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The New Indian Express Kochi
Postman kept the post in curious case of Chamoli high hill’s missing mail
‘THE Postman Always Rings Twice’, James Cain titled his noir novel in 1934. But in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, a real-life postman allegedly decided not to ring even once. For nearly 18 months, it appears, the only thing that moved faster than the mail was the mystery of where it had disappeared.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
PM Awas Yojana houses razed to make way for MLA Colony in C’garh
HIGH drama unfolded at Nakti village under Nava Raipur Development Authority layer-2 area as a massive administrative contingent, flanked by a heavy police force and a fleet of JCB bulldozers, flattened over 80 houses, clearing land designated for a proposed “Vidhayak Colony” (MLAs’ Colony).
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Swiss giant MSC to invest $1.4 bn in Vizhinjam port
SWITZERLAND-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)—the world’s largest shipping transport company—will invest $1.397 billion (about ₹13,220 crore) to acquire a 49% stake in Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Ltd (AVVPL), the concessionaire of the Vizhinjam port in Kerala, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) said on Tuesday.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Dell India infra install base grows 20-25% as cos adopt AI
DELL TECHNOLOGIES’ infrastructure install base in India has grown by 20-25%, driven by rising enterprise demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, Venkat Sitaram, Senior Director and Country Head, Infrastructure Solutions Group of the company, told TNIE.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
ODD ONES OUT
HERE’S almost no one who can be described as regular in Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue’s French adult animation film, Blaise.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
PLUG WELFARE GAPS, ROUTE SAVINGS INTO DEVELOPMENT
THREE years after the Congress rode to power in Karnataka on its promise of five guarantees, the state government is reviewing the welfare schemes’ implementation.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
‘Mother can’t seek test to settle adult son’s paternity’
A 14-year legal battle over a DNA test in a matrimonial dispute ended after the Jharkhand High Court declined to order the test, observing that the child whose paternity was under challenge had attained adulthood during the litigation.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
SEZs seek INR settlement, reforms
INDUSTRY representatives from India’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on Tuesday held a meeting with the Ministry of Commerce to officials, urging the government to allow rupee-denominated payments for services supplied to the domestic market.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Vaibhav's time is now, but will he get a chance?
NOT that handing Vaibhav Sooryavanshi his India cap would have guaranteed a series win in Ireland, but after the historic series loss, the focus has remained on the 15-year-old who continues to wait in the wings.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
GOVT PANEL TO CLEAR ₹1.25 LAKH CRORE OUTLAY FOR ISM 2.0
THE finance ministry is set to clear a budget proposal allocating ₹1.25 lakh crore for the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0, significantly higher than the ₹76,000 crore outlay earmarked for the first phase.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Another jolt to Uddhav as son’s close aide joins Shinde
AFTER losing six Lok Sabha MPs to defections, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray suffered another setback on Tuesday as party MLC Sachin Ahir filed his nomination as the Mahayuti candidate for the Maharashtra Legislative Council deputy chairperson’s election.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
‘Woman can’t be denied IVF as husband overaged’
THE Calcutta High Court has ruled that a woman eligible under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Act, 2021, cannot be denied in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment only because her husband is older than the prescribed age limit.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Hard-fought win for defending champ Iga
IGA Swiatek survived a scare to start her Wimbledon title defence with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 win over Taylor Townsend on Tuesday.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Modi, Japan PM set to launch AI, green pacts
INDIA and Japan are set to expand their strategic partnership with a series of agreements on artificial intelligence, economic security, clean energy and next-generation mobility when Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds annual summit talks with his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, on Thursday.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Cops deny permission to TMC’s ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally in Kolkata on July 21
IN a setback to both factions of the Trinamool Party (TMC), the Kolkata Police on Tuesday denied permission to hold the annual mega “Martyrs’ Day” rally near Victoria House at Esplanade on July 21, citing public inconvenience caused by traffic disruptions in the area.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Visa on arrival, easy licence renewals needed to boost tourism: Niti Aayog
SEEKING to unlock the growth potential of India’s tourism and hospitality industry, the NITI Aayog has recommended a series of reforms, including introduction of a multiple-entry Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) regime for travellers from select countries, hassle-free grant and renewal of licences for tourism and hospitality businesses to reduce compliance burdens.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
EDU, THE OTHER SHINKANSEN TRACK
LITTLE did India imagine that the Shinkansen high-speed rail network launched in Tokyo in 1964 would one day carry a million passengers a day.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Kotak to buy Deutsche India's retail, pvt banking, wealth biz
FOURTH-largest private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Tuesday said it will acquire Deutsche Bank India’s retail, private banking and wealth business for a cash consideration of about ₹282 crore, marking the German lender’s complete exit of customer facing banking businesses in the country.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
‘Demand for steel high even at higher prices’
AS the tensions cool down in West Asia, Chennai-based engineering conglomerate Sanmar Group said there is growing demand for steel even at elevated prices as the region is likely to witness need for steel and other materials for rebuilding the infrastructure, which was collapsed during the Iran-US crisis.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
How Ancy overcame hormonal issues
AT one point, national record holder and long jumper Ancy Sojan’s participation at the recently concluded National interstate senior athletics championships in Bhubaneswar was in doubt due to her hormonal issues.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Born outside, made in Morocco
IT’S impossible to separate the football World Cup without broader themes including identity, politics, migratory patterns and culture.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Data-driven rollout of GRAM-G scheme today
It is a tech-led, resource-optimised model for rural development
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Norway first Euro team to enter Round of 16
ERLING Haaland scored his fifth goal of the World Cup as Norway edged past Ivory Coast in their Round of 32 encounter.
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July 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
HDFC Bank selects ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar to succeed Mistry
HDFC Bank has said its board has approved appointment of Rajiv Kumar, a former civil servant and a financial sector expert, to succeed Keki Mistry as its part-time chairman, subject to the approval of the Reserve Bank.
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June 30, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Aftershock jolts Venezuela; rescue goes on
A strong aftershock jolted Venezuela early Monday following last week’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, as civilians and emergency responders kept combing through the ruins of fallen buildings for survivors.
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June 30, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Haryana & Raj sign MoU on '94 Yamuna water agreement
HARYANA and Rajasthan on Monday signed an agreement for the construction and implementation of the Yamuna Water Project, under which Rajasthan will get approximately 580 million cubic metres of water from the Yamuna canal through three underground pipelines from July to October every year.
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June 30, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Industrial production growth quickens to 5-month high of 5.1%
INDUSTRIAL output, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew by 5.1% year-on-year in May 2026 on the back of strong growth in manufacturing and electricity, showed the recent data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Monday.
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June 30, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
TRACK DISTRESS MIGRATION, CURB YOUTH TRAFFICKING
THE ammonia leak at a seafood processing factory in Tiruvallur near Chennai has so far claimed 16 lives; another 26 workers are in recovery, while 47 have been discharged after treatment.
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June 30, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Canada's Marsh hails history-makers
COACH Jesse Marsch hailed his “Canadian heroes” for making history by reaching the World Cup last 16 on Sunday, describing their upcoming clash on July 4 (pre-quarters) as a “free hit.”
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June 30, 2026
The New Indian Express Kochi
Indigenous push: DRDO gets more financial muscle to cut R&D delays
THE Centre on Monday handed the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) more financial muscle by revising its delegation of powers to speed up trials, testing and the induction of indigenous defence technology.
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