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Deregulation as a tool to discipline the State
Deregulation is among the most consequential administrative reforms undertaken by the State. India’s ongoing efforts to simplify procedures, reduce paperwork, and replace imprisonment ‘with monetary penalties marka decisive shiftin ‘governance, enhancing predictability, lowering transaction costs, and signalling trust in citizens and enterprises. The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 and the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 embody this transition from a permission-and-penalty regime to a trust-based government. Yet, beyond these efficiency gains lies a larger question: Do they fulfil the true purpose of deregulation? With the Prime Minister calling for deeper reforms and announcinga High-Level Committee on Deregulation, it is evident that India must now move from administrative simplification toamore fundamental rethinking of whyand how the State regulates.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Bullet train will begin ops by Aug ’27: Rly min
India’s first bullet train will begin operations on the Ahmedabad-Vapi stretch by August 2027, covering 100 km, Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
How a tribal boy rose to become dreaded Maoist
Rise and fall of Madvi Hidma Commander's death is a decisive blow to the Maoist leadership
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Parasocial is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year
After Collins Dictionary selected 'vibe coding' as its word of the year and Dictionary.com chose '6-7,' Cambridge Dictionary has announced its own 2025 word of the year: 'parasocial.'
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
In video found on dumped phone, suspect defends suicide bombing
Investigators probing the Red Fort car explosion have recovered a video of Umar un-Nabi, who was behind the wheel of the white Hyundai i20, defending the concept of suicide attacks in what security experts say could signal attempts to radicalise others.
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November 19, 2025
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In new Bhutan, tradition & progress march in step
Against the backdrop of high youth migration, Thimphu seeks to reinvent while keeping its traditional core intact
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Delhi HC flags 'bias' in Aryan Khan's The Ba***ds of Bollywood satire of Wankhede
The Delhi High Court on Monday resumed hearing former NCB official Sameer Wankhede’s defamation plea against The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Cloudflare outage takes down ChatGPT, X
A worldwide outage plaguing the network of cybersecurity firm Cloudflare Inc. has taken down the websites for everything from the chief US energy regulator, ChatGPT, the New Jersey transit authority and the social-media platform X.
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November 19, 2025
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Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Partners for a resilient future
When the European Union (EU) launched its Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in September 2021, the world looked different.
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November 19, 2025
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Role of rented i10 car in blast plot under lens
Investigators probing the deadly blast near Delhi's Red Fort suspect that a fifth vehicle —a rented Hyundai il0 -was used by the so-called “white collar” terror module to transport explosive material across Delhi-NCR in the days leading up to the attack.
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November 19, 2025
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COP30: Brazil releases draft text to speed up negotiations
The agreement from Belem, which promised to restore multilateralism in a geopolitically difficult year, has started taking shape.
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November 19, 2025
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Larry Summers to step back from public roles amid backlash
Former Harvard president Larry Summers said he plans to step back from his public commitments after his correspondence with the late disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was made public by US lawmakers.
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November 19, 2025
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DELHI'S TOXIC AIR TAKES A TOLL ON MUSICIANS
Delhi's dense smog has left the city's live music scene struggling. Amid the peak concert season, artistes are dealing with throat issues and feeling compelled to cancel shows
2 min |
November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Erigaisi shows his human touch in draw with Wei Yi
The Indian GM failed to find the key variation that could have sealed his place in the semi-finals
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Anmol Bishnoi deported from US
{ LAWRENCE BISHNOI'S BROTHER } ACCUSED IN BABA SIDDIQUE AND MOOSEWALA MURDER CASES
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November 19, 2025
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Karnataka beat Chandigarh; Delhi struggle continues
Rajasthan dashed Delhi's slim hopes of gaining the upper hand by taking a 274-run first innings lead on Day 3 of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D tie in Rajsamand.
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November 19, 2025
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Their mind in a spin, India get to work ahead of test in Guwahati
Left-handed batters versus all types of net bowlers was the theme of the optional training at Eden
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Top Maoist Hidma killed in crippling blow to LWE
Madvi Hidma, 50, his wife Madakam Raje, 44, and four other Maoists were killed by the Andhra Pradesh police after a gunfight early on Tuesday, dealing a crippling blow to the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) movement in the country.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Portfolio race picks up ahead of CM oath
Nitish Kumar on Tuesday took stock of preparations for the oath-taking ceremony scheduled at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan at llam on Thursday even as allies Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party negotiated for key portfolios and the position of speaker ahead of their respective legislature party meetings.
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November 19, 2025
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Modi to release next PM Kisan tranche
{ 90 MILLION FARMERS TO RECEIVE 218,000 CR TODAY
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November 19, 2025
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Aishwarya reacts to trolls amid divorce rumours
Rumours about actor-couple Aishwarya Sharma and Neil Bhatt separating after four years of marriage began circulating in June, and a report emerged earlier this month stating that they had filed for divorce. Since then, Aishwarya has been facing a wave of negative remarks online. Now, the actor has broken her silence.
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November 19, 2025
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Guj newborn, 4 others charred to death after ambulance catches fire
A newborn, a doctor and two others died after an ambulance they were travelling in caught fire near Modasa town in Aravalli district of Gujarat early morning on Tuesday, police said, adding that the family was going to Ahmedabad for treatment.
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November 19, 2025
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A movement in disarray
Hidma’s killing in an encounter points to the waning strike power of the Maoists
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
SC recalls order that halted retrospective green permits
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, by a 2-1 majority, recalled its May 16 judgment that barred grant of ex-post-facto environment clearance (EC) to development projects, holding that the previous ruling failed to consider binding earlier precedent and thereby violated judicial discipline.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
{ SKIBIDI, DELULU ALSO ON LIST } The unrequited loves of fandoms: Cambridge Dictionary names ‘Parasocial’ word of 2025
Who saw this coming? Cambridge Dictionary has named Parasocial as the Word of the Year for 2025. It defines the term as “involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc, or an artificial intelligence.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
The time of 'mard ko dard nahin hota' is gone: Abhay
Actor Abhay Verma rose to fame playing the soft-spoken Bittu in Munjya (2023) and has two romcoms up next including Laikey Laikaa.
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Arundhati, Preeti, Parveen shine on day of comebacks
Parveen Hooda, Preeti Pawar, and Arundhati Choudhary sailed into the finals while Saweety Boora signed off with a bronze as India’s women pugilists shone on their comeback trails at the ongoing World Boxing Cup Final here on Tuesday.
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November 19, 2025
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Jaishankar asserts India’s right to defend itself against terror
India has the right to defend its people against terrorism and it will exercise it, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday at the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Moscow, adding that New Delhi had demonstrated its resolve to fight terror, a likely reference to Operation Sindoor against Pakistan in May after the Pahalgam terror strike.
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November 19, 2025
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ED arrests chair of Al-Falah Group after raids
OFFICIALS SAID THAT NINE LINKED COMPANIES, ALL REGISTERED AT SAME ADDRESS, SHOW RED FLAGS OF SHELL ENTITIES
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November 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
Asian Cup qualifiers 2027: India lose to Bangladesh in football after 22 years
India lost to Bangladesh for the first time since 2003 and, after five matches, are the only team to have not won a match in group C of 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers.
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