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Hindustan Times Jammu
Peeling back the layers: Bananas
Just 7,000 years ago, bananas were more or less inedible to humans.
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
Rust and red tape: Why Delhi's ELV scrappage drive is sluggish
In the dusty and cluttered corners of Delhi's urban sprawl, past the clamour of flyovers and tail lights, lie graveyards of metal and memory.
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
Indian pugilists chase their elusive heavyweight dreams
Earlier this month, Indian boxers returned from the second leg of World Boxing Cup in Astana with a haul of 11 medals, including three gold.
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July 20, 2025
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The Meghalaya story: Realising aspirations
With government support and community spirit aligned, the state offers a blueprint for a vibrant, confident, and self-reliant India
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
CBSE asks schools to set up ‘oil boards’ to promote healthy eating
The Central Board of Secondary Education has directed all affiliated schools to set up “oil boards” in a bid to promote healthy eating habits and curb problems such as obesity, a letter from the board said.
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July 20, 2025
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Police foil J&K Cong protest demanding statehood restoration
Police foiled the protest march by J&K Congress leadership, for statehood, at Srinagar on Saturday.
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July 20, 2025
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Central team reach Mandi to assess rain damage in district
Team visited Syathi village, affected road near Dharampur College, among other affected sites
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
HIMACHAL TO BEGIN HIRING OF SPECIALIST ROBOTIC SURGEONS SOON
Himachal Pradesh government will soon initiate the recruitment process for specialist robotic surgeons to launch robotic surgery services across Himachal Pradesh, said chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during a late evening review meeting of the health department held on Friday.
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
Record revenue of ₹9,742 crore for BCCI in ’23-24
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the richest cricket body in the world, recorded a revenue of ₹9,741.71 crore according to its 2023-24 balance sheet, recently made public. That's significantly more than ₹6,558.80 crore from the previous year, mainly on account of the 2023-27 IPL media rights deal setting in.
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
Secrets in Aisle 3
Peaches were once green; carrots were slender and yellow; and the watermelon had white flesh. We've been fine-tuning plants for thousands of years, and we're still doing it. See how we turned once-inedible wild vines into food, the impact of that on plants today — and where we're headed next. Bananas that pack a vaccine punch, and cabbages with a sting, are involved
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
Edu dept rebuts claims of inclusion of Sanskrit in Class 6 to 10 syllabus
J&K school education department on Saturday said that it has not proposed, approved, or initiated any process for the inclusion of the Sanskrit from Class 6 to 10 in Valley schools.
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July 20, 2025
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Up, up and a new way
Our heroes and superheroes are finally embracing gentleness and vulnerability. Is it a bird; is it a plane? It’s about time
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July 20, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
SPURIOUS BUTTER WORTH ₹1.13L SEIZED IN MAHA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and local police seized a stock of spurious and counterfeit butter and arrested three persons following a raid at a godown in Maharashtra's Thane district, p said on Saturday.
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July 20, 2025
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FREESTYLE GRAND SLAM: ERIGAISI BOWS OUT AFTER SEMI-FINAL LOSS
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi’s dream run at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam ended in the semifinals after a 0-2 defeat to Armenian-turned-American Levon Aronian here.
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July 20, 2025
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A leaf history of time: Cabbages
Everyone knows how greatly the different kinds of cabbage differ in appearance...\" Charles Darwin wrote in his 1868 book, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.
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July 20, 2025
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Ambiguous AI crash report did what it shouldn't — leave much to imagination
As the hour struck midnight on Friday, July 12 —just in time to meet the globally prescribed deadline—the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released a loosely worded and unsigned preliminary report examining the AI-171 crash of June 12 that Killed 260 people, including 12 crew members.
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July 19, 2025
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Landslide disrupts traffic on Kinnaur-Kaza highway
The National Highway (NH-05) remained blocked for several hours near Samdho in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh due to a heavy landslide on Saturday.
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July 20, 2025
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DAC to buy 87 drones soon
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is set to approve the acquisition of 87 armed medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drones for the Indian armed forces, and the Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS), the construction of six airborne early warning and control aircraft which will be based on the Airbus 319 platform — both measures aimed at plugging key hardware and force-multiplier gaps noticed during Operation Sindoor, people familiar with the matter said.
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July 20, 2025
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Hue’s hue?: The carrot
Genetic research has traced the carrot's lineage as far back as the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, about 66 million years ago.
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July 20, 2025
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Democratization of Learning through Swayam courses & their Impact on Skill Enhancement & Employability of Students
India, with its vast and diverse student population, faces challenges in ensuring equal access to quality education and skill development.
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July 20, 2025
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PARA QUESTIONS CM OVER REMOVAL OF URDU FROM LAND DIGITISATION RECORDS
Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday blamed J&K government-led by chief minister Omar Abdullah for removing Urdu in fresh digitisation of land records despite all the revenue records are in Urdu from generations.
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July 20, 2025
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Peddler detained under PITNDPS Act in J&K's Rajouri
THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY ISSUED THE DETENTION ORDERS UNDER THE PITNDPS ACT
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July 20, 2025
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‘MVA’s sense of unity broke down during assembly polls’
There was a sense of unity and belonging within the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but that soon morphed into ego clashes and a focus on securing individual party victories during the
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July 20, 2025
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VDG ARRESTED FOR KILLING SISTER-IN-LAW IN KISHTWAR
A village defence guard (VDG) allegedly killed his 35-year-old sister in law in Kishtwar's Chatroo area late on Friday, said officials.
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July 20, 2025
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BRAZIL'S EX-PREZ BOLSONARO ORDERED TO WEAR ELECTRONIC ANKLE MONITOR
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press office said on Friday.
1 min |
July 19, 2025
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HIMACHAL CM UNFURLS 108-FOOT FLAG AT JHAKU TEMPLE
A statue of Lord Ram to be installed at the temple complex; however, procedural challenges related to the Forest Conservation Act (FCA) were being addressed to facilitate its installation, said chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday.
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July 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
ED arrests ex-CM Baghel’s son in C’garh illegal liquor sale case
He was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following fresh raids conducted at his residence in Bhilai town of Durg district. The father-son duo reside at the same place.
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July 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
‘It’s fun to blur real, unreal to say something true’
On the discourse around motherhood, using the uncanny in her fiction, examining the mother-daughter dynamic, and the experience of being a woman in her ‘reproductive’ years
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July 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Jammu
KOTAK MAHINDRA PRIME PREFERRED FINANCER FOR TESLA
Kotak Mahindra Prime (KMPL), the auto financing arm of Kotak Group, on Friday said it has become a preferred financer, offering its seamless financing experience for Tesla’s futuristic EVs.
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July 19, 2025
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EU set to triple travel permit fee to 20 euros
The digital travel permit for foreigners to enter the European Union should cost 20 euros ($23), almost triple the original planned fee, under a proposal published on Friday.
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