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DELHI SEES 163 CLEAN AIR DAYS IN '25: NEW RECORD LIKELY: ENV MIN
Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday said the national capital has achieved 163 clean air days—classified as Good, Satisfactory or Moderate AQI— between January 1 and September 6, 2025.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
US raid on Hyundai shocks South Korea
South Korea said it is deeply concerned about the arrest of its citizens
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Trumpian jolt to India is debilitating, but not fatal
India’s destiny is not a function of the anger of one great power or the indulgence of another. It is rooted in our history and civilisation, in the values espoused by our founding fathers, in our championing of great causes
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
PM SET TO SKIP UNGA SESSION, EAM LIKELY TO REPRESENT INDIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not address the General Debate at the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly later this month, according to a revised provisional list of speakers issued in New York.
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September 07, 2025
Hindustan Times
MSMEs face temporary credit blockage post-GST cuts
The recent cut in goods and services tax (GST) rates on several consumer items is expected to block the working capital for stockists, distributors and retailers holding inventory for a short period, experts said.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Osaka counts positives after Anisimova loss
Of late, Naomi Osaka has been taking in a lot of inspiration from her defeats.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Messi shines with brace in last match on home soil
Lionel Messi scored twice for Argentina in emotional scenes in Buenos Aires on Thursday while Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay joined the reigning champions at next year’s World Cup.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Thailand gets new PM, rival flees to Dubai
BANGKOK: Thailand's turbulent politics took a breather on Friday with the selection of the country's third prime minister since 2023, but the developments also hint at further drama ahead.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘Govt focus will now shift on ensuring transmission of rate cuts to consumers’
Finance minister says India will eventually move towards one GST rate, but added that such transition does not appear to be feasible in the immediate future
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
MEA rejects Navarro’s criticism; says no comment on Trump jab
India on Friday declined to respond to US President Donald Trump's remarks that New Delhi appeared to have moved closer to Moscow and Beijing, even as it rejected White House trade advisor Peter Navarro’s tirade against the country over Russian oil purchases as “inaccurate and misleading”.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘Demand spike likely to help meet targets’
UNION FINANCE MINISTER
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Nicobar road plan 'benefits' all, says key report despite tribal concerns
NEW DELHI: The final social impact assessment (SIA) report for the Trunk Infrastructure Road Project in Great Nicobar Island (GNI) has concluded that the proposed acquisition of 87.7902 hectares of private land for the construction of theTrunk InfrastructureRoad is beneficial to all stakeholders.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
UK team visits Tihar amid India's extradition efforts
A delegation from the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recently visited Tihar Jail to assess jail conditions, as part of efforts to strengthen India’s case for the extradition of, among others, high-profile economic offenders such as Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Goyal: GST changes to boost economy, a ‘gift to nation’
Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday hailed the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts, describing the changes as a “gift to nation” even as he maintained that the Centre has received assurance from the industry that the benefits of the reforms will be passed on to the consumers.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
From Bombay to Vancouver
The Ghadar Movement by Rana Preet Gill examines how racism under colonial rule and xenophobia in Canada led to this lesser-known struggle that saw people in India work with the diaspora in an effort to overthrow British rule
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
'Insult to motherhood': HC rejects DNA test in property case
The Orissa high court has refused to order a DNA test in a decades-old family property dispute, ruling that such a direction would be an “insult to motherhood”, and would serve no purpose in a partition suit where the claimant’s status is already admitted in evidence.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Toy startups sweat to navigate tariff storm
Growing investor interest in India’s toy and babycare startups is facing a new threat: Trump's tariffs. Yet, founders and their financial backers are counting on tax cuts, local incentives, curbs on substandard imports and fast-growing quick-com-merce sales to ride the storm.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Jagadeesan stays in Test reckoning with 197 vs North
At this point, competing for the role of Test wicketkeeper is probably the toughest task in Indian cricket. When your career is running parallel to that of Rishabh Pant, the only realistic chance of getting a break is when the star player is not available. In case the odd chance opens up, the reserve keeper, Dhruv Jurel, is also performing consistently.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Man drowns trying to save cow from flooding
Two days after a 45-year-old man went missing while trying to save his cow from drowning, his body was recovered from a flooded stretch of the Yamuna in northeast Delhi's Garhi Mendu village on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Safety alarm triggers fresh ALH fleet check
NEW DELHI: The reliability of a vital component of the Dhruv advanced light helicopter’s (ALH) transmission system has come into question after the army recorded a worrying incident involving damage to the tail drive shaft, forcing it to immediately issue orders for a fleet-wide onetime check to ensure flight safety, officials aware of the matter said on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
The subtle murmurs of the universe
An ecofiction that is also a feminist imagining of Sabari's life and purpose, On the Banks of the Pampa by the Telugu poet Volga highlights the impact of development on ecology.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Sumit, Neeraj begin with wins at Boxing Worlds
Indian boxer Sumit Kundu produced a commanding performance to advance to the round of 16 at the World Boxing Championships with a unanimous decision win over Jordan's Mohammad Al Hussein in the men’s middleweight category here on Friday.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Govt to protect consumer interests after GST relief
Consumer affairs ministry to track social media, helpline complaints to enforce rate changes
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Gaza: Israel targets high-rise buildings
The Israeli military destroyed a high-rise in Gaza City on Friday, shortly after announcing it would target tall buildings identified as being used by Hamas ahead of its planned seizure of the area.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Didn’t interfere with police’s work: Ajit Pawar on cop row
MUMBAI: A day after a video showed him having an altercation with a probationary IPS officer and asking her to stop action against alleged illegal soil extraction, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday issued a clarification, saying that he did not want to interfere in police work and was just only trying to \"de-escalate\" a tense situation.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Judiciary both catalyst and guardian, says CJI
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai on Friday underscored the judiciary’s dual role as both a guardian of constitutional values and a catalyst for social reform, stressing that courts are not confined to black-letter law but are tasked with interpreting justice in light of contemporary challenges.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
We've lost India, Russia to 'deep, dark' China: Trump
US President Donald Trump declared that America had “lost” India and Russia to China in a social media post on Friday, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit that featured prominent visuals with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
Apple's India sales hit $9bn after retail push
REVENUE ROSE ABOUT 13% IN THE 12 MONTHS THROUGH MARCH FROM $8 BILLION A YEAR EARLIER
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times
'Inaccurate': India on Navarro attack over Russian oil purchase
India on Friday declined to respond to US President Donald Trump's remarks that New Delhi appeared to have moved closer to Moscow and Beijing, even as it rejected White House trade advisor Peter Navarro's tirade against the country over Russian oil purchases as “inaccurate and misleading”.
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September 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Power-hitters out to conquer their frailties in summit clash
Sabalenka and Anisimova, who have both suffered final defeats in Slams this year, vie for US Open
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