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DELHI HC REFUSES STAY ON ORDER ALLOWING EXPORT OF GENERIC SEMAGLUTIDE
A division bench of the Delhi High Court on Friday declined to grant an immediate stay on a single judge's order allowing Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL) and OneSource Speciality Pharma Ltd to manufacture semaglutide, a diabetes and weight-management drug, and export it to countries where Novo Nordisk holds no patent rights.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Cabinet clears key bills, approves census budget
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the budget for the upcoming census and a new economic partnership with Oman, allowed the export of coal, and cleared key bills proposing a unified national education regulator, opening up the insurance sector fully to foreign direct investment, bringing in sweeping changes to the atomic energy sector to attract private players, and renaming the national rural jobs scheme, people aware of developments said on Friday.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
4 charged with murder for Zubeen Garg's death
Eighty four days after Assam's cultural icon Zubeen Garg died in Singapore while swimming in the sea, the special investigation team (SIT) of Assam Police conducting a murder investigation into his death submitted a charge sheet in the case in a Guwahati court on Friday.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
This way to Gali Matia Mahal
As part of the Walled City encyclopaedia
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Story of a fractured city
Fouzia and Qazi-ud-din Ahmed started hating their son Waleed when he turned 13.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
DMRC begins work on Lajpat-Saket corridor
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday started constructing the Saket G Block-Lajpat Nagar section of Metro Phase-4.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Pragati Maidan tunnel hits bureaucratic wall yet again
Work on the last of the six underpasses of the Pragati Maidan tunnel project has remained stuck for the past three months, as two central ministries - the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) and the ministry of railways - have been unable to reach an agreement on how to complete the partially constructed structure.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
AMRUT progress slow, key targets unmet: Parliamentary panel report
Sluggish progress under both phases of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) has left key targets in drinking water supply, wastewater treatment and urban water governance largely unmet, a parliamentary standing committee report tabled in Parliament on Friday said.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Bill to set up new higher education body cleared
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to create a single regulator for higher education, replacing the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), people familiar with the matter said.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Politics to peace, women leading a quiet revolution
The role of women needs to be recognised, amplified, and embedded into the architecture of India's democratic and constitutional frameworks
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
DDA demolishes Sainik Farms bungalow built on green land
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday morning demolished a bungalow in south Delhi's Sainik Farms as part of its ongoing anti-encroachment drive against illegally built farmhouses on acquired green land in the Tilpath Valley area.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Bill proposing 100% FDI in insurance gets Centre nod
HT learns that the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 could be announced in Parliament next week itself.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Electric Buses Steer Delhi Towards a Cleaner Tomorrow
With over 3,500 electric buses in operation, the city is witnessing a substantial reduction in tailpipe emissions and traffic noise
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Luthras used forged agreement to get permit for Goa club: Police
Delhi-based entrepreneurs Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra allegedly applied for permission to open their club in Goa's Arpora using a forged copy of a land agreement, police said on Friday, adding that the investigators will confront the brothers about this revelation when they receive custody likely early next week.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
KARNATAKA POLICE PROBING ROLE OF EX-MIN’S SON IN ACCIDENT THAT KILLED 23-YR-OLD
Karnataka Police are investigating the role of Shashank Revanna, son of former state minister HM Revanna, in a road accident in Magadi taluk of Bengaluru that resulted in the death of a 23-year-old, police said on Friday.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
52-yr-old woman, two sons kill self at Kalkaji house
A 52-year-old woman and her two sons, aged 32 and 27, were found dead at their rented Kalkaji residence on Friday in what police suspect to be a case of suicide. A note recovered from the house indicated that the family had been struggling with financial stress.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Citizenship under CAA for 2 in Assam
A 40-year-old woman from Assam's Sribhumi district, who entered India from Bangladesh in 2007, has been granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Let him be inside: SC denies bail to BMW hit-and-run accused
The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the bail plea of 24-year-old Mihir Shah, accused in the July 2024 BMW hit-and-run case, saying that \"such boys\" need to be taught a lesson.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
RBI DY GUV SLAMS GROWING HOLD OF 'STABLECOINS'
The Reserve Bank of India sees privacy concerns associated with the use of programmable central bank digital currency, particularly for targeted benefits such as subsidies, deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
India eases visa rules as Chinese applicants rise
India has tweaked visa rules to address the issue of a growing number of applications from Chinese nationals coming to the country for short periods for business activities without changing vetting procedures, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times
Secrets, spectral visitors, and fabulous women
A book keen to muddle facile understandings of time and space, Alice Sees Ghosts by Daisy Rockwell questions the assumption that the family unit is a safe space
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Winter skin woes? Dermat suggests ways to keep acne in check
Winter may be all about cosy nights and warm layers, but it isn't quite as kind to your skin.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Oracle’s stumble hits AI trade, but many stay bullish
The red-hot trade backing artificial intelligence-related stocks has taken a bruising from a disappointing report from Oracle, reigniting concerns about frothy valuations and an AI bubble.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Aryan reveals he didn't know who Abhay Deol was when he worked with him
Indian-origin actor Aryan Simhadri plays one of the main characters, Grover Underwood, in the web series adaptation of the fantasy novel series Percy Jackson & The Olympians.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
U.S. SANCTIONS MADURO KIN AS VENEZUELA WAR FEARS BUILD
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday against relatives of Venezulan leader Nicolas Maduro and six companies shipping the South American country’s oil.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
Congress stalwart, ex-Union minister dies, at 91
In March 1979, rumours that Jayaprakash Narayan was dead quickly spread across India.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
India, Oman likely to sign CEPA next week
India and Oman are expected to conclude a long-gestating comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the West Asian country next week to bolster trade, including in hydrocarbons, people familiar with the matter said.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
New offline ID tool for Aadhaar, entities using it to have stricter checks
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has notified amendments to the Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021, introducing a new digital identity document called the Aadhaar Verifiable Credential (AVC) and tightening rules for entities that conduct offline Aadhaar verification (that is, verification not done in real time using UIDAI servers).
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
TRUCK FALLS OFF ELEVATED GGM EWAY, CATCHES FIRE; TWO DEAD
Two men were charred to death on Friday, after a 14-wheeler dumper truck in which they were travelling caught fire after falling from the elevated section of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway in Nuh, said police.
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December 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Delhi
'New religious tradition' manufactured in Deepam order: TN
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday told the Madras high court that its single bench of justice GR Swaminathan, in directing through its December 1 order that a lamp be lit atop the Thiruparankundram hills, had manufactured a “new religious tradition” out of his own whim and had strayed far outside judicial bounds.
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