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Sanae Takaichi’s PM bid uncertain as opposition parties push tounite
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of Democratic Party forthe People, has called on other Japanese opposition forces to unite on key policies to pave the way for a change in government as uncertainty grows over whether ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) can remain in power, the Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
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October 15, 2025
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Japan, too, faces opposition to migrants
In July’s House of Councillors election in Japan, parties that are cautious about accepting foreign workers and that advocate for tighter restrictions saw their vote shares increase.
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October 15, 2025
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Rohtak cop found dead, leaves video, 3-page note accusing late IPS officer Y Puran Kumar of graft
Amid the controversy surrounding Haryana Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Y Puran Kumar's alleged suicide in Chandigarh last week, another police officer was found dead on Tuesday, leaving behind a purported three-page “suicide note” and a video in which he levelled corruption allegations against Kumar.
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October 15, 2025
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PM Modi, Mongolia President Khurelsukh Ukhnaameet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa on Tuesday held delegation-level talks here, further cementing the longstanding friendship between the two nations.
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October 15, 2025
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Russian aerial attack hits a Ukrainian hospital, days before Zelenskyy meets Trump
Russian forces launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Ukraine’s seconclargest city in overnight attacks, hitting a hospital and wounding seven people, an official said Tuesday, as European military aid for Kyiv dropped sharply and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to ask US President Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles.
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October 15, 2025
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Testing times
Each year, 22 million aspirants apply for one lakh central government jobs, exams with a cruel 0.5 per cent success rate. These aspirants spend their youth chasing a mirage, neither working nor building any skills. If a candidate spends one year, the wastage explodes to 824 crore human-days annually, representing Rs 5.59 lakh crore in foregone economic output
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October 15, 2025
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Google to invest $15 billion in new AI Hub in Vizag
US tech giant Google on Tuesday announced plans to invest $15 billion over the next five years to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam to enable it to deploy its full AI stack to accelerate Al-driven transformation across India.
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October 15, 2025
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GRAP-I curbs invoked in NCR as Delhi registers 'poor' air quality
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas on Tuesday invoked the 27-point action plan under the antipollution GRAP stageI, as Delhi's average Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 211, falling in the'poor' category.
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October 15, 2025
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Tourism Ministers of States/UTs meet to advance PM Modi's vision oftourism transformation
The tourism ministers of various states have put forward their ideas on the draft frameworks for'Development of 50 tourism destinations' and 'providing performance-linked incentives'.
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October 15, 2025
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Civic polls: Jharkhand High Courtrejects SEC’s plea for three-month extension
The Jharkhand High Court has taken a stern view of the delay in conducting municipal elections and rejected the State Election Commission's request seeking three months' time to hold the polls.
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October 15, 2025
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How lactose regulates the lac repressor
A key feature of the operon model is the idea that genes with metabolically related functions are clustered together so their transcription can be regulated as a single unit.
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October 15, 2025
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Mission Shakti 5.0: UP police eliminate 256 criminals under CM Yogi's leadership
The Uttar Pradesh Police have intensified their operations against crime as part of Mission Shakti 5.0.
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October 15, 2025
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Why rare earth refining is India's most underrated investment opportunity?
India is sitting on one of the world’s most overlooked opportunities in the clean energy and high-tech economy: rare earth refining. Despite holding nearly 8.5 million tonnes of rare earth element reserves, the third-largest globally and around eight percent of the world’ share, India’s production today accounts for less than one percent of global output. This mismatch between potential and performance reveals an investment frontier that is only beginning to be understood.
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October 15, 2025
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Rahul fifty helps India seal 2-0 clean sweep over Windies, Chase finds positives in defeat
K L Rahul's composed unbeaten half-century guided India to a 2-0 series sweep over the West Indies, as the hosts wrapped up the second and final Test inside the first hour on the fifth morning at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Chasing 121, India resumed on 63 for 1 and despite a couple of hiccups, crossed the finish line comfortably to seal a commanding seven-wicket victory.
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October 15, 2025
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Europe’s steel fortress
A steel tariff shock has landed, this time from the European Union. On Oct. 7, the European Commission unveiled a sweeping plan to halve duty-free quotas on steel imports and double the tariff on excess volumes from 25 to 50 percent.
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October 15, 2025
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IREDA records 145 pc spike in loan sanctions, disbursement up 81 pc
The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has posted impressive Q2 FY26 performance, with Minister Pralhad Joshi highlighting that IREDA is fostering sustainable growth and self-reliance in the renewable energy sector, lighting up India’s future and inspiring collective efforts toward a greener and brighter tomorrow, with passion and purpose.
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October 15, 2025
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Agriculture sector holds immense potential in J&K, Omar tells FICCI
J&K CM Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the agriculture sector in the state holds immense potential and requires focused attention towards value addition to unlock full gamut of business opportunities.
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October 15, 2025
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Game-changing effort in transforming infra planning: Goyal on PM Gati Shakti
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, onits completion of four years praised the PM Gati Shakti initiative calling it a game-changing effort in transforming India’s infrastructure planning.
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October 14, 2025
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CWC 2025: Healy dissects turning point in Aussies' thrilling win
After blasting alegacy-defining century to anchor Australia’s record run chase in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, skipper Alyssa Healy was full of praise for her bowlers, crediting them for ensuring India’s total never became unreachable.
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October 14, 2025
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Digital payments to grow 3X in five years to ₹907 trillion: Report
The digital payments ecosystem is entering a pivotal phase of transformation, marked by exponential growth, strategic innovation, and deepening financial inclusion.
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October 14, 2025
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WB: All five accused in gang rape case held
All the five accused involved in the alleged gang rape of a 2nd year MBBS student from Odisha have been arrested by the Asansol-Durgapur police.
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October 14, 2025
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Market rebounds on India-US trade hopes
The stock market recovered intraday losses ending marginally lower on Monday with Nifty 50 closed above 25,200.
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October 14, 2025
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Charges framed against Lalu Prasad, family in IRCTC scam
A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and 11 others in the IRCTC scam, paving way for the start of the trial weeks before Bihar goes to the polls.
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October 14, 2025
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Sept headline inflation drops to 99-month low of 1.54 pc
The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation for September has been recorded at 1.54 per cent, registering its lowest after June 2017.
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October 14, 2025
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Headline inflation for Sept eases to 99-month low at 1.54 pc
The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation for September has been recorded at 1.54 per cent, registering its lowest after June 2017.
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October 14, 2025
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Zubeen Garg case: CID expands probe, autopsy report submitted
The probe into the death of Assam’s beloved singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg is moving forward with renewed intensity, as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) continues to unravel key leads both in India and abroad.
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October 14, 2025
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CWC 2025: Australia, Englandsoarasraceto SF heats up; India, SA keep chances alive
As the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 nears its halfway stage, the tournament standings are beginning to take clear shape.
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October 14, 2025
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3 share Economics Nobelforwork on innovation-driven economic growth
The final Nobel, for Economics, of this year's prize season went to Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University, the United States), Philippe Aghion (College de France and INSEAD, Paris, France) and Peter Howitt (Brown University, USA) on Monday for their work related to innovation-driven, sustained economic growth.
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October 14, 2025
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Pressure by Design
The sweeping federal layoffs that have accompanied the continuing US government shutdown may appear at first glance to be an ideological crusade against bureaucracy.
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October 14, 2025
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India, Canada agree to work closely on new roadmapforbilateralties
India and Canada on Monday agreed to work closely together on a new roadmap for their bilateral ties.
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