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Drawing the line on insults
A repost isn’t an endorsement, but friends do not amplify critical posts about each other. The Trump White House needs to taper down on gratuitous messages targetting India
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Khera denied pre-arrest bail
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
SHAMBHAVI AND DIVYANSHU WIN MIXED AIR RIFLE GOLD, SET WORLD RECORD SCORE
Shooters Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Divyanshu Dewangan clinched the 10m air rifle mixed team gold with a world record score of 499.9 as India claimed its fourth gold in the ISSF Junior World Cup here on Friday.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic
Google will invest $10 billion in Anthropic PBC, with another $30 billion potentially to follow, strengthening the relationship between two companies that are at once partners and rivals in the race to build artificial intelligence (AI).
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Tendulkar equals Bradman’s record with a defiant ton
Excerpts from HT’s reports on the Indian batting great scoring his 29th Test century
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
{ MADURO CAPTURE OPS } US soldier charged for placing bets using classified information
A US special forces soldier who took part in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be released on bond on charges accusing him of using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market, a federal magistrate said Friday.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Deregulation in focus, the bet is on entrepreneurs
The big reform aims to free Indian industry from needless, time consuming, and complex regulation. Regulation will have to become trust-based
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
How Parsis behave when no one is watching
Ribald humour, odd characters, and the eccentric Parsi tongue mark out Berjis Desai’s Navsari Tales as an apt account of a distinct way of life
3 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Iran keeps loading oil despite US blockade
Iran is continuing to load millions of barrels of oil onto supertankers, an activity that will only become increasingly difficult if the US keeps up a blockade on Tehran’s shipping
2 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Israel strikes Hezbollah despite Lebanon truce
The Israeli military said its forces killed six Hezbollah fighters ina southern Lebanese town on Friday during a clash that included afirefight.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Forced continuation of pregnancy violates dignity, says top court
THE APEX COURT PERMITTED A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM DELHI TO TERMINATE HER OVER 28-WEEK PREGNANCY
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Forty years after disaster, lessons about nuclear safety
On Sunday, April 26, Ukraine and the world will mark 40 years since the Chornobyl disaster — the worst accidentiin the history of civilian nuclear power.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
20 jailed for life in '18 Assam lynching case
COURT REJECTED THE APPEAL FOR DEATH PENALTY, STATING THAT IT'S NOT THE 'RAREST OF RARE' CRIME
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
NADA cracks down on doping supply chain, promises more raids
In a first-of-its-kind crackdown on WADA-prohib-ited performance-enhancing substances, a joint task force led by Central Food Safety Officers, FSSAI and police raided a shop in Najafgarh, Delhi.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
AAP-heaval: 7 Rajya Sabha MPs revolt, desert Kejriwal
3 of the MPs, Chadha, Pathak and Mittal, publically join BJP; Kejriwal says people of Punjab betrayed
1 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Shaheedi on the Sutlej
The white colonial bungalows of Ferozepur cantonment gleam in the late spring sunlight.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Try this idyll worship
Maldives-level chill. Goa-level prices. And quick flights too. Krabi in Thailand is the perfect vacation loophole amid global tensions and the falling rupee
4 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
10 of 152 ACs in first phase saw an absolute fall in voter turnout
10 of 152 assembly constituencies (ACs) in West Bengal that voted on April 23 are likely to have seen a decline in turnout in absolute terms compared to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, although only in one is the drop likely to be more than the victory margin of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, according to HT's preliminary calculations.
2 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
SAIL wins court block on steel antitrust investigation
An Indian court has put an antitrust investigation into state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) on hold after the company challenged the Indian watchdog for procedural lapses, according to court records and the company’s legal filings.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Modi, Banerjee trade barbs over Jadavpur
A war of words erupted on Friday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the state-run Jadavpur University (JU) falling into “anarchy”, leading chief minister Mamata Banerjee to accuse him of insulting “meritorious students” at the centre of excellence.
3 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
WEST BENGAL BEYOND PARTY POLITICS
HT's editors offer a book recommendation every Saturday, which provides history, context, and helps understand recent news events
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Reliance Industries Q4 profit slips 13%, O2C business drags
Reliance Industries Ltd posted a 13% fall in its profit for the January-March period as the US-Israel-Iran war weighed on the firm’s key oil-to-chemicals (02C) segment, even as contributions from telecom and retail segments remained resilient.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Spain ‘reliable’ Nato member, PM says after reported US ouster threat
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday stressed Spain was a “reliable member” of Nato, after a report the United States was considering trying to suspend it over its refusal to support military operations against Iran.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
‘Life abroad feels like it doesn’t have enough salt in it’
On the interconnected stories that make up his novel, and his bond with Pakistan
2 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
No leaves for medical students to prevent cheating in NEET UG
THE ADVISORY FOLLOWS A DIRECTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
2 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Putin may attend G20 meet in US: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin could travel to the G20 summit in Miami in December, the Kremlin said on Friday after US President Donald Trump suggested it would be very helpful if he did attend and that it had been a mistake to expel Russia from the G8.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
Looking like a vow
Every guest is now a VVIP at the great Indian wedding. See how planners are levelling up
3 min |
April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
RBI cancels licence of Paytm Payments Bank
the licence of Paytm Payments Bank, more than two years after regulatory orders brought its operations toa halt, stating that its continuation served no public interest and was detrimental to depositors’ interests.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
India, US agree to remain engaged after trade talks
India and the US have agreed to “remain engaged” after three days of trade talks in Washington concluded on Wednesday, a commerce ministry statement said — signalling that the finalisation of an interim bilateral deal awaits the Trump administration instituting a legally tenable tariff framework after the US Supreme Court struck down the basis of reciprocal tariffs in February.
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April 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Pune
‘Loss against Sindarov was the turning point’
Praggnanandhaa looks back on his performance in Candidates with a tinge of dissatisfaction
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