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A love letter to fish
Eerie but believable, Amitav Ghosh's Ghost-Eye lives in the friction between the worlds of Westernised rationalist modernity and traditional Indian ecological knowledge
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April 18, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Antil, Chopra complain against athletics coach
Two-time Paralympic champion Sumit Antil has levelled allegations of “verbal abuse and mental harassment” against his former coach Naval Singh
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April 18, 2026
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NDA to shift fight from House to streets
The government on Friday sought to portray the Opposition as anti-women for its vote against the constitution amendment bill in the Lok Sabha and readied an extensive pan India campaign to drive home this message even as speculation mounted over an unusually scheduled cabinet meeting on Saturday.
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April 18, 2026
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Nitish Kumar: Last tall leader of JP movement
In the long arc of India’s political journey, the socialist movement led by Ram Manohar Lohia and later galvanised by Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), stands apart.
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April 18, 2026
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Crew of Apollo 13 safely returns after perilous mission
On April 17, 1970, three astronauts splashed down after a precarious journey back to Earth
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April 18, 2026
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FLOOR LEADERS OF NDA MEET AFTER BILL IS DEFEATED
Floor leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) held a meeting after the Constitution Amendment Bill seeking to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of seats of the Lok Sabha were defeated on Friday in the Lok Sabha.
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April 18, 2026
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Delimitation divide defeats bill to raise LS seats for women's quota
The 131st Constitution amendment Bill was defeated by a united Oppn despite a verbal assurance by Shah of a uniform 50% rise in seats for all states
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April 18, 2026
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After the T20 World Cup delight, Bumrah short of gas and support
Wicketless so far, the world’s best pacer has looked quite ordinary this IPL
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April 18, 2026
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India examining B’desh request to extradite Hasina
India said on Friday that the Bangladesh government's request for extraditing former premier Sheikh Hasina is being examined as part of judicial and legal processes, while emphasising that New Delhi will constructively engage with all stakeholders on the matter.
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April 18, 2026
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Conservatism’s paradox: Abiding internationalism
The concern behind this stance is the perceived global advance of progressivism, which US vice-president JD Vance described as an ideology that deems western civilisation illegitimate
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April 18, 2026
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Israeli attack fears: Iran's negotiators got Pak escort
Pakistan's air force escorted Iranian negotiators home from inconclusive peace talks with the US last weekend, launching a major operation after the Iranians said Israel might seek to kill them, three sources told Reuters.
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April 18, 2026
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Iran opens Hormuz, fuels war end hopes
US blockade a sticking point: Trump says Israel prohibited Trump says still in force, Iran from striking Lebanon; Not calls it a violation of truce deal finished with Hezbollah: Bibi
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April 18, 2026
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Fragile calm in Lebanon as US-brokered truce holds
A fragile calm settled over parts of Lebanon on Friday asa 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States took hold between Israel and Hezbollah, prompting thousands of displaced families to begin the journey home — even as uncertainty, destruction and Israeli warnings against going back to parts of southern Lebanon clouded their return.
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April 18, 2026
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TCS says no internal complaint received in Nashik BPO case
Four days after Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran announced a probe, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday said it had not received any complaints on its ethics or POSH channels regarding allegations of sexual harassment, religious coercion and other misconduct at its Nashik BPO.
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April 18, 2026
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Divided House, defeated bill
The government's bid to fast-track women’s reservation hits the delimitation hurdle
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April 18, 2026
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Glaciers hanging by a thread in Himalayas
CLIMATE WARMING HAS WEAKENED GLACIERS, FORMING UNSTABLE CHUNKS OF ICE; 219 SUCH CHUNKS, KNOWN AS 'HANGING GLACIERS' ARE IN ALAKNANDA BASIN
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April 18, 2026
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The next steps for govt: Cabinet meet, campaign
The government on Friday sought to portray the Opposition as anti-women for its vote against the Constitution amendment bill in the Lok Sabha and readied an extensive pan-India campaign to drive home this message even as speculation mounted over an unusually scheduled cabinet meeting on Saturday.
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April 18, 2026
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SEBI asks top brokers to share P&L data of clients
Exercise to assess full-year financial impact of equity derivatives trading on investors
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April 18, 2026
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JSW One eyes $350 mn IPO, pre-IPO round on
JSW One Platform, the Sajjan Jindal-led conglomerate’s B2B digital marketplace, has held discussions with bankers for an initial public offering (IPO) later this year, and is also in talks to raise a private round ahead of the listing, three people familiar with the matter said.
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April 18, 2026
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HC: File FIR in Rahul dual citizenship case
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in connection with an alleged dual citizenship case.
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April 18, 2026
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‘Govt wants to alter electoral map, take away representation’
Gandhi also questioned that while the BJP considers OBC and Dalits as Hindus in its politics, but it does not want to give the sections political representation.
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April 18, 2026
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IAF’s moment of reckoning
Apart from being a well-respected military analyst and reporter, Vishnu Som is an unabashed military aviation enthusiast, who has emerged as one of the most informed aviation journalists in India.
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April 18, 2026
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9 dead after minivan plunges into a gorge
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April 18, 2026
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Traders placed $760mn bet on falling oil prices
LONDON: Investors placed a bet worth about $760 million ona falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran’s foreign minister announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was open, another sizeable wager on the world’s most traded commodity ahead of major announcements in the course of the Middle East war.
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April 18, 2026
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Starmer resists calls to resign over Mandelson appointment
LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday resisted demands he resign over revelations that his scandal-tainted pick for UK ambassador to Washington was appointed despite failing security checks.
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April 18, 2026
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INDIA bloc against quota for women, not Bill: Shah
In a blistering attack on the Opposition, Shah also alleged that by opposing the amendments to the bill that sought to expand the Lok Sabha’s strength to 850, the opposition has effectively opposed increasing the seats reserved for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe representatives, which would have increased too.
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April 18, 2026
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TIME WOMEN ARE GIVEN THEIR DUE, MODI TELLS LS MPs
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the time has come to ensure that half of the nation’s population receives its rightful due in decision-making,
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April 18, 2026
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All the rage, all the time
What drives you up the wall? What's your villain origin story? We asked writers, actors, sound engineers, curators - everyone, really – about their pettiest rage-bait. They gleefully obliged. So, do these things piss you off too?
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April 18, 2026
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Building the case for open-source licences
he New Delhi AI Impact Summit Declaration noted that “opensource AI applications and other accessible AI approaches can contribute to scalability, replicability, and adaptability of AI systems across sectors”.
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April 18, 2026
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Azure model set to anchor Microsoft’s next big AI push
Two weeks after announcing its foundational artificial intelligence (AI) models for transcriptions, voice and images, Big Tech firm Microsoft wants to use its Azure cloud business strategy to sign long-term Al contracts with clients.
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