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TELEVISION COSTS MAY RISE DUE TO CHIPS SHORTAGE

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December 15, 2025

Prices of televisions are expected to rise by 3-4% from January next year on account of the rising cost of memory chips and depreciation of the rupee, which recently crossed the 90-to-a-dollar mark for the first time.

- Press Trust of India

The falling rupee has put the industry in a precarious position, as the domestic value addition in an LED TV is around 30% only, and major components like the open cell, semiconductor chips and motherboard, are

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Trump urges Iranians to continue protesting, says 'help is on its way'

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Iranians to continue protests against the regime of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, telling them “help is on its way”.

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2 mins

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

Govt may table seeds bill in budget session

The government is likely to introduce the Seeds Bill 2025 in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, seeking to enforce new regulations to an estimated 2,600-crore industry, including, for the first time, steep penalties for selling spurious planting material to farmers, an official with knowledge of the matter has said.

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1 mins

January 14, 2026

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Hindustan Times Ludhiana

2,000+ dead: First details of Iran crackdown on protests emerge

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, and Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during a crackdown on demonstrators.

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2 mins

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

Turmoil in Tehran and its geopolitical aftershocks

The crisis in Iran is a stress test for West Asia. New Delhi must balance its cautious neutrality with pragmatic engagement, prioritising stability and access over alignment

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4 mins

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

Healing after tariff damage

Sergio Gor has started well. His task now is to address the trust deficit in India-US relations

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2 mins

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein probe

WASHINGTON: Former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House committee's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

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1 min

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

Cut-off percentile for NEET-PG ‘0’ for reserved applicants

EXPERTS SAID THE DECISION, WHICH WILL APPLY TO THE THIRD ROUND OF COUNSELLING, SIGNALS A DECLINE IN ACADEMIC STANDARDS

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1 mins

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

Panel on digital arrests looks at fixing liability for citizens’ losses

The Centre has constituted a high-level Inter-Departmental Committee to tackle digital arrest scams, with the panel deciding in its first meeting that victims should not bear losses attributable to negligence by banks, telecom providers or other regulated entities, the government informed the Supreme Court in a status report filed on Tuesday.

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3 mins

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

DELHI, OTTAWA TO BEGIN TALKS ON TRADE PACT IN FEB: CANADA

Canada will formally launch negotiations for a free-trade agreement with India next month, the country’s trade minister Maninder Sidhu told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.

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1 min

January 14, 2026

Hindustan Times Ludhiana

As US tariff threat looms, officials say India-Iran trade ‘minuscule’

India’s trade with Iran is minuscule and primarily involves supplies of food and pharmaceuticals essential for inflation-ravaged Iranian citizens, people aware of the matter said, adding that any implication of new American tariffs for those who export to Iran will depend on the specifics of Washington's decisions.

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3 mins

January 14, 2026

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