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KIUG 2025: Pooja Bishnoi, farmer’s daughter from Bikaner pedals herwayinto history
On a breezy Tuesday morning along the Jaipur-Agra Highway, the familiar hush of early traffic was replaced by the hum of racing tyres and the rising excitement of spectators.
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November 26, 2025
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SC upholds dismissal of Army officer who declined to enter temple, gurdwara
TheSupremeCourton Tuesday affirmed the removal of Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan from service, holding that his refusal to enter the regiment's Mandirand Gurudwara during mandatory religious parades amounted toseriousindiscipline incompatible with Army life.
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November 26, 2025
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Volcanic ash: DGCA issues advisory, Civil Aviation Ministry says flight ops across India remain smooth
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) hasissued an advisory toallairlines and airports after volcanic ash from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi eruption drifted across parts of the Middle East, affecting routes that pass through the Muscat Flight Information Region.
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November 26, 2025
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DGCA mandates annual fatigue-training for pilots, cabin crew
To help the crew members manage fatigue better, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday issued anewset ofinstructions.
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November 26, 2025
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Transformational moment
Justice Surya Kant can consider institutionalising a 25-year vision for the Indian judiciary on the lines of the Viksit Bharat vision. A white paper entitled “Judiciary 2047: A Plan for India at 100” could comprehensively develop the vision for the future of the rule of law in India and what efforts need to be taken towards addressing these challenges
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November 26, 2025
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Remembering a firebrand Socialist
It is a coincidence that the birth anniversary of the former Speaker of Lok Sabha Rabi Ray, an eminent parliamentarian, veteran socialist leader and a valiant freedom fighter falls on 26 November which is the Constitution Day. Odisha has produced many political figures who held important positions but Ray will be remembered as the first Speaker of Lok Sabha from Odisha. His simplicity and modesty were awe-inspiring. He upheld values and principles and fought for the downtrodden and the poor. At a time when materialism and showmanship has taken a toll of idealism and values, he held them close to his heart.
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November 26, 2025
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Afghanistan says Pak airstrikes in east of the country have killed 10 people, mostly children
Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians, including nine children, in a sign of worsening tensions between the two neighbors.
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November 26, 2025
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2026 T20 World Cup: India to open title defence against USA on 7 February
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the groups for the upcoming T20 World Cup, with co-hosts and defending champions India grouped alongside Pakistan.
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November 26, 2025
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'Build ships, build trust': Defence Minister urges global collaboration at Samudra Utkarsh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called on global maritime players to partner with India’s rapidly expanding shipbuilding industry, stressing that the nation’s shipyards, capable of delivering everything from aircraft carriers to research vessels, are poised to become a global hub for shipbuilding, ship repair, and maritime innovation.
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November 26, 2025
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Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine while US peace plan is discussed
Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least six people in overnight strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure, while a Ukrainian attack in southern Russia killed three people and damaged homes, authorities said.
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November 26, 2025
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Supriya Sule writes to SEC, alleging that BJP forcing candidates to withdraw from local body polls
Sharad Pawar-led NCP Lok Sabha MP, who represents Baramati in Maharashtra, and the party's national working president, Supriya Sule, have written to the Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare, alleging that several candidates from non-BJP parties are being forced and intimidated to withdraw from the local civic body election by “vested interests” to ensure “unopposed victories” of BJP candidates.
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November 26, 2025
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Bihar to emerge as the technology hub of eastern India, says Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Tuesday that the state will be developed as a new technology hub of eastern India.
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November 26, 2025
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28 Maoists give up arms in Chhattisgarh
Twenty-eight Maoist cadres surrendered before the authorities in Narayanpur district on Tuesday, marking another significant step in Chhattisgarh’s ongoing efforts to restore stability in the Bastar region.
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November 26, 2025
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Indian economy to cross $4 trillion mark in FY2026: CEA Nageswaran
India's Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday said the Indian economy is set to cross the $4 trillion mark in the current fiscal, FY2026.
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November 26, 2025
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10-man Everton beat Man United 1-0 despite Gueye’s red card for striking a teammate
Everton beat Manchester United 1-0 on Monday to slow the home team’s recent revival ina Premier League game that will be remembered for an early red card shown to Everton's Idrissa Gueye for striking teammate Michael Keane.
