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OpenAI gives MS 27% stake, wraps up for-profit shift
Microsoft and OpenAl reached a deal to allow the ChatGPT maker to restructure itself into a public benefit corporation, valuing OpenAT at $500 billion and giving it more freedom in its business operations.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
HC pauses K’taka order on big gatherings
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday stopped the state government from enforcing its controversial order restricting gatherings of more than ten people in public or government-owned spaces, including parks, playgrounds, or roads that was widely believed to be targeted at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
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October 29, 2025
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Gunman pleads guilty to shooting Abe dead
The gunman accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty on Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
'Not for new production': HC on ORS order
The Delhi high court on Tuesday clarified that its earlier order allowing Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary, JNTL Consumer Health, to continue selling its electrolyte drinks under the registered trademark ORSL was never intended to permit companies to continue producing products with the term ‘ORS’ in a misleading way.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Hyderabad Police launches investigation of Chiranjeevi's Al-generated deepfakes
Two days after actor Chiranjeevi lodged a complaint against cybercriminals for morphing and circulating AI-generated deepfake videos featuring him in obscene content, Hyderabad Police confirmed that an investigation is underway, promising strict action against those found guilty.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Aditya calls out 'politics' in Bollywood, reveals being replaced in Tezaab
On October 27, actor-producer Aditya Pancholi took to social media to reveal that he was originally supposed to play the lead in the 1988 hit Tezaab, the film that propelled actors Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit to superstardom.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
‘Hope COP30 will move beyond talks on finance’
Despite the slow response to climate action by most countries this year, Brazil, the COP30 host, is hopeful that more nationally determined contributions (NDCs) will trickle in before the end of the year and that COP30 will move beyond polarising talks on finance. Brazil will launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a new financing model designed to value standing forests as essential global assets. This will be a key highlight of the climate talks, Ana Toni, CEO, COP30 Presidency, said to HT in an interview. Edited excerpts:
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Govt sets in motion 8th pay panel plans
Terms of reference set
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
HAL, Russian major ink pact for civilian commuter aircraft
UNDER THE AGREEMENT, HAL WILL HAVE RIGHTS TO MANUFACTURE SJ-100 AIRCRAFT FOR DOMESTIC CUSTOMERS, IT CAN CARRY UP TO 100 PASSENGERS
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Top leaders to ‘unity’ rallies: Poll battle set to heat up from today
As Bihar braces for a high-voltage electoral showdown, both the Opposition Grand Alliance and the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have lined up star-studded campaigns to woo the voters across 12 constituencies going to polls in first of the two-phased assembly elections, covering a diverse mix of western and northern seats.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
'RIGHTS VIOLATED': HC PAUSES K'TAKA GOVT ORDER SEEN AS CURBING RSS
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday stopped the state government from enforcing its controversial order restricting gatherings of more than ten people in public or government-owned spaces, which was widely believed to be targeted at the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Whose America is it? In US, Indians face the heat
In the wake of Trump's H-1B visa crackdown, a troubling backlash against the Indian American community is gaining momentum. What began as anonymous grumbling online has now spilled into the open, with racist comments voiced publicly and unapologetically.
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October 29, 2025
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In Bihar, voters are not fixated on caste alone
Is caste the prism through which the 2025 Bihar assembly polls are to be interpreted?
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
India, Australia to test firepower before next year’s T20 World Cup
Both Gambhir and McDonald back all-out aggression in series starting today
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly: OpenAI
NEW DELHI: More than a million people send messages to ChatGPT every week that show signs of suicidal thoughts, according to a blog post published by ChatGPT maker OpenAT on Monday.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
LAWYERS MUST RESPECT BENCH'S INDICATION: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed that continued insistence by lawyers to press their arguments after the court has indicated its mind “serves no purpose” and risks undermining the dignity of proceedings, as it underlined that the orderly functioning of courts depends on the Bench and the Bar moving “in symphony” with each other.
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October 29, 2025
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SAMBALPUR: A RIVER, A FOREST AND A FESTIVAL
As forests reopen across India, western Odisha's Sambalpur invites travellers with its wildlife trails, folk music and handlooms
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October 29, 2025
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Bihar’s caste plus politics
Parties across the political spectrum now prioritise governance and development in their campaigns over identity concerns
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
EC notice to Kishor over two voter IDs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued a notice to Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor for allegedly being registered as a voter in Bihar and West Bengal, and sought an explanation within three days.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
US tried to recruit Maduro’s pilot to nab him. Then 'tried' false flag op
{ COVERT OPERATIONS } PLOT HATCHED WHEN BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT
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October 29, 2025
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Israeli PM orders strikes on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the military to carry out intense strikes on the Gaza Strip, after accusing Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
INDIA INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT GROWS BY 4% IN SEP, DRIVEN BY MFG SECTOR
Industrial activity, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew at 4% in September. While technically a three-month low, the September IIP growth number is not very different from what it was in July and August at 4.3% and 4.1% respectively.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
TATA TRUSTS OUSTS MEHLI MISTRY AS BOARD MEMBER AMID MAJOR RIFT
Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh have not approved the reappointment of Ratan Tata’s longtime confidant, Mehli Mistry, as a permanent trustee — setting the stage for a 2016-like battle between the Tatas and ousted Tata Sons chief Cyrus Mistry.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
10,000 FOREIGNERS HELD IN MYANMAR IN SCAM CENTRE CRACKDOWN
Myanmar’s military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals over the past nine months who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Nikhat rues busy itinerary ahead of Boxing Cup Final
Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen on Tuesday raised concerns over the busy boxing schedule while calling for the need to be selective with international competitions.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Jobs, free power, doles: INDIA's Bihar promises
Manifesto highlights
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
What ails the Bretton Woods institutions
The World Bank and IMF were rooted in the Washington Consensus, which foregrounded economics over politics. An ideological rethink and institutional makeover have become necessary
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
MAHA MOVES SC AGAINST ORDER ON HINDU-MUSLIM S.I.T IN AKOLA RIOTS CASE
Maharashtra has filed a review plea against a September 11 Supreme Court order directing the formation of a special investigation team (SIT) of Hindu and Muslim police officers to probe the assault on a Muslim boy during a 2023 communal riot in Akola.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Village chief killed in attack by ‘Kuki group’
The chief of a village in Churachandpur district of Manipur died after he was allegedly assaulted on by unknown miscreants suspected to be cadres of United Kuki National Army (UKNA), police officers aware of the matter said on Tuesday.
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October 29, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Shami bags fifer in Bengal win; Delhi take home 3 points
Some spicy contests apart, the Ranji Trophy second round matches also saw two batters show they carried plenty of class in domestic cricket before suggesting that they were cut out of the India Test squad prematurely. Ajinkya Rahane had hit 159 and Karun Nair an unbeaten 174.
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