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India adds 17 crore jobs in six years
Unemployment in the country has fallen from 6.0 per cent in 2017-18 to 3.2 per cent in 2023-24, while 1.56 crore women have joined the formal workforce in the past seven years, an official statement said on Saturday.
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October 05, 2025
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Yellow hydrogen can boost solar storage
The world is currently in the middle of an energy transition.
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October 05, 2025
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Bulgaria Emerges as Europe's New Hub for Artists and Collectors
Sofia: Bulgaria is fast positioning itself as one of Europe’s most exciting new destinations for artists, collectors, and cultural travelers.
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October 05, 2025
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Battling Bhullar stays ontrack for Jakartajoy
India's Gaganjeet Bhullar is in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard going into the final round of the Jakarta International Championship at Damai Indah Golf's PIK Course.
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October 05, 2025
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Police question 6 in synagogue attack
Police on Saturday were questioning six people arrested onsuspicion of terror offenses after an attack ona synagogue in northwest England that lefttwomen dead and Britain's Jewish community shocked and grieving.
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October 05, 2025
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Cong slams poll panel over Bihar voter list revision
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday criticised the Election Commission of India, accusing it of orchestrating the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar to benefit the BJP.
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October 05, 2025
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Enduring Influence
The centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks far more than a symbolic milestone for a socio-cultural organisation.
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October 05, 2025
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Two paths to truth
In the constellation of 20th intellectual giants, few figures shine as brilliantly or cast shadows as long as George Bernard Shaw and Rabindranath Tagore. These two Nobel laureates, separated by geography, culture, and temperament, emerged as prophetic voices for humanity ata time when the world stood at the crossroads of modernity and tradition, reason and faith, revolution and evolution. Their contrasting approaches to the human condition-Shaw's razor-sharp rationalism and Tagore's lyrical spiritualism-illuminate two fundamental paths toward truth that continue to resonate in our troubled age.
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October 05, 2025
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order blocked by court
A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.
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October 05, 2025
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Manish and Vaishnavi clinch singles titles in National Tennis C’ship
Tamil Nadu’s Manish Sureshkumar and Maharashtra’s Vaishnavi Adkar continued their winning run in the 30th National Tennis Championship to clinch the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively, at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi on Saturday.
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October 05, 2025
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Shinde Sena’s Kadam faces backlash from Uddhavcamp
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab on Saturday hit back against Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadamis recent allegations about the late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray's last moments.
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October 05, 2025
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The Imagined Beast: How Colonial Bengal Reinvented Durga’s Vahana
Close your eyes and picture Durga Puja. You see the glorious ten-armed goddess, her trident poised at Mahishasura, and beneath her, a roaring lion— mane flared, claws unsheathed, fangs ready torip through the demon. It feels eternal, doesn't it?
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October 05, 2025
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Rahul Gandhi’s Chaibasa Court hearing deferred to 9 Oct
The hearing in a defamation case against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, could not take place on Saturday at the MP-MLA special court in Chaibasa.
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October 05, 2025
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Himantasees ‘political plot’ in CBI probe demand on Zubeen’s death
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has questioned what he described as “coordinated” demands from multiple leaders for a central probe into the death of cultural icon Zubeen Garg, suggesting that the timing and tone of these calls appear suspicious.
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October 05, 2025
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India steamroll Windies by an innings and 140 runs
Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav combined to rip through the West Indies batting order as India wrapped up the Ahmedabad Test inside one session on the third day, sealing a commanding victory by an innings and 140 runs on Saturday.
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October 05, 2025
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Peace, love & ice cream
Most of us would agree with what Jerry Greenfield wrote in his resignation letter: ‘It’s easy to stand up and speak out when there’s nothing at risk. The real test of values is when times are challenging and you have something to lose.’ But most of us do not ‘stand up and speak out’ because of fear of losing something. We must speak out against terrorism inflicted on Israel by groups such as Hamas, and we must speak out against Israel for the violence they have been perpetrating against the Palestinians, mostly civilians, for about two years
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October 05, 2025
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PM launches youth-focussed initiatives worth ₹62,000 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday unveiled a slew of youth-focussed initiatives worth more than Rs 62,000 crore, with a special emphasis on poll-bound Bihar.
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October 05, 2025
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Redrawing the sacred lines with Dr Nandini Bhowmik
\"Namah ayur dehi, yaśo dehi, bhāgyam bhagavati dehi me putrān, dehi dhanam, dehi sarvān kāmāśca dehi me...\" The sacred chants reverberated through the rooms, their resonance stirring both walls and hearts alike.
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October 05, 2025
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Indian Army launches RFP to procure AK-630 air defence systems
Inabid to bolsterits air defence capabilities, the Indian Army has floated a tender for purchasing six AK-630 30mm from state-owned firm Advanced Weapon and Equipment India Ltd (AWEIL).
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October 05, 2025
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Karur tragedy: Stalin assures SIT probe will bring out truth
With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday assuring that the SIT, constituted by Madras High Court to probe the ghastly September 27 stampede at Karur during the rally of actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, will bring out the truth, the police is likely to register a case against him and also seize his campaign caravan.
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October 05, 2025
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Shubman Gill replaces Rohit Sharma as India's ODI captain
Test skipper Shubman Gill has replaced Rohit Sharma as India’s new ODI captain, and will lead the side in the three-match series in Australia starting 19 October.
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October 05, 2025
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Israel’s army will advance preparations for the first phase of Trump’s plan
Israel’s army said Saturday that it would advance preparations for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and return all the remaining hostages, after Hamas said it accepted parts of the deal while others still needed to be negotiated.
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October 05, 2025
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WPAC 2025: Markus Rehm and Steffi Nerius’ 16-year journey of trust and triumphs
When Markus Rehm soared to 8.43m at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships taking place in New Delhi, he not only claimed his eighth successive world title but also ended one of the most extraordinary partnerships in para sport history.
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October 05, 2025
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The Eternal Homecoming: Durga, Memory and the Wounds of Bengali
Some figurines become more real than history itself, slipping into the marrow of collective memory and transcending myths.
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October 05, 2025
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Swami Chaitanyanand arrested from Agrain harassmentcase
A Delhi Court sent Chaitanyananda Saraswati, a self-proclaimed godman who was accused of sexually harassing 17 girl students at aprivate institute, to five-day police custody on Sunday, Delhi Police said.
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September 29, 2025
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'Vocal for local': PM Modi calls for festive season boost to indigenous products
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday called on citizens to make the upcoming festive season more meaningful by choosing indigenous products.
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September 29, 2025
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Russia preparing for President Putin’s visit to India later this year: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said that Moscow is preparing for President Vladimir Putin's official visit to India, scheduled for later this year.
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September 29, 2025
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EAM urges world to crack down on terror financing
Taking a direct hit at Islamabad, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar called it an epicentre of global terrorism during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today.
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September 29, 2025
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Karurtragedy: Blamegame erupts, death toll rises to40
Even as the toll in the horrendous stampede at the rally of actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Saturday has risen to 40, including 10 children and 17 women, ablame game has erupted between therulingDMK and the principal opposition AIADMK, while the TVK has knocked at the doors of the judiciary, urging Madras High Court to take up a suo motu case and order a probe either by the CBI or a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT).
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September 29, 2025
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UN-designated terror group LeT moves base to KPK
A few days after intelligence reports indicated that terror groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) relocated their bases from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) to Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) to avoid potential Indian strikes, anew report suggests that the UN-designated terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has reportedly followed suit.
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