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November 26, 2025
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Andhra’s Moment
ndhra Pradesh is suddenly at the centre of India’s investment map. Over the past several months, the state has drawn in a flurry of large industrial commitments, ranging from green energy to solar manufacturing, from artificial intelligence infrastructure to futuristic electric air taxis.
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November 26, 2025
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Five killed as truck collides with auto-rickshaw in Bihar
Atleast five people were killed on the spot and two others seriously injured inahead-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck in Bihar’s Sheikhpura district on Tuesday.
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November 26, 2025
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SEBI proposes simpler rules for issuing duplicate securities certificates, raises threshold to ₹10 lakh
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Tuesday proposed making it easier for investors to get duplicate securities certificates incase their original ones are lost.
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November 26, 2025
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BJP considers ‘Bihar model’ for Assam and Bengal
Fresh from the Bihar victory, the BJP has now turned its focus on the next set of important poll-bound states ~ West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu ~ and it in this connection that BJP president JP Nadda's dinner meeting on Wednesday to felicitate all BJP leaders who played a key role in the elections is being viewed.
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November 26, 2025
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Finding dignity in an unkind world
It is not difficult to see that online platforms have become the primary spaces where our youth gather, talk, argue, chase trends and figure out how to live with others.
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November 26, 2025
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Piyush Goyal calls for robust Centre-State partnershiptoboost India’s exports
India must expand its economy and create more employment opportunities by increasing exports, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, emphasising the need for strong collaboration between the Central Government and the States to drive export expansion and diversification.
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November 26, 2025
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Iyer resumes training a month after spleen injury in Australia ODI
India batter Shreyas Iyer has resumed training, a month after suffering a serious spleen laceration during the third ODI against Australia on October 25, when he landed awkwardly on his left side while attempting a diving catch.
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November 26, 2025
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TNonhighalert: Cyclonethreat recedes, but fresh system to intensify into depressionin24 hrs
Even as the cyclone threat has receded a fresh lowpressure system is intensifying into a depression in the Bay of Bengal adjoining Sri Lanka, threatening to pound with heavy rains the already battered southern districts and the Cauvery delta region in the next few days.
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November 26, 2025
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0-5 loading? India lose openers in chase of 549 at stumps on Day 4
First New Zealand, and now South Africa. The spectre of a nightmarish 0-5 scoreline loomed ominously over India once again as Day 4 of the second Test unfolded at the ACA Stadium on Tuesday.
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November 26, 2025
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Artificial intelligence was at the front and centre of COP30
We live in a time often characterised as a polycrisis.
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November 26, 2025
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Trump to visit Beijing in April, invites Xi to USA
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has accepted an invitation from Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit Beijing in April and that he reciprocated by inviting Xi for a state visit to the US later next year.
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November 26, 2025
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Army pays first official tribute to Operation Pawan martyrs after 35 years
Morethan three decades after 1,171 Indian soldiers were martyred and over 3,500 wounded during Operation Pawanin SriLanka, the Indian Army on Tuesday paid its first-ever official tribute to the fallen, with Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi leading a solemn wreathlaying ceremony at the National War Memorial.
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November 26, 2025
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Gentle Giant
The death of Dharmendra at 89 brings with it a wave of nostalgia strong enough to make an entire nation pause.
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November 26, 2025
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Sengottaiyan set to join Vijay's TVK; OPS expected to follow
Searching for political relevance and to be afloat, expelled AIADMK veteran KA Sengottaiyan (Photo) is likely to join the fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of actor-politician Vijay, while former Deputy CM O Panneerselvam (OPS) is actively exploring that option, according to sources close to them.
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November 26, 2025
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India lose 2-3 to Belgium in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The Indian hockey team showed grit and resilience but fell short in a rain-affected, rescheduled clash at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, losing 2-3 to Belgium on Tuesday. Abhishek (33’) and Shilanand Lakra (57’) netted for India, while Roman Duvekot (17,46) and Nicolas De Kerpel (45°) struck for Belgium.
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