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Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Jaisalmer bus blaze toll rises to 21
A day after a private bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur went up in flames, the toll reached 21 on Wednesday asa 10-year-old boy undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gandhi hospital in Jodhpur succumbed to injuries, officials aware of the details said, adding that so far only two bodies have been identified and handed over to the families after autopsy.
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October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Summit that staunched bloodshed in West Asia
The legacy of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit is ambiguous. It did not forge a path to peace, but has transformed a conflict into a managed, yet fundamentally unresolved, political standoff
4 min |
October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Apple lobbies tax law change to boost India plans
Apple is lobbying India’s government to modify its income tax law to ensure the company is not taxed for ownership of high-end iPhone machinery it provides to its contract manufacturers, an issue seen as ahurdle to its future expansion, sources say.
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October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
How multiculturalism shapes Aussie identity
In Australia, we value the rich diversity of our multicultural identity, underpinned by a commitment to pluralism and the inalienable right to belonging. We do not take this for granted.
3 min |
October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
AXIS BANK MISSES Q2 ESTIMATES AMID FALL IN TRADING INCOME
Private lender Axis Bank reported a bigger-than-expected drop in second-quarter profit on ‘Wednesday, dragged by a fall in trading income at a time when the bank is still reeling from an earlier increase in bad loan provisions.
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October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
In Bihar, a quiet resurgence that can redefine the future
When people think of Bihar, they often recall its colonial past, political dysfunction, and decades of neglect. For years, the state was seen as a symbol of what went wrong in India’s development story. I came here expecting to find remnants of that narrative — the poverty, the frustration, the brain drain. Instead, I found something profoundly different: A quiet, determined resurgence that could redefine India’s future.
3 min |
October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
At 80, Natalie becomes oldest woman Ironman finisher
American athlete Natalie Grabow from New Jersey has made history as the oldest woman to complete the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.
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October 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Trump’s hour in West Asia
The tricky part lies in turning the Israel- Hamas ceasefire into a permanent peace
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October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
BJP's first Bihar polls list out, adheres to social engineering
The ruling BJP on Tuesday sprang surprises with its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, denying a ticket to Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, a seven-term MLA, while fielding deputy CM Samrat Choudhary in a direct election after over a decade.
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October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Google to invest $15bn in India's first Al hub
NEW DELHI: Google announced on Tuesday that it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years to establish its first artificial intelligence hub in the country.
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October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
China says will ‘fight to the end’ in US trade war
China said on Tuesday it was ready to “fight to the end” in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would slap additional 100% tariffs on goods from the country.
1 min |
October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Maze facing Karnataka's caste counting exercise
Karnataka has been in the grip of a massive panic attack, especially among caste associations and their leaders, mathadhishas (pontiffs of monastic orders with caste affiliations), and Opposition politicians.
4 min |
October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Hope for Gaza reconstruction plan, says UN
Israel's war against Hamas had generated at least 55 million tons of rubble and it could take decades for Gaza to fully recover.
1 min |
October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES MUST BE REFORMED, SAYS RAJNATH
Some nations are “openly violating” the international rules, while many others are wanting to create their own norms and dominate the next century, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.
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October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
After turmoil, time for a Sixth Republic in France
A day after French Prime Minister (PM) Sébastien Lecornu announced his cabinet on October 5, he had to tender his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron —thereby earning the dubious distinction of being the premier with the shortest period served in France’s Fifth Republic.
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October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Maoist leader, who called for giving up arms, surrenders
Senior Maoist leader and CPI (Maoist) politburo member, Mallojula Venugopal alias Bhupathi, 69, the first senior leader to call for abandoning the armed struggle, surrendered before the Maharashtra's Gadchiroli police on Monday night with 10 senior party leaders and 61-armed cadre, at Laheri, on the fringes of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh.
1 min |
October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Standards that threaten India’s mobility future
Revised CAFE norms risk pushing India backward. They need to be fixed
4 min |
October 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
CANADIAN FM DISCUSSES KEY TIES WITH MODI, JAISHANKAR
Canada’s foreign minister Anita Anand met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, an official statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.
1 min |
October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Between New Delhi & Kabul, a fine balance
Pragmatism and convergence on Pakistan have replaced ideology and legacy concerns as the main drivers of India-Afghanistan relations
4 min |
October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Trio win Economics Nobel for work on innovation, growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for their work on how innovation and the forces of “creative destruction” can drive economic growth, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
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October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Why India does poorly in building large companies
We had in an earlier article (‘Superman entrepreneurs driving the Indian economy’, August 24) described how Superman entrepreneurs (SEs), a force-of-nature kind of entrepreneur, had been driving India's growth by overcoming the odds and creating dynamic companies.
4 min |
October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Charges against Lalu, Tejashwi in IRCTC case
A Delhi court has framed charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act pertaining to criminal conspiracy and cheating against former Railways minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad in connection with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotel corruption case.
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October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
COUGH SYRUP DEATHS: ED RAIDS IN CHENNAI IN PMLA CASE PROBE
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday launched raids in Chennai in connection with a money laundering investigation related to Coldrif cough syrup, linked to the deaths of at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh, people familiar with the development said.
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October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
RETAIL INFLATION DROPS TO 1.54% IN SEPTEMBER, LOWEST SINCE '17
India's annual retail inflation slowed to an eight-year low of 1.54% in September, government data showed on Monday, as food prices eased, leaving room for the central bank to cut rates one more time when it meets in December.
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October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
India's drug regulation is stuck in a time warp
Earlier this month, at least 20 children died in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after consuming Coldrif cough syrup, which tested positive for diethylene glycol (DEG) —a highly toxic industrial chemical known to cause kidney failure.
3 min |
October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The changing ground in Bihar
NDA seat deal makes evident the shift in the power dynamic between the BJP and JD(U)
2 min |
October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Trump hails end of war as Hamas frees hostages
Hamas freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of shattering war in Gaza as President Donald Trump urged Israel to turn military success into peace.
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October 14, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
3 held for Bengal gang rape, row over CM reax
KOLKATA: Three people were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police said even as chief minister Mamata Banerjee kicked off row with her remark that girls should not be allowed to go outside the campus at night.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Dozens killed in Af-Pak clashes, border closed
Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday they killed dozens of each other's troops during a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
In Bihar, the INDIA bloc fights a perception battle
Will it be the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that will assume office in Patna on November 14, when the Bihar assembly election results are announced? Or will it be the Mahagathbandhan (a phalanx of the larger Opposition alliance, the INDIA bloc, in Bihar)? There's also a third player that is keenly watched — the Jan Suraaj Party, founded by pollster Prashant Kishor, who may emerge as a kingmaker.
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