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Apollo plans to add 4,500 more beds in coming years: Suneeta Reddy
APOLLO Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (AHEL), the Chennai-based healthcare major, said it has identified the need to strengthen its presence in northern India and plans to add 4,500 beds over the next few years, taking its current capacity of 9,000 beds to 13,500.
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Can intruders be given red carpet welcome, SC asks on Rohingyas
QUESTIONING the legal status of Rohingyas living in India, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked whether people who entered the country illegally without any valid document should be given a \"red carpet welcome\" while many Indian citizens grapple with poverty.
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December 03, 2025
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Kremlin says S-400s, Su-57 high on agenda
INDIA and Russia must \"be very careful in creating an architecture to secure our trade that brings mutual benefit,\" Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, setting the tone for President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to New Delhi beginning Thursday.
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
AN OPENING TO BRIDGE THE GULF
\"Wars are not fought with weapons, but with knowledge and understanding.' -Ferdowsi, Persian poet and writer
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
NDA seeks ED probe after Lalu 'plans' to change house
THE troubles facing RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his family seem to be far from over, as the NDA government has demanded an ED probe into the assets accumulated by the family.
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
3rd indigenous N-sub to be commissioned soon
INDIA is preparing to strengthen the naval arm of its nuclear triad, with Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi announcing on Tuesday that the third indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, INS Aridaman, is in \"final stages of trials\" and \"will be commissioned soon\".
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Kharge leads Oppn onslaught on Sanchar Saathi
THE political row over the Sanchar Saathi App issue escalated on Tuesday with Congress terming it BJP's yet \"another attempt to strangulate the people's voice\".
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
47% rise in child marriages since '20, Bundelkhand's Damoh dist hotspot
MARRIAGES of girls aged below 18 years continue to increase in Madhya Pradesh, despite the government claims of working against it in a focussed manner, especially through public awareness campaigns.
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December 03, 2025
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'YouTubers cannot make defamatory comments on commercial products'
HOLDING that YouTubers cannot make defamatory and disparaging statements on commercial products, the Madras High Court has restrained a YouTuber from posting such videos on products of a water treatment service provider.
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December 03, 2025
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Didi to give financial aid to kin of 39 dead during SIR exercise in Bengal
WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced financial assistance of ₹2 lakh each for the families of 39 people who, she claimed, died due to panic and stress triggered by the ongoing SIR of poll rolls in the state.
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December 03, 2025
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
The missing planet that made the moon
ABOUT 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of our planet occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia collided with the young Earth.
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December 03, 2025
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Generali Central Insurance to double premium income by 2030
GENERALI Central Insurance, a general insurance joint venture of Italian insurer Generali Group and public sector bank Central Bank of India, aiming to double its gross written premium income to ₹10,000 crore by 2030 from nearly ₹5,500 crore, said Anup Rau, managing director and chief executive officer of Generali Central Insurance.
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December 03, 2025
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Wonderla opens amusement park in Chennai
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Monday virtually inaugurated Wonderla Chennai, marking the entry of Wonderla group into the state after a decadelong effort to bring the project to fruition.
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December 02, 2025
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PM takes a dig at Oppn, says House is not for 'drama' ...
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Opposition, declaring that Parliament must function as a space for \"delivery, not drama\", and warning parties against turning the Winter Session into a stage for political theatrics. Speaking to the media outside Parliament ahead of the session, Modi said he was concerned that some Opposition parties continued to treat the House as a \"warm-up arena\" for elections or as a place to vent their \"desperation\" after electoral defeats.
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December 02, 2025
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'Delta, coastal TN suffered ₹350cr loss due to DMK's poor rain preparedness'
AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami condemned the state government for its \"complete failure\" in taking precautionary measures to tackle cyclonic storm Ditwah and thus resulting in flooding and crop damages in various districts.
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December 02, 2025
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Centre confirms GPS spoofing at major airports, orders probe
CIVIL Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked the Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO) to identify the source behind the Global Positioning System (GPS) spoofing recently which affected flights at the Indira Gandhi International Air-
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December 02, 2025
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... Priyanka asks why no discussion on crucial issues
MOUNTING a counteroffensive to Prime Minister Modi's 'drama' jibe, the Congress on Monday said that the PM has once again delivered his \"dramabazi delivery' instead of addressing the key issues before Parliament on the first day of the winter session. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the PM, saying, \"Drama is not allowing democratic discussions about issues that matter to public.
