletes topped positivity rate in '24 dope tests: World body
With 260 Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs) from over 7000 samples tested by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) in 2024, India remains in the top tier of the global doping charts, a recent report from World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has revealed.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Global South's rise not against anybody: Modi
The Global South's rise is not aimed against anyone and envisages a world with access to technology, respect for sovereignty, shared prosperity and a global governance structure that reflects contemporary reality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday while addressing a joint session of Ethiopia's Parliament.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
'BAANSERA PARK OUTPERFORMS CITY, OLDER PARKS IN AIR QUALITY'
Baansera Park, the bamboo-based green space developed along Yamuna floodplain has delivered measurably better air quality, lower temperatures and improved soil health than both dense urban areas and some of the city's most established parks, as per an 8-day comparative environmental study by Delhi Technological University for DDA.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Who is an MGNREGS worker in India?
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), when it came into effect in 2006, was India's biggest welfare programme, a radical move that provided guaranteed employment to the blue-collared worker in a village.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
'Total failure': SC instructs CAQM to redo bad air plan
Terming measures taken so far to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR a “total failure”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sent the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) back to the drawing board, calling for a comprehensive long-term strategy to address the annual crisis, specifically asking it to focus on issues such as urban mobility, cleaner industrial processes, energy use and stubble burning.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
INDIA SUMMONS B'DESH ENVOY OVER SECURITY OF DHAKA MISSION
India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah and registered a protest over the deteriorating security environment in the neighbouring country and plans by extremist elements that could affect the security of the Indian mission in Dhaka.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
In Bengal, EC to turn lens on oddities in post-SIR voter roll
More than a million voters in West Bengal were born when their parents were less than 15 years of age, data shared by the Election Commission has revealed.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
32 machines to clean Yamuna drains
The Delhi government has approved the deployment of 32 high-capacity, specialised machines to prevent untreated waste from entering the river Yamuna.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
NDA allies press govt on rural job scheme funding
The Centre on Wednesday backed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha even as two National Democratic Alliance members flagged some issues and the Opposition mounted a sharp attack on the proposed law.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
SC HALTS RELEASE OF 2008 KIDNAPPING CONVICTS AFTER THREATS TO VICTIM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Haryana government and the Punjab & Haryana High Court from releasing on remission the convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2008 kidnapping, after the victim, now a judge in Delhi, complained of persistent and escalating threats from the convicts and their associates.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Trump backs 'fantastic' chief of staff after bombshell interview
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he stood by his chief of staff Susie Wiles after she said the US president had an “alcoholic’s personality” in an astonishing interview with Vanity Fair.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Integrated portal to speed up visa approvals for production experts
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SUCH APPLICATIONS ARE BEING RECEIVED FROM CHINA, OFFICIALS SAID
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
NEW PORTAL TO ROLL OUT FASTER VISAS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IN PRODUCTION WORK
Foreign professionals, including Chinese experts, needed for production-related activities will now get visas easily and expeditiously through an integrated portal after their Indian sponsors generate sponsorship invites online, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Nuke bill clears LS as Oppn wants House panel scrutiny
The bill proposes the grant of licences to private companies to operate nuclear power plants, the removal of an existing contentious liability clause for suppliers of fuel and technology, as well as the rationalisation of the levels of payouts by operators in case of accidents.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
Snicko reprieve for ton-up Carey in Adelaide Test
The operator of the Snicko technology being used in the Ashes has admitted an error led to a reprieve for Australia’s Alex Carey on the first day of the third Test in Adelaide on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times
BELGIAN SC REJECTS CHOKSI'S CLAIMS OF TORTURE, POLITICAL TRIAL, ABDUCTION
Belgium’s Supreme Court, while rejecting fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s appeal last week against his arrest in Antwerp on New Delhi’s request, ruled that his claims of being a subject of a political trial in India, or that he was abducted in 2021 in Antigua and Barbuda at the behest of India and runs risk of torture are not “factual”.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
WELFARE FUNDS FOR WOMEN WORKERS POORLY UTILISED: PANEL
States and Union Territories have failed to effectively use welfare funds and enforce key labour and safety laws meant to protect women workers, a parliamentary committee has said, warning that gaps in implementation are weakening protection across construction sites, workplaces and women's support systems.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TCS lifts curtain on AI ambitions, pegs early revenue at $1.5 billion
In a first for homegrown IT services companies, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) has said it earns $11 billion from disruptive technologies, including $1.5 billion from artificial intelligence (AI).
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Economists, activists oppose proposed legislation
Economists and social rights activists on Wednesday opposed the Centre's proposed Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB 'G RAM G') Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and called for a nationwide protest against the legislation on December 19.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Policy in works to remove kikar trees
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government is working on a policy framework to facilitate the removal of invasive tree species, chiefly vilayati kikar, from sites where proposed development projects have remained stalled because of regulatory constraints, officials aware of the matter said.
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December 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
OTT CONTENT NOT REGULATED BY CENSOR BOARD, CLARIFIES GOVT
Reiterating the existing regulatory framework in place under the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021, the government on Wednesday said that OTT platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+
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