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Hindustan Times Mumbai
{ ENVIRONMENTALISTS RAISE RED FLAG } Govt opens bids for 3rd party environmental auditors
India will soon have a cadre of private third party environmental auditors to ensure industries, processes, activities are meeting environmental norms, outsourcing a key responsibility of the State in an effort to cut delays and improve ease of doing business, although environmentalists are worried that this could end up giving industry a free rein.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Securities Markets Code Bill 2025 introduced in Lok Sabha
The Bill seeks to overhaul and unify India’s securities market regulations
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Oppn repeats review demand as RS takes up G RAM G debate
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday took up the discussion on the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (G RAM G Bill, 2025) amid continued Opposition protests.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Protests mar passage of 'G RAM G' bill in LS
The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, bill, which seeks to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, by a voice vote amid loud protests by the Opposition.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Belgium, EU face off over Russian assets as Putin calls leaders ‘pigs’
Belgium insisted on Thursday that its European Union partners must provide ironclad guarantees that it will be protected from Russian retaliation before it would back a massive loan for Ukraine, AP reported.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
In Bondi attack, echoes of age-old anti-Semitism
Rising hatred for the global Jewish community is rooted in the failure to draw a distinction between Israel’s actions in Gaza and the depoliticised lives of ordinary Jews
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December 19, 2025
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Akshay, Vidya reunite for Anees Bazmee's next
Actor Akshay Kumar's search for one of the leading ladies for his next film has come to an end.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
LAWYER TOLD TRUMP LEGALITY OF THIRD TERM IS UNCLEAR: REPORT
Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz told President Donald Trump the U.S. Constitution was not clear about whether he could serve a third term, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Deferral of Sahitya Akademi awards sparks controversy
A decision by the Sahitya Akademi to defer the announcement of its annual prestigious awards on Thursday sparked a controversy with the Opposition alleging interference by the government and the Union culture ministry saying as per a prior memorandum of understanding, prior approval was required.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Peter Arnett, known for reporting on Vietnam and Gulf wars from the front lines, dies at 91
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
India's high dope numbers point to a deeper rot
It’s hard to look past cold numbers.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
K’taka House passes anti-hate speech bill
The Karnataka assembly on Thursday cleared a contentious bill aimed at preventing hate speech and hate crimes, with the legislation passing amid loud protests by the Opposition.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
India’s top-performing AI stock faces scrutiny after 55,000% surge
The world’s best-performing stock is turning into a cautionary tale for investors chasing outsized returns from the artificial intelligence boom.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
19% of voters in UP face SIR cuts, highest in urban hubs
MAX PERCENTAGE OF DELETIONS LIKELY TO BE SEEN IN GHAZIABAD, LUCKNOW, KANPUR, MEERUT AND AGRA
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
US TARIFFS CAUSING ₹60 CR/DAY LOSSES IN TN: STALIN TO PM
The 50% tariff imposed by the US is not merely an economic setback but a looming humanitarian challenge, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stain said on Thursday in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing difficulties among the export hubs in Tamil Nadu and sought an urgent bilateral resolution to the crisis.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Months-long waiting period to avail visa interview at US embassy: Govt
The “predicted waiting period” for availing a visa interview appointment as of November 20 at the US Embassy for business or tourist visas stood at 10 months, according to data shared by the government in Parliament on Thursday.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
PM STRESSES FOOD SECURITY, CALLS FOR STRONGER BIZ TIES
Food security is going to become a major global challenge in the coming years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the India-Oman Business Summit on Thursday and urged business communities of the two sides to take their partnership to the next level through collaborations in key areas.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Has a quest to evolve triggered split?
The last time Carlos Alcaraz met Jannik Sinner in a tennis match, the Spaniard ended his post-match speech with a warning, “Hope you're going to be ready for next year,” the world No.1 said after losing to Sinner in the title clash of ATP Tour Finals last month.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
India inks Oman FTA, gains duty-free boost
For India's exports, the deal presents untapped potential across key sectors
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Need urgent roll-out of UPI market-share caps
here isa warning for all trusted systems in India in Indigo's recent operational meltdown.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
India shuts 2 B'desh visa centres due to protests
India on Thursday closed two visa application centres in Bangladesh as protesters tried to march towards Indian missions there.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Employment in food delivery rises 27% amid rapid expansion
India’s food delivery sector directly employed 1.37 million workers in 2023-24, up from 1.08 million in 2021-22, expanding at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.3%, according to a recent study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), and investment group Prosus.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
INDIAN-ORIGIN CABBIE RAPES WOMAN IN U.S.
An Indian-origin taxi driver has been arrested in the US for allegedly raping a woman passenger who was drunk and passed out in his cab in Camarillo, California last month, IndicaNews, Fox Il LA and NBC Los Angeles reported.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Parl passes nuclear energy bill, paves way for pvt investments
Both Houses of Parliament have cleared the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 or SHANTI bill after the Rajya Sabha approved the legislation on Thursday through a voice vote, paving way for private investments in the atomic energy sector.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Cash-rich Airtel pares debt as Vodafone Idea borrows to stay afloat
Two of India’s biggest private telecom operators—Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi)—are looking to shore up their finances and fund network investments from vastly different starting points, pursuing sharply different strategies of equity-led deleveraging and debt-ied survival, respectively.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
CWC MEET NEXT WEEK, PARTY TO DEBATE UPCOMING POLLS, MGNREGA
The Congress Working Committee, the primary opposition party's top executive panel, will meet on December 27 during which its leaders are expected to debate on strategies for upcoming assembly polls and the government’s decision to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
After Dubai wedding bash, Unnao influencer lands in ED's dragnet
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached four luxury vehicles, including a Lamborghini and a Mercedes-Benz, belonging to social media influencer Anurag Dwivedi as part of a money laundering investigation into illegal online betting activities.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Oscars pivot to YouTube streaming starting 2029
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the Oscars will be moving to YouTube live streaming.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
CCI to investigate IndiGo over flight disruptions
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced on Thursday that it will investigate complaints received regarding IndiGo’s flight disruptions early this month.
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December 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Mumbai
Canada population drops as foreign students reduce
Canada recorded its largest quarterly decline in population in at least 80 years between July and September this year, with the falling population attributed to a decrease in temporary resident numbers, particularly international students.
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