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An auction of reckoning for KKR
Spending gap of 261.55 crore between KKR and M1 illustrates the divergent strategies and dynamics of teams towards auctions
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC MULLS RULES TO CURB ACCIDENTS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, E-WAYS
The Supreme Court on Monday set out to frame common guidelines to prevent accidents on national highways and expressways across the country by directing the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to examine provisions to prevent illegally parked trucks, buses and illegal eateries along these stretches.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
4.3mn SIR cuts likely in Raj, urban hubs may be most hit
Around 4.3 million names might be excised by the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Rajasthan with the highest deletions likely in the urban hubs of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, data shared by the election commission showed on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
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Pilots’ body moves HC against DGCA’s FDTL exemptions
The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), a union of Air India pilots deployed on wide-bodied aircraft (Boeing 777 and 787), has moved the Delhi high court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Union government for granting exemptions to airline operators, including Air India, from implementing the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Maruti plays ‘fresher’ on EV, sticks to its strengths
After four decades of shaping India’s mass car market, Maruti Suzuki is drawing on an old playbook as it prepares to enter the electric vehicle (EV) segment, choosing to build customer confidence and supporting infrastructure before launching its debut model.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Merchandise exports grow to $38 bn in November
India’s merchandise exports registered 19.38% annualised growth at $38.13 billion in November 2025, the highest level compared to any November of the previous 10 years despite headwinds, commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal said.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
China to make childbirth expenses free in 2026
China will cover all out-of-pocket expenses related to childbirth next year, said the country’s national healthcare security administration, as authorities try to incentivise more young couples to have children.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Noida airport: Foreign CEO violates norms, flags BCAS
THE CEO IS YET TO RECEIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE FROM THE UNION HOME MINISTRY OR BE VETTED BY BCAS— BOTH OF WHICH ARE MANDATORY
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
U.S. COMMITTED TO INDO-PACIFIC: ALLISON HOOKER
WASHINGTON: The United States remains committed to the Indo-Pacific region and mechanisms like four-nation Quad partnership, senior State Department officials said at a conference in Washington on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Messi-merised: Fans in awe of a legend
Crowd of 25,000 turn up to watch Messi’s GOAT India Tour. Gracias Delhi! thanks the Argentine star
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Deal makers: Skill sets that'll be in high demand
With the Indian Premier League introducing a stricter rule for overseas players barring them from entering the following mini auction if they skipped the mega auction, only a limited set of international stars are available for Tuesday's auction at Abu Dhabi.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Gr Noida India’s most polluted city: CPCB data
Greater Noida emerged as the most polluted city in the country on Monday, followed closely by Ghaziabad and Noida, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Aravalli villagers fear land loss over kilabandi
The Haryana government's decision to undertake kilabandi, or demarcation of land into smaller plots, in Kot village in Faridabad’s Aravalli stretch has revived concerns among villagers and environmentalists that village common land in the hills could eventually pass into private hands.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Russia seeks $230bn from Euroclear over seized assets
Russia's central bank has filed a lawsuit in ‘Moscow seeking $230 billion in damages from Euroclear, marking the first step in what the Kremlin has warned will be a legal nightmare for the EU over plans to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India a ‘preferred destination’ for GCCs, says Goyal
In the last ll years, the government has established massive power-sector infrastructure, including a synchronous 500-gigawatt grid suitable to make India a hub for Global Capability Centers (GCCs) and data centres, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Man who disarmed gunman recovers as donations pour in
Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past $1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after surgery for bullet wounds.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
OT fire: Row over death of newborn in Rewa
A fire in the gynaecology ward of Sanjay Gandhi Government Hospital at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh has triggered a controversy, with family members of a newborn claiming that the baby died in the blaze.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
EAM Jaishankar meets UAE’s top leadership ahead of visit to Israel
External affairs minister S Jaishankar met the top leadership of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday ahead ofa visit to Israel, his first since the end of the conflict in Gaza.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Consumer sentiment rebounds after festive season
India’s consumers are beginning to feel—and spend— better again.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC suggests syllabi changes to raise dowry awareness
Eliminating dowry is a constitutional imperative to ensure every woman entering a marriage is an equal citizen, the Supreme Court observed on Monday, and asked the Centre and states to consider reinforcing this fact by making amends to the education curriculum to generate awareness about this “evil practice”.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC says pollution orders cannot be ‘forcibly enforced’
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that its orders on Delhi's air pollution cannot be “forcibly enforced” and that tackling the crisis would require a broader change in lifestyle and public understanding, as it agreed to take up the matter on Wednesday amid hazardous air conditions gripping the Capital.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CAMBODIA ALLEGES THAILAND BOMBED PROVINCE HOME TO ANGKOR TEMPLES
Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of striking deep inside its territory, bombing the province that is home to the centuries-old Angkor temples — the country’s top tourist draw —for the first time ina reignited border conflict.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Mass Tree Plantation Drive Takes off in the National Capital
The Delhi Government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has launched the historic tree plantation campaign—“Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0”—aimed at making Delhi cleaner, greener, and healthier.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
SIR is constitutionally valid, asserts Meghwal
NEW DELHI: Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday said the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls is constitutionally valid, amid strong objections from the Opposition during a debate in the Rajya Sabha on electoral reforms.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Unemployment rate down to 4.7% in Nov
India’s headline unemployment rate has decreased to 4.7% in November, the lowest in the monthly series starting April this year, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Polls to BMC, 28 other civic corporations in Maha, on January 15
Elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra ~ including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) - will be held on January 15, 2026.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
For Messi, mere showing up is like showering happiness
‘Bring it on’ is the attitude of the global football's mega stars, especially in an era of social media frenzy.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
WHOLESALE INFLATION STILL IN NEGATIVE ZONE, NARROWS TO -0.32% IN NOV
India’s wholesale inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), remained in negative territory but edged up from -1.21% in October to -0.32% in November, according to data released by the Union ministry of commerce and industry on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
CAQM vehicular pollution panel holds 1st meet
THE EXPERT PANEL WAS CONSTITUTED ON DECEMBER 12 AMID CONCERN OVER TRANSPORT EMISSIONS IN DELHI'S RISING POLLUTION
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December 16, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
UNION MINISTER CALLS FOR CHECK ON POLLUTING INDUSTRIES
Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday directed the state and central pollution control boards to inspect polluting industries in peri-urban (mix of rural and urban characteristics) areas and take action to keep emissions at check.
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