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Chronically unprotected: Thousands of trees axed in C'garh for land titles
THOUSANDS of trees are being felled in the dense forests of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur as the administration feels helpless because the region still falls under the ‘unsurveyed area’ category.
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June 19, 2026
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L’Oréal acquires majority stake in personal care brand Innovist
FRENCH cosmetic giant L’Oréal announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Innovist, a personal care brand in India.
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June 19, 2026
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AI adoption outpaces training, companies struggle to keep up
AI adoption is moving faster than organisations’ ability to train workers and adapt skills to changing job requirements, while expectations around the technology continue to run ahead of its real-world capabilities, according to experts.
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June 19, 2026
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Sand mining: Four of family held for killing of BJP leader
THE Chhattisgarh Police has made four arrests in the sensational case of violence that took place between two rival factions involved in sand mining in the Korea district that left three people dead.
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June 19, 2026
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Qadian-Beas rly project revived after 100 years
BARELY 40 kilometres apart, Qadian and Beas have waited nearly a century for railway tracks to bridge the distance. The wait may finally be over with the revival of the long-pending rail link project.
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June 19, 2026
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No interim stay on CBSE 3-language rule for Class IX from '26-27, says SC
THE Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant any interim relief and refused to pass an order on a plea challenging the CBSE’s decision to make three languages, including two Indian languages, compulsory for Class 9 students from the 2026-27 academic year.
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June 19, 2026
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'Medico's fees seized by NIA, can't tell college to issue cert'
THE Madras High Court has refused to order a self-financing medical college near Chennai to hand over the course certificates to an MBBS student whose fee amount of ₹1.13 crore was seized by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on charges of her tuition fee being funded by Maoists.
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June 19, 2026
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Telegram faces more scrutiny than WhatsApp
WITH Telegram facing a temporary restriction in India ahead of the NEET (UG) re-examination scheduled for June 21, 2026, the messaging platform has once again come under scrutiny over its privacy features.
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June 19, 2026
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Bihar brutality: 28-yr-old woman gang-raped by 5 holding husband captive
A 28-year-old married woman was gang raped by five youths after her husband was held captive in Bihar’s Begusarai district.
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June 19, 2026
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ENGLISH HURRICANE IN US
The 32-year-old skipper ties team's record for World Cup goals and help England overpower Croatia 4-2
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June 19, 2026
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Probe report into maternal deaths sparks Kota row
THE report of the probe into the deaths of five pregnant women last month after cesarean deliveries has identified medical negligence at Kota’s New Medical College Hospital, administrative shortcomings, and poor infection control measures as the primary factors behind the deaths.
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June 19, 2026
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Bata India appoints Nike’s Sanjay Rao as new MD & CEO; shares increase 17%
FOOTWEAR major Bata India has appointed Nike veteran Sanjay Rao as its MD and CEO.
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June 19, 2026
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Diaz stars on WC debut years after parents’ kidnapping
AFTER contributing a goal and an assist in his World Cup debut, Colombia’s Luis Diaz walked to the sidelines to look for his father. They spotted each other, fulfilling a dream that was years in the making.
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June 19, 2026
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AI no longer just for engineers; salaries rise 147% after upskilling
ARTIFICIAL Intelligence (AI) is no longer limited to software engineers and technology teams, and is increasingly becoming a workforce-wide skill across industries, according to the India AI Workforce Report 2026 released by Scaler.
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June 19, 2026
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Plea for probe into disparities in Vijay's poll affidavit binned
THE Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed petitions seeking to order a probe by the Director General of Income Tax (Investigations) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs into the alleged asset discrepancies in the poll affidavits submitted by TVK founder and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan.
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June 18, 2026
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Shah for use of AI to crack cyber crimes
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed modernisation of the National Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced technologies with it to strengthen the country’s cyber crime response system.
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June 18, 2026
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Rahul slams edu system in Kota, kicks off protest
LoP says 5 exams cost families as much as budgets of five ministries
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June 18, 2026
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CJI calls cyber criminals ‘parasites’, says they must be locked in prisons
DENYING bail to an accused in a cyber fraud case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday termed cyber criminals “parasites” who cheat people of huge amounts and said society’s interest lies in keeping them in custody (behind bars) during the trial.
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June 18, 2026
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Don’t buy, sell unlisted stocks through unrecognised platforms, warns SEBI
CAPITAL market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday cautioned investors against buying and selling securities of unlisted public companies through electronic platforms and websites that facilitate such transactions, saying these platforms are neither recognised nor authorised by the market regulator.
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June 18, 2026
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21 mn hectares of land restored, goal achieved
INDIA successfully achieved its initial Bonn Challenge target of restoring over 21.76 million hectares (mha) of degraded and deforested land, saving it from desertification, and is on track to meet the second target of restoring an additional 5 mha by 2030.
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June 18, 2026
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PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE NEEDS ALL-SOCIETY APPROACH
S India is greying at a faster clip, it is witnessing a worrying rise in the abuse of elders.
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June 18, 2026
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2 dead, 3 critical as C’garh sand mafia goes berserk
TWO persons have been killed and three others injured in a feud over illegal sand mining in the Koriya district of Chhattisgarh.
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June 18, 2026
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No foreign bidders on GeM yet, govt asks buyers to float relevant tenders
THE Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has not received a single bid from a foreign supplier, months after introducing the Global Tender Enquiry (GTE) functionality and a multi-currency payment system on the portal, according to officials familiar with the matter.
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June 18, 2026
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UCC Bill to be introduced in MP House next month
A bill to implement the uniform civil code (UCC) in Madhya Pradesh will be introduced in the Assembly monsoon session beginning on July 20, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Wednesday.
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June 18, 2026
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No AI tool can ever be equated with a qualified lecturer, asserts Madras HC
THE Madras High Court has observed that ChatGPT or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools cannot substitute human intelligence in teaching law.
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June 18, 2026
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Party will be launched after 50L join ‘We the Leaders’, says Annamalai
WE the Leaders founder K Annamalai on Wednesday said that steps to convert the movement launched on June 5 into a political party would begin after enrolling 50 lakh members and added that the movement’s activities will begin in July, starting with a ‘‘war on drugs’’.
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June 18, 2026
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‘Op Tiger’ likely to boost Shinde Sena stake in NDA
AFTER the Operation Tiger becomes successful, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s position in the NDA will be strengthened.
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June 18, 2026
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CARTOGRAPHY OF INDIA'S FUTURE
N his one-paragraph fable ‘On Exactitude in Science’, Jorge Luis Borges imagines an empire whose cartographers become so obsessed with accuracy that they produce a map as large as the empire itself.
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June 18, 2026
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No doubt about Maharana Pratap’s victory in Battle of Haldighati: RSS
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday reiterated the claim that Maharana Pratap, the Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Mewar, had emerged victorious in the 1576 Battle of Haldighati.
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June 18, 2026
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Tesla opens experience centre in Hyderabad
EXPANDING footprint in India, US electric carmaker Tesla on Wednesday opened its fifth Experience Center in Hyderabad’s IT hub, HITEC City, Knowledge City Madhapur.
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