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RANA’S LEGACY WILL BE HARD TO FOLLOW
JASPAL RANA didn’t know the subtlety of camouflaging bitter truth with sweeteners.
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June 13, 2026
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18 days & ₹1.47 cr gone: Retired Gujarat official falls prey to digital arrest
WHAT began as a routine phone call turned into an 18-day nightmare for a retired professional in Gujarat’s Vadodara city, as cyber fraudsters posing as government officials allegedly held him under ‘digital arrest’ and duped him of ₹1.47 crore.
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June 13, 2026
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INDIA INC'S SHIELD IN CLIMATE FIGHT
HE blue planet is clearly under distress. The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate 2025 report reiterated that Earth is edging dangerously closer to breaching critical climate thresholds that, once crossed, could trigger irreversible long-term consequences.
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June 13, 2026
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Cong plans to step up protests as SC turns down Natarajan’s plea
AFTER the Supreme Court dismissed Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging the rejection of her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls, the Congress is preparing to take its protest from the courtroom to the streets.
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June 13, 2026
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
Brazil seek light of ‘Don’ in WC
Five-time champions will hope that the seasoned Italian coach can help team regain lost sheen. Swaroop Swaminathan assesses Selecao’s chances ahead of their opener
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June 13, 2026
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Policy for CBSE students from W Asia
THE Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was considering framing a policy to provide relief to private students from West Asia whose CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) board examination results have not been declared due to the ongoing conflict in the region.
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June 13, 2026
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5.4 lakh homes' delivery expected to get delayed
A record 540,400 housing units, scheduled for completion across the top 7 cities in 2026, face execution risk as the West Asia crisis continues to disrupt global trade routes, commodity markets, and supply chains.
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June 12, 2026
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Family seeks high-level probe into Aditya's death
THE family of seafarer Aditya Sharma of Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, who died off Oman coast in a US strike, has demanded a high-level inquiry into the circumstances leading to the incident amid allegations against the command on board the ship.
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June 12, 2026
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
‘If released, I’ll kill again,’ says murder convict after getting death sentence
A 33-year-old man in Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, facing capital punishment in connection with a murder case, vowed to repeat the offence if freed from prison.
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June 12, 2026
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Making US men’s football great
The world’s most popular sport has struggled to become mainstream in the US. While their women’s team are renowned, the men aren't elite. Swaroop Swaminathan takes a look at why they will be desperate to leave an imprint at this home World Cup...
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June 12, 2026
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Infantino defends WC ticket prices
FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended World Cup ticket prices on Wednesday, saying “if we do something wrong, then probably everyone selling tickets in North America is doing something wrong.”
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June 12, 2026
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Banks raise rates on NRI deposits, offer up to 6.6%
WITH the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announcing a dollar swap facility for Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] deposits, banks have raised interest rates by 300-350 basis points on dollar-denominated NRI deposits, with some offering as much as 6.6% for tenures of three to five years.
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June 12, 2026
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Pilot rules out differences with Gehlot, believes in Rahul's 'shops of love'
THE event held in Dausa to pay tribute to former Union minister Rajesh Pilot on his 26th death anniversary assumed political significance as it came amid renewed tensions within the Rajasthan Congress.
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June 12, 2026
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2 dead, several houses torched in Manipur
VIOLENCE broke out in Manipur’s Senapati district on Wednesday night after the remains of six Naga hostages were recovered by police.
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June 12, 2026
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Tap youth power for growth: PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked states to tap into India’s 70-crore youth population and convert this unique demographic dividend into a development dividend for the country’s progress.
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June 12, 2026
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US hoping Balogun and strikers can shine
FOLARIN Balogun chose to play for the United States precisely because of the opportunity he’s about to get over the next few weeks.
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June 12, 2026
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Centre extends excise duty relief to petrol blended with higher ethanol
THE government on Thursday extended central excise duty exemptions to petrol blended with 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% ethanol.
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June 12, 2026
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PUBLISHING IN POST-TRUTH WORLD
IN 2014, Penguin Random House India (hereafter, Penguin for convenience) settled out of court with Dinanath Batra, the ageing general secretary of RSS school network Vidya Bharati and founder of an organisation committed to purging Indian education of foreign influences.
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June 12, 2026
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CII-SR chief suggests policy changes for green energy
SEEKING to support the Union government’s target of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil fuel energy capacity by 2030, Confederation of Indian Industry-Southern Region (CII-SR) Chairman Ravichandran Purushothaman has proposed three key policy measures to accelerate industrial electrification in southern India.
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June 12, 2026
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After college, ₹1.77 cr found in Bengal school
BUNDLES of notes of ₹500, ₹200 and ₹100, amounting to ₹1.77 crore, were recovered from an English-medium school in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday, days after a similar incident in a college.
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June 12, 2026
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SpaceX IPO sees $70 bn investment
SpaceX’s initial public offer (IPO) has attracted more than $70 billion in orders from retail investors, news agency Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.
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June 12, 2026
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Shivanand leaves behind a wailing family in Deoria
THE death of Shivanand Chaurasia from eastern UP after a US strike on an oil tanker off the Oman coast has left behind a deep void in the devastated family.
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June 12, 2026
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HERO EYES GAINS AS BUYERS PRIORITISE FUEL EFFICIENCY: CBO
HERO MotoCorp is well-positioned to benefit in a market where fuel efficiency increasingly drives purchase decisions, given its strong portfolio of high-mileage motorcycles, said a senior company executive.
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June 12, 2026
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CONSERVATION BOOST FROM HISTORY MADE IN SIMILIPAL
WHEN Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi last week broke the news of Maharashtra-born tigress Zeenat giving birth to four cubs in the Similipal Tiger Reserve, he acknowledged a landmark in India’s conservation history.
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June 12, 2026
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Anthropic unveils Claude Mythos 5 for partners, Fable 5 for public users
ARTIFICIAL intelligence company Anthropic has launched two versions of its new AI model, making Claude Fable 5 available to the general public while restricting access to Claude Mythos 5 to selected partners.
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June 12, 2026
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BJP sweeps Upper House polls in Gujarat, MP and NE
HOURS after the Supreme Court refused to stay the electoral process for the June 18 Rajya Sabha elections to three seats from Madhya Pradesh, all three BJP candidates were declared elected unopposed on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
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West Asia conflict's new frontline has Indian sailors in its crosshairs
THREE attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf region within four days have exposed a growing and uncomfortable reality for India: its seafarers are increasingly being drawn into the frontlines of geopolitical conflicts over which they have little influence and even less protection.
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June 12, 2026
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HP shops & commercial establishments can stay open round the clock
SHOPS and commercial establishments across Himachal Pradesh will now be allowed to operate round the clock following amendments to the state’s labour laws.
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June 11, 2026
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Top US diplomat summoned after tanker strike off Oman
INDIA has lodged a strong diplomatic protest with the US after a strike on the commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman left three Indian sailors missing, sharply escalating concerns over the growing risks to civilian shipping in the Gulf region.
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June 11, 2026
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NDA, Cabinet hail Modi for crossing longest-serving elected PM milestone
THE Union Cabinet passed a special resolution hailing Narendra Modi for becoming India’s longest-serving elected prime minister on Wednesday.
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