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Ease of travel: Civil aviation ministry firms up winter schedule of all airlines
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday announced the winter schedule of all scheduled domestic airlines that will come into effect from October 26. A total of 26,495 flight departures per week across 126 airports in the country have been approved by the ministry.
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October 25, 2025
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India on alert as polio cases rise in Pak, Afghan
DESPITE being officially certified as polio-free in 2014, India remains at risk of polio reinfection due to vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), its proximity to endemic countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and potential gaps in immunity, experts said here on the occasion of World Polio Day on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
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Senapati decked up to greet & honour Muivah
UNC declares Genna for NSCN-IM leader’s visit
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October 25, 2025
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VIJAY TO MEET KIN OF STAMPEDE VICTIMS IN CHENNAI
ACTOR and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder Vijay is set to meet in Chennai the families of those who lost their lives in the Karur stampede on September 27.
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October 25, 2025
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MP crackdown against carbide gun makers as eye injury cases reach 300
IN the aftermath of carbide guns inflicting severe eye injuries to around 300 people, mostly children and teenagers in Madhya Pradesh during Diwali, authorities have launched a crackdown against the seemingly harmless toys.
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October 25, 2025
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BJP scores surprise win in 1 seat, NC bags 3 in RS polls
THE Opposition BJP on Friday pulled off an unexpected victory in one of the four Rajya Sabha seats from J&K due to cross-voting by at least four legislators, while the ruling National Conference (NC) won the remaining three seats.
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October 25, 2025
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POWER OF EDUCATION DIPLOMACY
REVERSE SWING
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October 25, 2025
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Yeast can survive Martian environment: IISc
YEAST, an indispensable ingredient in making bread, beer, and biotech products, has the resilience to withstand harsh conditions found in the Martian environment, a new study by researchers from the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and collaborators at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, have found.
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October 25, 2025
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CENSOR CERT Plea against Muthuramalinga Thevar's biopic
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday sought counter affidavit from the Central Board of Film Certification, among others, on a PIL that sought cancellation of the censor certificate granted to the film ‘Desiya Thalaivar’,a biopic of freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar.
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October 25, 2025
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Taliban to build dam on Kunar River to limit water flow to Pakistan
IN a move that could have farreaching consequences for Pakistan's already strained water and energy security, Afghanistan's Taliban government has said it will build a series of dams on the Kunar River.
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October 25, 2025
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Approve procurement of paddy with 22% moisture content: CPI
THE CPI on Friday urged the union government to immediately approve the Tamil Nadu government’s request to allow procurement of paddy with up to 22% moisture content, instead of forming committees to assess moisture levels.
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October 25, 2025
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Madrasa probe for demanding 'virginity test' for 13-yr-old in Moradabad
'Threatened to expel her if she refused to comply'
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October 25, 2025
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Jaishankar snubs UN over Pak terror, says ‘all not well
EAM says Islamabad blocks world body’s sanctions over Pahalgam attack
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October 25, 2025
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Cong slams Centre over official maps of Great Nicobar Island
2021 map no longer shows Galathea Bay
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October 25, 2025
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75,000 personnel to be deployed; DMK, allies cautious about exercise
WITH the announcement to commence Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu ina week’s time, the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said around 75,000 personnel are likely to be engaged in the massive exercise to be carried out at polling booth level.
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October 25, 2025
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Design flaws in Kovai flyover: Govt orders probe, seeks report in 45 days
THE state government has ordered a high-level inquiry into alleged design flaws and irregularities in the construction of the 1,850-metre-long Periyanaickenpalayam flyover in Coimbatore, built to ease traffic movement towards the Nilgiris.
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October 25, 2025
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SBI Life profit falls 6.6% despite rise in premium income
SBI Life Insurance on Friday reported a 6.6% year-on-year fall in net income to ₹494.6 crore in the September quarter, despite the largest private sector life insurer saw its premium income growing by 22.6%.
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October 25, 2025
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3 central teams to inspect crop damage in TN
FOLLOWING a request from the state government, the union government has constituted three special teams to assess the crop damage caused by the monsoon in the northern and delta districts of the state.
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October 25, 2025
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Radhakishan Damani invests ₹90 cr in Lenskart ahead of public offer
BILLIONAIRE investor and the founder of Avenue Supermarts (DMart) Radhakishan Damanihas invested around Rs 90 crore in eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions in a pre-IPO (initial public offering) funding round, according to sources aware of the development.
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October 25, 2025
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'Heat stress played major role in stampede, daytime rallies must be banned'
ENVIRONMENTAL group Poovulagin Nanbargal has urged the state government to ban daytime political rallies between February and October and called on the union government to classify extreme heat as a disaster under the Disaster Management Act.
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October 25, 2025
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DON'T CRITICISE CITIZENS DEMANDING BETTER INFRA
HE acrimonious exchange between Karnataka’s top political and corporate leaders over Bengaluru’s failing infrastructure has only served to highlight the reality that has become the city’s identity—cratered roads, traffic bottlenecks, and garbage piles.
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October 25, 2025
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TN aim for maximum points versus Nagaland
TAMIL Nadu will look to put behind their innings defeat against Jharkhand when they face Nagaland in their second round of the Ranji Trophy to be played at the BCCI CoE grounds, Bengaluru.
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October 25, 2025
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3 killed as car collides with lorry near Ulundurpet
THREE people, including a woman, were killed after a speeding car rammed into the rear of a tanker lorry near Sembiyan Mahadevi on the Ulundurpet-Salem GST Road in Kallakurichi on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
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High on drugs, Indian-origin truck driver kills three in US crash; held
A 21-year-old Indian-origin truck driver, Jashanpreet Singh, who had reportedly entered the US illegally in 2022, has been arrested for causing a semi-truck crash in California's Ontario that snuffed out three lives and injured at least four other people on Tuesday.
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October 24, 2025
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'Abhay' for anonymity: How Maoists evade police action
ENGLISH playwright William Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet, \"What's in a name?\" For the outlawed CPI (Maoist), the answer is everything. Names, often assumed or symbolic, are a tool of survival, strategy, and connection with the communities in which they operate.
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October 24, 2025
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Kohli’s twin failures, Sharma’s fifty talking points in India’s loss
IT'S hard to find context in an ODI bilateral series with no major events scheduled in that format for the next two years.
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October 24, 2025
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Trump factor leads PM to duck Malaysia trip, says Cong
THE Congress on Thursday claimed that the reason for Prime Minister Narendra Modi not travelling to Malaysia for the Asean summit was that he does not want to be cornered by US President Donald Trump.
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October 24, 2025
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More girls in govt-run CBSE schools, says secy
IT is crucial that society invest more in the education of the girl child, according to the Union Secretary of Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar.
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October 24, 2025
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321kg gold smuggled through 7 main routes seized in 10 months, says DRI
THE Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has uncovered an increasingly sophisticated gold smuggling operation spanning continents. Between January and October this year, DRI intercepted and seized around 321kg of smuggled gold, valued at ₹406.35 crore.
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October 24, 2025
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U’khand village puts cap on wedding expenses
TO curb the rising expenses and the culture of showiness at social ceremonies, the residents of Kandhar village in Uttarakhand's tribal region of Jaunsar-Bawar have passed a social bylaw limiting the gold jewellery married women can wear at weddings and family functions.
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