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Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Markets surge nearly 1% on last trading day of 2025
MUMBAI: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped nearly 1% on Wednesday, the final trading session of 2025, after days of range-bound trading amid sustained buying by domestic institutional investors.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
CEC lost temper in SIR meet, alleges TMC MP; EC hits back
THE MEETING CAME DAYS AFTER ECI ADMITTED TO GLITCHES IN THE APP USED BY ENUMERATORS
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Coming soon: ‘super phones’, smoother AI, car-first tech
Time and tech wait for no one and, in 2026, what has been a somewhat relentless pace looks set to intensify.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Indian jails: Prisoners of the caste system
In December 2020, as the world grappled with unequal access to Covid-19 vaccines, another form of inequality was exposed inside India’s prisons.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
EYES ON THE SCOREBOARD
Can we hold position on the medals-tally tables, in a year of a (pared-down) Commonwealth Games; can we raise our score at the Asian Games? Which athletes hold out the greatest hope?
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
An economic juggling act: AI, China, googlies from US
2025 began on an alarming note for the global economy, as Donald Trump started his second stint in the White House.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Iran govt building attacked as clashes spread beyond Tehran
A government building in Iran was attacked on Wednesday, authorities said, as the country’s top prosecutor warned of a “decisive response” to any attempt to create instability after days of economic protests, AFP reported.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Apr-Nov fiscal gap at 62.3% of FY26 estimate
THE CENTRE'S FISCAL POSITION IS SUPPORTED BY DIVIDEND PAYOUTS
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Infiltration to be BJP’s key Bengal poll plank
Union home minister Amit Shah continued his attack against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal over rising “infiltration” across the India-Bangladesh border, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders said on Wednesday, adding that the issue is likely to bea key plank for the party in the run up to the 2026 state assembly elections.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
INDIA, EAEU LIKELY TO HOLD NEXT ROUND OF TRADE TALKS IN FEBRUARY
India and the Russia-led EAEU group are likely to hold the next round of talks for the proposed trade agreement in February, an official said on Wednesday.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Denmark’s last letter ends 400-yr postal tradition in first for world
Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, delivered its final letter on Tuesday (local time), bringing an end to more than 400 years of traditional mail delivery as the country fully embraces digital communication, CNN reported.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Xi lauds Brahmaputra dam, says Taiwan reunification unstoppable
Chinese President Xi Jinping in his New Year address on Wednesday said Taiwan's reunification with China is “unstoppable” while projecting the country’s growing defence advances, and highlighted the construction of the world’s largest dam over Brahmaputra river.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Risks loom, but India has buffers, says RBI report
Escalation in geopolitical and trade tensions were cited as key risks
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
CENTRE BANS ORAL FORMULATIONS WITH NIMESULIDE ABOVE 100 MG
The Union health ministry has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all oral formulations containing the popular painkiller nimesulide above 100 mg, citing serious health risks , an official notification said.
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January 01, 2026
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JAPAN CEOS HALT ANNUAL CHINA TRIP FOR FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS
TOKYO: A prominent group of Japanese executives has put its planned visit to Beijing on hold, a sign that a diplomatic feud is chilling commercial ties between the two economies.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Couple burnt alive in Assam for ‘practising witchcraft’, say cops
THE ASSAILANTS ATTACKED THE COUPLE WITH SHARP WEAPONS BEFORE SETTING THEIR HOUSE ON FIRE, POLICE SAID
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
SKY's the limit, as a new era dawns in men's cricket
Indian cricket is rarely static, but the shakeup within the team, ahead of the T20 World Cup, feels transformative as well as edgy.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Looking back at 2025: India’s golf events grow richer, players stuck in mediocrity
Rory Mcllroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood, Joaquin Niemann, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Old challenges, new resolutions
Managing air pollution to negotiating a world in churn, the government has its task cut out in 2026
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
2026 is the new 2016! Why the internet has hit rewind
After a decade of polished perfection online, Gen Z users are choosing fun again; here’s everything you need to know
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Some provisions of Sports Act comes into effect today
The government on Wednesday notified that select provisions of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, related to establishment and governance framework of national federations and the constitution of National Sports Board, will come into effect on the new year.
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January 01, 2026
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Imn Indians in Canada to lose legal status by mid-’26
Canada could soon have to contend with a deluge of undocumented immigrants, nearly half of them from India, as record numbers of work permits expired in 2025 and will continue to do so in 2026.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Govt extends safeguard duties on imports of steel products
The government has extended safeguard duties on imports of certain steel products for three years, aiming to curb dumping from countries like China and protect domestic manufacturers from a supply glut.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Government rolls out market access support scheme
The government on Wednesday launched the first of 11 schemes proposed under the ₹25,060 crore Export Promotion Mission (EPM) that will provide financial and institutional support to exporters, particularly micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), in expanding their business in global markets.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
States’ fiscal stress deepens despite revenue gains
India’s states entered FY24 with stronger revenue inflows but ended the year under mounting fiscal stress, as rising debt and fixed spending commitments eroded fiscal flexibility, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
TIMELY CARE MAY HAVE SAVED BMW CRASH VICTIM: CHARGE SHEET
The Delhi Police has claimed in its charge sheet that a 52-year-old deputy secretary in the Union finance ministry, killed in a BMW crash in September, remained alive for at least 15 minutes after being run over and could have survived with timely medical aid.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
Cabinet freezes Vi AGR dues, grants more time
The government on Wednesday froze Vodafone Idea Ltd's (Vi) adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues at ₹87,695 crore as of December 31, 2025, and allowed the telecom operator to repay the amount over 10 years from fiscal 2032 to fiscal 2041.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
IMRAN KHAN'S SISTERS DENIED MEET WITH HIM, HOLD PROTEST
Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and sisters of former prime minister Imran Khan were once again prevented from meeting him at Adiala Jail, prompting them to stage a sit-in near the prison, Dawn reported.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
BREACHING THE 1.5-DEGREE-CELSIUS TARGET
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels has long been a target for climate action.
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January 01, 2026
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
SOFTWARE-DEFINED AUTO COCKPITS
The next big thing in smart automotive mechanics looks set to be a digital cockpit revolution.
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