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US NUKE BODY AMONG 400 FIRMS VICTIMS OF MICROSOFT SERVER HACK
The number of companies and organisations compromised by a security vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint servers is increasing rapidly, with the tally of victims soaring more than sixfold in a few days, according to one research firm.
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July 24, 2025

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Rashid to approach HC over travel cost to Parl
Jailed Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Engineer Rashid), who was granted custody parole to attend Parliament between July 24 and August 4, is set to approach the Delhi high court for interim bail and the exorbitant fee charged by prison authorities for his travel from Delhi's Tihar jail to Parliament, family members and his party officials said.
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July 24, 2025
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WAR BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN WAS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP NUCLEAR: TRUMP
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent “war” between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict.
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July 24, 2025
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Bill contains clause to skip foreign tourneys
BILL GIVES CENTRE POWER TO IMPOSE CURBS UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
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July 24, 2025
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HOSHIARPUR: 2 COPS, VILLAGERS INJURED IN CLASH
Two police officers were injured and two villagers sustained bullet injuries during a clash between the two parties in the Dasuya subdivision of Hoshiarpur district, officials said on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2025

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No bridge: Children forced to wade through swollen nullah to reach school in Bharmour
{ BIG RISK
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July 24, 2025

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Dhankhar set to leave VP enclave soon for Lutyens' Delhi bungalow
Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar started packing his belongings soon after returning from the Rashtrapati Bhavan after submitting his resignation on Monday evening, and is set to leave the Vice President Enclave for a new type VIII government bungalow soon, officials familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2025
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Reimagining the urban future
A World Bank report outlines the challenges ahead as India’s urban population is set to double by 2050
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July 24, 2025

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'Westarctica': Man who ran fake embassy in Gzb bungalow held
For almost a decade, you could head to a two-storey bungalow in Ghaziabad’s Kavi Nagar, where 47-year-old Harsha Vardhan Jain was allegedly (fraudulently) acting as the envoy for the micronations of Westarctica, Seborga and Lodonia, and the fictitious country of Paulovia— the first three insignificant and controversial specs on the world map, and the fourth a “virtual micronation”.
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July 24, 2025

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Kanwars leave Delhi reeling from boomboxes, no FIRs
Noise levels from processions exceeded permissible limits in multiple zones. DELHI POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE OFFICIAL
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July 24, 2025

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Ex-Punjab Police SP gets 10-year jail in 1993 fake encounter case
A CBI court in Mohali sentenced former Punjab Police officer Paramjit Singh, 67, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a 32-year-old fake encounter case in which two constables were declared militants and killed. The court also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on the convict, who was then the station house officer (SHO) of Beas.
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July 24, 2025

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Takht-appointed panel's call for polls at Teja Singh Samundri Hall leaves SGPC in a fix
The Akal Takht-appointed panel, which is to oversee the reorganisation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), has left the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in a fix by announcing to hold elections to pick the party president and office-bearers at the Teja Singh Samundri Hall, the gurdwara body’s headquarters, on August Il.
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July 24, 2025
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{ AIR INDIA CRASH } Working closely with UK on victims’ identities, says MEA
India on Wednesday said it is working with the UK to resolve “concerns and issues” after a British newspaper reported that authorities wrongly identified the remains of two British victims of the Air India flight 171 crash before repatriating them.
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July 24, 2025
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8 addicts flee after attacking cop, nurse
Teams formed to apprehend the addicts, some of them are facing NDPS cases, say police officials
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July 24, 2025

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Gill shoulders arms, raises concerns over judgement
To the montage of Shubman Gill bossing the England bowling, exulting after reaching hundreds and that double hundred at Edgbaston, add this disorienting dismissal where he shoulders arms to a ball.
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July 24, 2025
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OPPOSITION LEADERS SUPPORT J&K'S DEMAND FOR STATEHOOD
Opposition leaders on Wednesday voiced support to Jammu and Kashmir's demand for statehood, with Congress leader Naseer Hussain saying they want a debate on the issue in the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament.
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July 24, 2025
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{ HGMC FUNDS } READY FOR ANY KIND OF AUDIT, SAYS JHINDA
Two days after former Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) president Baljeet Singh Daduwal—now a nominated member—demanded an audit of the committee's funds post-2014, current HSGMC head Jagdish Singh Jhinda said he is open to any such probe.
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July 24, 2025
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Kanwariyas booked for hooliganism
A record 45 million Kanwariyas visited Haridwar during the 13-day Shravan Kanwar Mela held from July 11 to 23, officials from the Kanwar Mela cell said on Wednesday, adding that the number surpassed last year's footfall of 41.4 million pilgrims and 40.7 million in 2023.
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July 24, 2025
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Govt: Offshore mining concerns to be looked into in production plan
The concerns of fishermen and local communities on offshore mining will be specifically addressed during the preparation of the production plan and Environmental Management Plan (EMP), the ministry of mines informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2025

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India, UK sign trade deal; unveil Vision '35 for next decade of ties
India and the UK on Thursday inked a free trade agreement (FTA) that is expected to increase trade by £25.5 billion ($34 billion) in the long run and unveiled the India-UK Vision 2035 to reinvigorate their partnership over the next decade ata meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Keir Starmer.
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July 24, 2025
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READER OF CONSUMER FORUM HEAD HELD ACCEPTING ₹50,000 BRIBE
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested Varinder Goyal, posted as a reader to the president, district consumer disputes redressal forum, Tarn Taran, while accepting ₹50,000 bribe.
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July 24, 2025
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FIR AGAINST 10 FOR DISTURBING COMMUNAL HARMONY IN NUH
Ten people have been booked for disturbing communal harmony and spreading false propaganda against a sweets shop in Nuh city through social media, police said on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2025
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MORE THAN 80% OF TUVALU’S POPULATION SEEKS AUSTRALIAN ‘CLIMATE VISA’
More than 80% of Pacific nation Tuvalu’s population is seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas lap at its shores, official figures showed on Wednesday. Australia is offering visas to Tuvalu citizens each year under a “climate migratio1 deal Canberra has billed as “the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world”.
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July 24, 2025

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At 45, Venus rolls back the years in comeback match
Those sizzling serves were back.
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July 24, 2025

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7k steps a day enough to mitigate key health concerns: Study
{ 10,000 STEPS NOT MUST } LANCET STUDY
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July 24, 2025
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Gaza facing man-made ‘mass starvation’: WHO
Gaza is suffering man-made “mass starvation” caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey-esus said on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2025
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GOVT BLOCKS 1,524 ILLEGAL GAMBLING WEBSITES
The government issued 1,524 blocking orders targeting illegal gambling websites and mobile apps between 2022 and June 2025, a response from ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) revealed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2025
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JAPANESE PREMIER DENIES REPORTS OF RESIGNATION
Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied media reports that said he is set to announce his resignation soon following Sunday's historic electoral setback.
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July 24, 2025
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Infosys outpaces IT peers in QI
Infosys Ltd grew the fastest among India’s five largest information technology services companies, reporting its best first-quarter performance in four years and defying a slowdown in tech spending and macroeconomic uncertainty.
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July 24, 2025
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Careful steps reset India-Maldives ties
The turnaround in India-Maldives ties is largely due to New Delhi staying the course in the face of provocations from Malé and assisting the Indian Ocean archipelago deal with economic problems at a time when other regional players were unwilling to lend a helping hand, people familiar with the matter said.
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