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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.
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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.
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October 15, 2025
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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.
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October 15, 2025
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Standards that threaten India’s mobility future
Revised CAFE norms risk pushing India backward. They need to be fixed
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October 15, 2025
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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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October 13, 2025
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The Great Game in rare earths
Critical and rare earth minerals need global regulations; national missions can help avoid being at the mercy of an OPEC-like body
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October 13, 2025
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The gains of recognising the Taliban govt in Kabul
It could help India cultivate political goodwill and public support in Afghanistan
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
PHILIPPINES AND CHINA TRADE ACCUSATIONS OVER VESSEL CLASH IN THE SCS
The Philippines and China accused each other on Sunday of responsibility for a maritime confrontation near disputed islands in the South China Sea (SCS), further escalating tensions in the resource-rich waterway.
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October 13, 2025
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US intel helps Ukraine target Russian energy infra: Report
The US has been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities for months in a joint effort to weaken the economy and force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
OPERATION BLUE STAR A MISTAKE: P CHIDAMBARAM
Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, “paid with her life”.
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October 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
The recipe of trumping odds: The RSS playbook
I have been watching the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — in its 10Ist year now — for more than 50 years. An obvious curiosity arises about the secret of its success.
3 min |
October 13, 2025
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Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
It's surprising that both Homebound and Kantara: Chapter 1 wallow in cliches of India, rather than reinventing them
2 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Elderly women need focussed interventions
October 1 is observed as World Elder Day, with all its attendant focus on the needs of older people and their potential. It is a day that comes by only to be forgotten quickly and the spotlight moves back onto the potential India's younger demographic holds. In the cohort of older persons, women are most at a disadvantage.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Modi launches two agri schemes worth ₹35k-cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the reforms in agriculture and farming sectors undertaken by the Union government in the last 11 years have begun to show results, but for speedy development of the country, these sectors will need to be strengthened further.
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October 12, 2025
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Talking about a revolution
Astrophysicists are uncovering planets that echo worlds from the works of James Cameron, Andy Weir and George Lucas. Take a look.
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