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New rural jobs law gets Prez assent

The New Indian Express Kochi

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December 22, 2025

PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @New Delhi

The new Act, passed amid fierce Opposition protests, guarantees 125 days of employment annually to rural households—25 days more than MGNREGA.

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The New Indian Express Kochi

CAPFs to carry out review of Group 'A' officers

MONTHS after the Supreme Court's directive, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked all the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to conduct the cadre review of their Group 'A' officers within a month, paving the way to address the issues of structural imbalances and stagnation in the forces.

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2 mins

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

'POWER LORD' FROM THE HINTERLAND REEMERGES

NDIAN judiciary has an image to protect.

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3 mins

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

'1 Stop Centre' for women in distress in Canada launched

DAYS after a 30-year-old Indian woman was murdered in Canada with her partner being the prime suspect, the Consulate General of India in Toronto has officially launched a one-stop centre to assist women Indian nationals in distress.

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1 mins

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

2025's NATIONALIST NARRATIVE CATALYST

HE year ended with a roar on the silver screen and its echo defined everything that followed.

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4 mins

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

The New Indian Express Kochi

Barking up the Right Tree

When Cyclone Vardah tore through Chennai in 2016, it didn’t just flood homes and snap power lines.

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2 mins

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

SIR: State to set up help desks to aid 'untraceable'

IN A move to account for the list of 'untraceable' voters that has surfaced as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the state government will set up help desks across village offices to ensure the inclusion of all eligible persons.

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1 min

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

Tarique Rahman enlists on Bangladesh voter roll after 17 years exile in London

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday completed the formalities to enlist himself on Bangladesh’s voter list and obtain a national identity (NID) card, two days after his return from over 17 years of self-exile in London.

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1 min

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

The New Indian Express Kochi

A Step Beyond Positive Thinking

Imagination rules the world, as the saying goes.

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3 mins

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

SIP inflows top ₹3 lakh crore for the first time in 2025

THE systematic investment plans (SIPs), which have been attracting steady inflows since the COVID-19 pandemic, with monthly inflows topping at Rs 30,000 crore-mark, have set a new benchmark in 2025 with the annual cumulative inflows crossing ₹3 lakh crore-mark for the first time.

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1 min

December 28, 2025

The New Indian Express Kochi

African bloc rejects Israel's Somaliland recognition move

AFRICA’s regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected the recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation by Israel a day earlier, the first by any country in more than 30 years.

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1 min

December 28, 2025

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