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December 02, 2025
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ACTION SHIFTS TO MADURAI Switzerland hurdle for India before quarters
HOSTS India are comfortably placed in Pool B with two big wins in as many matches at the ongoing FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup.
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December 02, 2025
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Delaney miracle on and off the field for New Zealand
WHEN the final hooter roared after New Zealand's comeback 3-2 victory against Japan at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Monday, former national junior player and current head coach Mike Delaney slammed the side glass of the bench in excitement. For the first time in 12 years, the Junior Black Sticks are a step away from the quarterfinals as group leaders.
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December 02, 2025
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Solar fencing to stop wild elephants from entering villages in J’khand
IN a pioneering initiative in Jharkhand, solar fencing is being installed around the villages to prevent man-animal conflict in Chandil area of Saraikela-Kharsawan district. Under this project, 12-volt wire is laid outside the villages, powered with solar power, to keep wild elephants away.
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December 02, 2025
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GOING AFTER CYBER CRIME STATE-OWNED APP MANDATED ON YOUR PHONE
THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a new direction effective November 28, mandating all mobile phone manufacturers and importers to pre-install state-owned fraud reporting app — Sanchar Saathi — on devices used in India. The implementation must be completed within 90 days and a compliance report filed in 120 days.
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December 02, 2025
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Not just stress, peer pressure can lead to emotional eating
If food makes you feel energetic and happy, it's good. If it makes you lethargic or uncomfortable, it's not, says Dr Smitha Singh, clinical dietitian at Lucknow Wellness Clinic, in an interview with Anna Jose. Edited excerpts:
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December 02, 2025
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Min refutes allegation that contract drivers were responsible for crash
TRANSPORT minister S S Sivashankar on Monday dismissed opposition allegations that contract drivers were responsible for the Nachiyarpuram road accident.
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December 02, 2025
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Hope we can play to our full potential: Tushar
TAMIL NADU secured their first victory in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) this season when they defeated Uttarakhand by five wickets on Sunday.
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December 02, 2025
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After 11 deaths, survivors & kin count losses
EVEN as TNSTC officials are trying to ascertain what exactly caused the horrific bus accident at Nachiyarpuram on Sunday, the survivors and kin of the dead 11 are yet to recover from the shock and the loss it has wrought on their lives.
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December 02, 2025
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Remnant of Ditwah pounds Chennai, neighbouring dists
RMC changes rain alert from orange to red within 4 hours . Holiday for schools, colleges in Chennai and 3 other districts
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December 02, 2025
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Law panel not in favour of statutory backing of model code of conduct
THE Law Commission is of the opinion that bringing in law to implement the model code of conduct (MCC) will hamper its enforcement during polls and \"might\" result in whittling down the powers of the Election Commission, which will not be conducive to holding, time-bound and fair elections.
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December 02, 2025
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ED stirs Pinarayi's masala bond curry further
THE Enforcement Directorate has served a show cause notice to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vjayan, former finance minister T M Thomas Isaac, and the CM's chief principal secretary K M Abraham over alleged infractions in the issue of masala bonds in 2019 by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).
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December 02, 2025
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Omar on backfoot over OBC reservation review report
THE Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir faces growing political and community pressure ahead of the submission of the Cabinet Sub-Committee's reservation review report, with OBC groups demanding a steep quota hike and Kashmiri leaders warning against any dilution of the Residents of Backward Areas (RBA) category.
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December 02, 2025
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A STITCH IN TIME CAN SAVE YOUR BABY'S HEART & LIFE
WHEN four-day-old Gourav refused to be breastfed, sweated heavily while suckling and faced severe breathing trouble, his parents feared something was terribly wrong. Worried, they rushed him to a district government hospital where an initial clinical examination detected cardiac issues with low oxygen saturation. As the hospital had no facility to diagnose the condition, his parents immediately shifted him to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar where an echocardiogram confirmed a large a hole in the wall separating the heart's two lower chambers (ventricular septal defect (VSD)) with obstruction in pulmonary artery. Doctors said the child was born with the hole in his heart. The diagnosis shocked the young couple as they recalled nothing unusual had come up during pregnancy.
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