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The New Indian Express Chennai
Prudential plc to acquire 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance from Bharti Ent
BHARTI ENTERPRISES on Sunday announced that UK-based insurer Prudential plc has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance Company Ltd from Bharti Life Ventures Pvt Ltd and other selling shareholders, marking a significant consolidation move in India’s fast-growing life insurance sector.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
BETWEEN WINNING AND BECOMING
THE word Siddhartha is formed from two Sanskrit roots: Siddha, that which is achieved and Artha, that which was sought.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Birth on move: One in 500 babies across TN born in ‘108’ ambulances
Faraway hospitals, advanced labour of expectant moms reasons for many in-transit births
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
NCB nabs kingpin of int'l drugs syndicate
THE Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested the Myanmar-based drug kingpin of a major trafficking network operating through India’s northeastern states, the federal agency said on Sunday.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Shazam actor to lead crime thriller titled Dead Miles
Grace Caroline Currey, known for her roles in Fall and Shazam!, is set to front the upcoming crime thriller Dead Miles.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
FAHADH FAASIL-PREM KUMAR FILM BEGINS PRODUCTION
The much-awaited Fahadh Faasil-Prem Kumar team-up has finally begun production with a pooja ceremony on Saturday.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Fernandes record as Man United win
BRUNO Fernandes equalled the Premier League record of 20 assists in a season as Manchester United secured third place with a 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Satwik and Chirag miss out on top prize at Thailand Open
IT was a case of so near, yet so far for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as their hunt for the title continued.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Thennarasu flays minister over ‘empty coffers’ jab
FORMER finance minister Thangam Thennarasu, on Sunday, strongly condemned the remarks made by the newly-appointed Industries Minister S Keerthana, accusing her of making baseless and misleading allegations about Tamil Nadu’s financial administration ‘without even a basic understanding of the subject’.
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May 18, 2026
The New Indian Express
Reinterpretation of the String Theory
I've been a writer for most of my life and not just my adult life.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Future-proofing the Face
The anti-ageing conversation now begins before there's anything to fight.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
The New Stellar Cult
India's collectors are no longer just buying art, watches, or rare cars—they are building wine cellars where provenance, patience, and prestige mature side by side
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Mayan Maya
A forest journey to a civilisation that refuses to stay buried.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Navigating Identity in Frames
In the graphic novel Absolute Jafar, Sarnath Banerjee crafts a personal narrative that finds relevance in contemporary politics.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
On the Edge of Vision
Artist Chandra Bhattacharjee's ongoing exhibition turns the city's overlooked homeless into unsettling presences.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
The Truth About Sita's Swayamvar
Most of us have seen the Ramayana on TV.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
The Return of Sanskrit
In yoga studios and IIT laboratories, in Mumbai apartments and in rural India where it never became extinct, an ancient tongue is staging a quiet, magnificent comeback.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
THINK BIG, LIST PSU ASSETS IN $, BUILD FOREX FORTRESS
THERE is something uniquely vicarious about tokenism in Indian politics.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
After setback in election, BJP eyes reshuffle in TN
WITH the BJP reduced to a single seat in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls despite a marginal rise in vote share, party functionaries said the BJP national leadership is likely to conduct a reshuffle among state-level functionaries.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Where the River Runs Rich
A wellness retreat in Thailand mixes ancient therapies with tech-enabled treatments in a remarkably luxurious setting.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Digging Up a Nation
Focusing on one of the most controversial archaeological excavations, the narrative explores how the past reshapes the politics of the present.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Stone Age
The Stone Edit collection by Popyuli is a result of a shared belief that stone should remain true in the final obiect.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
The Private Cost of a Public Tragedy
In a deeply personal account of the 26/11 terror attack's aftermath, Aakash Karkare, son of IPS officer Hemant Karkare, writes about loss, alienation, and growing up in the shadow of a national tragedy
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
A life on track for humanity
For over three decades, a retired railway employee has mobilised his colleagues and well-wishers to support thousands of poor patients battling life-threatening illnesses
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Tightening the Tentacles
While one would expect a story on loss to anchor on human characters, it is actually Marcellus, the CGI octopus with a god complex, who steals the show here.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
POSTER MAN WHO NEVER PEELED AWAY
NEARLY every day, when the fast-flowing traffic dies down, RM Sekar, a man in his early sixties armed with a bicycle piled high with posters and a tub of freshly made glue, gears up for a mission.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
First-ever haul of ‘jihadi drug’ in India, 1 held
THE Narcotics Control Bureau has busted an international drug syndicate involved in the trafficking of Captagon and seized approximately 227.7 kg of the ‘jihadi drug’ worth ₹182 crore, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Saturday.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
‘India’s aspirations not limited to its borders’
Modi reaffirms New Delhi's bilateral ties with the Dutch during an interaction with Indian diaspora in the Netherlands
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
The Ayurvedic Axis of Life
As conversations around dementia, memory loss, and cognitive decline become increasingly common, Ayurveda offers an older but deeply layered understanding of the mind.
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May 17, 2026
The New Indian Express
Vijay keeps home, welfare portfolios
A week after Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and nine ministers were sworn in, the portfolios were allocated on Saturday, with the chief minister retaining key welfare departments.
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