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If you go down to the WOODS today
...you're sure of a big surprise, as the children's song goes. Except, this is no picnic. A recent report has rung alarm bells about the damage being done by species that are thriving where they don’t belong. Fish that contribute to flooding; corals that destroy coral. Meet the villains of our making
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
TMC already crossed 100 seats in the first phase, says Mamata
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that her party, the Trinamool Congress, has secured more than 100 seats in the first phase of the ongoing assembly elections and expressed confidence of a two-thirds majority.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
US hunting mines to reopen Hormuz
WASHINGTON/BERLIN: Donald Trump says the US Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea route for oil shipments whose disruption is increasingly threatening the global economy, AP reported.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Pretty little liars: Trapped by the lantana
HANDLE.. AND OVER 60 OTHER COUNTRIES
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
U.S. WON'T RENEW IRAN, RUSSIAN OIL WAIVERS: BESSENT
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that the US does not plan to renew a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil and petroleum products that are currently at sea.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
EC intensifies security arrangements ahead of second phase polls
With 142 assembly constituencies, including Il seats in Kolkata, going to polls on April 29 in the second phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, the Election Commission has intensified its security arrangements to ensure a free, fair and violence-free elections, officials aware of the developments said on Saturday.
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April 26, 2026
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Prose and cons of a beloved city
Allahabad has changed over and over. In her memoir, Mamta Kalia writes of the city she knew, one of ease, informality, literary genius
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Six appeal: On IPL and the era of boundary hunters
IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Iran officials leave, US envoys call off trip to Pak for parleys
The latest ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran appeared to fail Saturday before they began, as Tehran’s top diplomat left Pakistan and President Donald Trump soon afterward said he had told envoys not to travel to Islamabad.
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April 26, 2026
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Women’s rage finds a voice and vocabulary
You couldn’t have missed it — the outpouring of women’s anger across India this month.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
SC-backed guidelines to curb prolonged ICU stay
GUIDELINES WERE PART OF A REPORT, WHICH STRESSED TRAUMA FACED BY PATIENTS’ KIN, WHO OFTEN LACK CLARITY ABOUT ICU CARE
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
NO REPOLL AT ANY POLLING STATIONS IN TAMIL NADU, SAY EC OFFICIALS
The Election Commission on Saturday said no re-poll was recommended in any polling station in the Tamil Nadu assembly election held on April 23.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
US can deny green card over political views
The Trump administration has ordered US government agencies to deny green cards to immigrants that express views critical of the Israeli government or its policies.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
It's blooming time
The body as a site of insurgency.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
First-word problems
What did the earliest writers write about? A new book explores letters about kings, pleas for help from a bereft mother, manuals on how to banish ghosts, as well as poems and fictional tales, classroom exercises and ancient doodles - all dating to before 1500 BCE
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Mamata is paving way for BJP in Bengal: Rahul at poll rally
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee of paving the way for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, where assembly elections are underway
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
LANCET DECLINED U.S. GOVT ASK ON COVID-19 ORIGINS
Leading medical journal The Lancet will decline a request to provide evidence for a US Senate inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, its editor-in-chief Richard Horton told Reuters in an interview on Friday.
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April 26, 2026
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An unstoppable beanstalk
It's a tall tree that grows fast, is incredibly hardy, and appears to repel insects.
1 min |
April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Bill for 3-year H-1B pause introduced in US Congress
A group of Republican lawmakers has introduced a bill in the US Congress for a three-year pause to the HI-B visa programme, contending that it has been hijacked to replace American workers with cheap foreign labour.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Kavitha launches new party, TRS, calls father KCR ‘soulless mechanical person’
Telangana Jagruthi president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter, K Kavitha, launched a political outfit on Saturday, named “Telangana Rashtra Sena” (TRS), and outlined a five-point agenda focused on social justice, free education and healthcare and employment.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
IRAN RESUMES COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FROM TEHRAN AIRPORT
Iran resumed commercial flights from Tehran's international airport on Saturday for the first time since the conflict with the US and Israel began about two months ago, AP reported.
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April 26, 2026
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Convicted killer, living as YouTuber with 63K followers, held after 26 yrs
A man sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of a 13-year-old boy was arrested on Friday by the Delhi Police crime branch — 26 years after he jumped bail and built a new life as a prominent social media personality with a security detail provided by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
No target safe enough: Punjab chase down 265, set IPL record
Delhi skipper Rahul scores 152* in losing cause as Prabhsimran and Priyansh score 116/0 in Powerplay to ace the run chase
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
FA Cup: Man City rally to beat Southampton
Manchester City beat Championship side Southampton 2-1 with a late goal from Nico Gonzalez to book a place in an unprecedented fourth consecutive FA Cup final and keep alive their hopes of a domestic treble.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
How institutions build credibility and sustain it
Institutions endure, but their character is shaped by those who lead them, and those leaders are shaped by the circumstances of their appointment
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
The 'vacuum cleaner' gone rogue
The Pleco family of fish are covered in rows of spiky armour, and can suck algae off rock.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Khamenei rules via secret human chain
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has remained largely absent from the public eye since assuming leadership following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint US-Israel strike on February 28, the New York Times reported.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
BJP will win 110 seats in phase I'
Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win at least 110 seats in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections and form the government in the state.
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Amid doubts and fear, Sable eyes CWG and Asian Games
India steeplechaser, recovering from an ACL surgery last July, is eyeing a return to competition at the Fed Cup next month
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April 26, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
A new set of trainers?
A woman managing a top-tier men’s team, in Germany, shouldn't be news. At least it’s happening. Now for more coaches, referees
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