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Another FTA in bag with duty-free Oman access to 99% exports
AT a time when the country is diversifying its export market amid steep, unilateral trade tariffs levied by the US, India and Oman on Thursday signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) under which 99% of Indian exports, by value, will have duty-free access to the Omani market.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
IIM & Scalar to blend traditional business edu with AI
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli, has tied up with edtech firm Scaler to develop management programmes that blend traditional business education with practical exposure to technology and artificial intelligence.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
TN boosts marine patrol as turtle deaths touch 50
11-man elite force, comprising trained members of fishing community, deployed to monitor waters up to five nautical miles from the coast
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
Deepathoon dispute: HC bench reserves judgment
AG says state doesn't want to take specific stand on pillar's identity
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
Retain MGNREGA, incorporate provisions of VB-G RAM G after consulting states: CM to PM
Stalin, in a letter, said 5 key changes proposed in new Bill will alter fundamental rights-based nature of MGNREGA
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
Free laptops for TN college students likely from January 5
THE Tamil Nadu government's free laptop distribution scheme is likely to be launched on January 5, with beneficiaries already identified for the first phase of implementation.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
Torn papers fly as G-Ram-G bill replacing Mahatma approved
PARLIAMENT on Thursday passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill amid chaotic scenes in the Lok Sabha, with the Opposition raising slogans, tearing copies of the legislation, and standing on tables while holding posters of Mahatma Gandhi aloft, despite repeated appeals for order by Speaker Om Birla.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
CRISIS LOOMS AS US TARIFFS CRIPPLE TN EXPORTS: CM
WARNING of a looming humanitarian and economic crisis due to the impact of the 50% tariff on Indian exports imposed by the United States, Chief Minister MK Stalin has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his urgent intervention to resolve the issue.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
House clears nuclear energy bill
Centre's push to privatise nuclear energy without 'adequate safeguards' sparks huge uproar
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
Plea on enhancing quality of packaged drinking water: Luxury litigation, says SC
THE Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a PIL seeking enforcement of global standards for packaged drinking water, terming it as a fit case of 'luxury litigation' in a country where a large populace lacks access to basic drinking water.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
Vijay invokes MGR and Jaya to brand DMK as evil, hails TVK as ‘pure force’
TVK president Vijay on Thursday tore into the DMK, terming the ruling party an “evil force”, a phrase coined by AIADMK stalwarts MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa to target the Dravidian major.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Why Aus banned social media for under-16s and how new law will be enforced
In a major move, Australia has banned the use of social media platforms including TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and Threads by anyone under the age of 16.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
India says will help Afghanistan with vax, med
Support over the past four years to Kabul
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
ELOQUENT SILENCE OF CONSTITUTIONS
LUDWIG Wittgenstein famously concluded his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus with the injunction: \"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.\"
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
AIADMK MPs meet Nirmala, V-P
AIADMK MPs and senior party leaders CVe Shanmugam and SP Velumani called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Thursday.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express
CCI will launch probe into IndiGo for ‘abusing its dominant position’
THE Competition Commission of India (CCI), a regulatory body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, will probe the practices of India's largest domestic airline, IndiGo, to assess whether it has abused its dominant position in the aviation sector.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Mangesh gains Crore strength
From playing with mom in backyard to being bought by RCB for Rs 5.20 cr: All-rounder's tale
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Quantum materials crucial for next-gen tech: Nobel laureate
Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi said that quantum materials will be the foundation for the next-generation technologies, underscoring their growing role in shaping future computing, energy, and sensing systems.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Return Kalaignar univ Bill to governor with direction to assent, Murmu urged
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin has written a letter to President Droupadi Murmu urging her to return the Kalaignar University Bill and the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (Amendment)
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
300 state govt school students selected for residential JEE training programme
FOR the first time, the school education department is organising a state-level residential training programme for 300 government school students across Tamil Nadu to prepare them for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Mains).
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Israel OKs record $35 billion gas export deal with Egypt
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has approved a $35 billion natural gas export deal to Egypt, the biggest gas deal in Israeli history.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
ED helps restitute ₹312 cr dues of KAL workmen
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has facilitated the restitution of ₹311.67 crore towards long-pending dues of workmen of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines Limited (KAL), paving the way for payments to former employees.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Australia rip through England on another bad day for Snicko
A PUMPED-UP Australia ripped through England's fragile batting on Thursday to leave the tourists staring down the barrel of a third Test defeat with their Ashes campaign on the brink, barring a miracle.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
HC to centre: Frame laws to also aid Indians abroad
'When centre benefits from overseas workers, it has duty to rescue them'
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Give ESI cover for all staff, 2 univs warned
THE bank accounts of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Anna University - Tirunelveli campus would be frozen and employees' contribution dues along with interest and damages would be recovered under the Code of Social Security (CSS), 2020, if the institutions fail to register their staff with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), said G Bhaskar, Joint Director (in-charge), ESIC Tirunelveli Sub-Region.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Udhayanidhi refutes Palaniswami’s accusation over free laptop scheme
OFFICIALS said the majority of beneficiaries have been identified from among students covered under the Pudhumai Penn and Tamil Pudhalvan schemes.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Kishan's statement ton helps Jharkhand lift title
OUT-OF-FAVOUR India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan made a compelling case for a T20I recall with a belligerent hundred to power Jharkhand to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title with a 69-run victory over Haryana on Thursday.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Chouhan tears into Oppn over din in LS, calls 'conduct' by INDIA MPs a blot
UNION Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday flayed the Congress and other INDIA bloc parties for disrupting the Lok Sabha during the introduction of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Santhanakoodu fest: RDO allows flag hoisting at Sikandar dargah
THIRUMANGALAM Revenue Divisional Officer Sivajothi on Thursday gave permission for the flag hoisting ceremony, scheduled on December 21, for the Santhanakoodu festival which will be held till January 6, 2026, at the Hazrath Sultan Sikandar Badusha Aulia Dargah located atop the Thiruparankundram hill.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Schneider inks ₹718-cr deal to expand TN ops, build new unit in Hosur
SCHNEIDER Electric India is expanding its manufacturing units in Chennai and Coimbatore and setting up a new greenfield plant in Hosur with an investment of ₹718 crore, a move expected to create 663 direct jobs.
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