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Hindustan Times Pune
STATE ACTION ON ILLEGAL APP-BASED BIKE TAXIS AFTER FATAL CRASH
State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday ordered a crackdown on app-based bike taxi platforms, directing officials to file criminal cases against firms for flouting rules, such as allowing the use of private vehicles for commercial rides.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
'Want women boxers to set bigger Olympic goals'
Santiago Nieva is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family, but he will also feel at home when he arrives at the NIS, Patiala around the new year. Having quit his role with Boxing Australia, the Swede of Argentinian origin is gearing up for a second stint as the head coach of the Indian women's squad.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Ditwah exposes South Asia’s fragile edges
South Asia and Southeast Asia face a new class of disasters — storms that may not be the strongest by wind speed but are supercharged for rain. The infrastructure of the last century cannot meet the extremes of this one
4 min |
December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Ministry scraps order to pre-install Sanchar app
NEW DELHI: The communications ministry on Wednesday said it has dropped its directive requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on every handset, citing a large spike in downloads after the initial order on November 28.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Development and clean air are not binary choices
Last week, the Supreme Court of India handed developers a surprising reprieve in Confederation of Real Estate Developers of India (CREDAI) v. Vanashakti & Ors. 2025. In a 2:1 verdict authored by former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran (with Justice Ujjal Bhuyan dissenting), the Court reopened the door to ex post facto environmental clearances (ECs), i.e., approvals granted to a project after construction has already begun, without the mandatory prior environmental scrutiny.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
‘STUDY BY WII, NCBS, AARHUS VARSITY’ India losing 15k sqkm forest area to invasive species each yr’
Invasive species are spreading at an annual rate of 15,000 square kilometres in forest areas and nearly two-thirds of India’s natural ecosystems now harbour 11 major invasive species, according to a new study published on Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal, Nature Sustainability.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
PCB LIFTS GARBAGE OUTSIDE CLOVER CENTER IN CAMP
PUNE: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) on Wednesday cleared garbage heap lying outside Clover Center in Camp for weeks amid a dispute over revised waste collection charges.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
US city sues firms over processed foods
The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a public health crisis.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
‘Tobacco excise duty not extra tax, revenue to be split with states’
The government is restoring the full incidence of excise duties on tobacco and its products that were carved out as the GST compensation cess in 2017, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha, reiterating that revenues thus collected would be part of the divisible pool to be shared between the Centre and states.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
JFE’s Bhushan Steel deal to help JSW slash debt
In a deal that is expected to ease its stretched balance sheet while sustaining an expansion drive, billionaire Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel will transfer the steel assets of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL) into a new 50:50 joint venture with Japan's JFE Steel Corp.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
NADDA, KHARGE TRADE BARBS IN RS OVER RENAMING OF RAJ BHAVANS
Words were exchanged between the Leader of House JP Nadda and leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after TMC MP Dola Sena raised the issue of changing the names of Raj Bhavans to Lok Bhavans.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
150 IndiGo flights cancelled as roster norms rock airline
IndiGo cancelled at least 150 flights on Wednesday, triggering chaotic scenes at major airports across India as the carrier’s struggles to adapt to stringent new crew rostering rules meant even minor operational disruptions snowballed into a full-blown crisis that stranded thousands of passengers.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Providing aid to deterring threats, Navy symbol of reliability: Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said Wednesday that the Indian Navy has shone as a symbol of reassurance and reliability by acting efficiently during natural disasters in the Indian Ocean and rescue missions in distant waters.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Amplify public outreach, PM tells Bengal BJP MPs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from West Bengal on Wednesday and directed the lawmakers to redouble their public outreach ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the state and focus on special intensive revision (SIR ) as a mechanism to ensure the sanctity of the electoral rolls, people aware of the details said.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Kohli, Gaikwad tons in vain as Markram leads SA to victory
Visitors level three match ODI series 1-1 by winning the high- scoring game in Raipur by 4 wickets with 4 balls to spare
3 min |
December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
MOO-D BOOSTER
From oxytocin release to ancestral ties, cow cuddling is now a global wellness trend with deep Indian roots
2 min |
December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Bengaluru seal first victory of IPBL 2025
Bengaluru Blasters bounced back from successive defeats with a 4-2 Grand Rally win over Mumbai Smashers, opening their account in the Indian Pickleball League on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Haaland fastest to 100 EPL goals
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League goals with his blistering left-footed strike in the 17th minute of a wild 5-4 victory at Fulham on Tuesday.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
New horizons for an enduring partnership
When President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi today for a State visit and the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit, he will be reaffirming one of the world’s most durable major partnerships.
3 min |
December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
File plan for screen reader use within 2 months: SC to UPSC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday underscored the need for digital accessibility and substantive inclusion of persons with disabilities in public examinations, directing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to file within two months a detailed plan of action outlining the timeline, modalities and protocols for deploying screen reader software for visually impaired candidates in competitive examinations.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Taliban make teen execute kin's killer as 80,000 watch
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities made a 13-year-old boy carry out a public execution at a stadium in front of 80,000 onlookers in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, AP, The Independent and SCMP reported.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Police deny permission for Vijay's roadshow in Puducherry
Puducherry Police on Tuesday denied permission for actor-politician Vijay's planned roadshow in the union territory on December 5.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
TN defies order, stops lighting of Madurai hill lamp
A tense standoff at the Thiruparankundram hill on Wednesday ended with the Karthigai Deepam being lit at its traditional spot, defying a Madras High Court order to light the lamp at a contested hilltop pillar.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
EOW arrests Sheetal in Mundhwa land case
PUNE: Pune Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Wednesday arrested Sheetal Tejwani for her alleged role in the controversial Mundhwa land owned by the state government.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Rupee crosses 90 per dollar, closes at all-time low of 90.15
MUMBAI: The rupee breached the 90-a-dollar level for the first time to settle at a fresh all-time low of 90.15 on Wednesday, down 19 paise from its previous close, amid sustained foreign fund outflows and higher crude oil prices.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Trump may weaken mileage rules that limit air pollution
President Donald ‘Trumps expected to announce a proposal Wednesday to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks, according to several people familiar with the White House plans.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Fake news is threat to democracy: Vaishnaw
Information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that fake news on social media has become a “very serious” issue and poses a threat to India’s democracy.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
'Want women boxers to set bigger Olympic goals'
Santiago Nieva is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family, but he will also feel at home when he arrives at the NIS, Patiala around the new year. Having quit his role with Boxing Australia, the Swede of Argentinian origin is gearing up for a second stint as the head coach of the Indian women's squad.
3 min |
December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
Glucose, essential for life, found in asteroid Bennu
Scientists have found glucose in samples collected from asteroid Bennu, a discovery that strengthens the case that essential chemical ingredients for life were present throughout early solar system, Nasa and Space.com reported.
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December 04, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
U.S. TRAVEL BAN: IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS FOR 19 NATIONS HALTED
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.
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