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Hindustan Times Ranchi
TAIWAN VOWS TO DEFEND ITSELF AFTER CHINA DRILLS, XI SPEECH
TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island's sovereignty in the face of China’s “expansionist ambitions,” days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills around the island.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Managing wealth and assets in the New Year
The third ashram of life, vanaprastha or retirement, is a good time to practise active detachment and consolidate assets
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Restoring trust in the State, the Chhattisgarh experience
Chhattisgarh’s creation 25 years ago rested on a simple premise: A smaller state would listen better, govern closer to the ground, and respond faster to its people.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
With new tax, cigs to cost more from Feb 1
{ TO AFFECT 100MN SMOKERS } 22% TO 28% HIKE LIKELY IN CIGARETTE PRICES
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
INDIA, PAK SHARE LIST OF CRITICAL NUKE FACILITIES AND PRISONERS
India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged lists of nuclear installations that cannot be attacked in the event of hostilities and lists of prisoners in each other's custody, against the backdrop of unprecedented strains in bilateral ties after a brief but intense conflict last May.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bihar extends deadline as veil row doc yet to join job
The Bihar government has extended till January 7 the deadline for newly-appointed AYUSH doctors to join service, marking the second such extension in 11 days, an official said on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
PAK LAUNCHES GOVERNANCE REFORMS UNDER IMF LENS
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched economic-governance reforms to address the vulnerabilities identified in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Governance and Corruption report.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
40 DEAD, 115 INJURED IN FIRE AT A BAR IN SWISS SKI RESORT TOWN
CRANS-MOΝΤΑΝΑ: Swiss authorities confirmed by late on Thursday that at least 40 people died and 115 others were injured in a fire that ripped through a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana in Switzerland on Thursday.
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January 02, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
IMRAN KHAN'S SISTERS DENIED MEET WITH HIM, HOLD PROTEST
Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and sisters of former prime minister Imran Khan were once again prevented from meeting him at Adiala Jail, prompting them to stage a sit-in near the prison, Dawn reported.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Delhi retains title as country's most polluted megacity: Report
Delhi was the most polluted megacity in India and within the National Capital Region in 2025, an analysis of PM2.5 data by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) revealed on Wednesday.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
JAPAN CEOS HALT ANNUAL CHINA TRIP FOR FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS
TOKYO: A prominent group of Japanese executives has put its planned visit to Beijing on hold, a sign that a diplomatic feud is chilling commercial ties between the two economies.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Markets surge nearly 1% on last trading day of 2025
MUMBAI: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped nearly 1% on Wednesday, the final trading session of 2025, after days of range-bound trading amid sustained buying by domestic institutional investors.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Govt extends safeguard duties on imports of steel products
The government has extended safeguard duties on imports of certain steel products for three years, aiming to curb dumping from countries like China and protect domestic manufacturers from a supply glut.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
INDIA, EAEU LIKELY TO HOLD NEXT ROUND OF TRADE TALKS IN FEBRUARY
India and the Russia-led EAEU group are likely to hold the next round of talks for the proposed trade agreement in February, an official said on Wednesday.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Apr-Nov fiscal gap at 62.3% of FY26 estimate
THE CENTRE'S FISCAL POSITION IS SUPPORTED BY DIVIDEND PAYOUTS
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Old challenges, new resolutions
Managing air pollution to negotiating a world in churn, the government has its task cut out in 2026
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Victim’s parents clear film on RG Kar rape and murder case
A film based on the alleged rape and murder of a young doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College in August 2024 has received formal consent from the victim's parents, nearly two months after they had publicly opposed the project.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Indian jails: Prisoners of the caste system
In December 2020, as the world grappled with unequal access to Covid-19 vaccines, another form of inequality was exposed inside India’s prisons.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Putin orders Ukraine buffer zone expansion
Russia's top general said its forces were pressing forward in northeastern Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin had ordered expansion of territory Moscow calls a buffer zone there in 2026, Russian news agencies said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Emerging multipolar world could be India’s moment
As the world enters a new year, it is becoming increasingly clear that South Asia's existing models of regional cooperation are no longer fit for purpose.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Imn Indians in Canada to lose legal status by mid-’26
Canada could soon have to contend with a deluge of undocumented immigrants, nearly half of them from India, as record numbers of work permits expired in 2025 and will continue to do so in 2026.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Think long term on Delhi pollution
The Supreme Court is right; CAQM must go beyond reactive measures to deal with NCR's toxic air
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
AI carbon footprint equals 8% of global aviation emissions
The boom in artificial intelligence in 2025 led to as much carbon dioxide (CO2) being released into the atmosphere as New York City does annually, according to a new study, The Guardian reported.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Female celebs raise concern over Al misuse
The rampant exploitation of AI-generated images on social media has targeted several female celebrities in recent times, and many of them have now come out on Instagram to voice their concerns over the serious matter.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Why India’s tourism sector needs a regulatory rethink
India’s monuments, mountains, beaches, and cuisine make it one of the world’s richest travel destinations.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
'BENGAL JOB SCHEME TO BE NAMED AFTER MAHATMA': CM
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government would rename its job guarantee programme after Mahatma Gandhi, in an announcement coming ona day the Lok Sabha passed a bill that seeks to replace the two-decadeold Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA.)
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
LAWYER TOLD TRUMP LEGALITY OF THIRD TERM IS UNCLEAR: REPORT
Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz told President Donald Trump the U.S. Constitution was not clear about whether he could serve a third term, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Adani Group’s internal project manager to raise $1 billion
A private company owned by billionaire Gautam Adani and his family has been entrusted to oversee the infrastructure projects of all listed firms of the Adani Group as part of the tycoon’s plans to capture margins that would otherwise have gone to external parties
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
In Bondi attack, echoes of age-old anti-Semitism
Rising hatred for the global Jewish community is rooted in the failure to draw a distinction between Israel’s actions in Gaza and the depoliticised lives of ordinary Jews
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Need urgent roll-out of UPI market-share caps
here isa warning for all trusted systems in India in Indigo's recent operational meltdown.
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