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High valuation deal puts off broadcasters
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) and one of its broadcast partners, JioStar, continue to battle headwinds as the partners try to renegotiate the inflated $3bn deal for the right to show the sport’s biggest events over a four-year cycle.
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December 12, 2025
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India's only free spinal rehabilitation centre gets a fresh lease of life
THE Soulfree Inspire Centre, India's only integrated spinal rehabilitation centre that offers treatment free of cost, which had feared closure after its lease ended last week, will now continue to function for another three years after the Tiruvannamalai administration renewed its lease until December 2, 2028.
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December 12, 2025
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India faces $131-bn deficit with 6 FTA partners
AS India is aggressively pursuing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with several countries and regions, the country has a combined trade deficit of more than $131 billion with six of the 11 regions it is actively involved in negotiations, revealed the data from the Ministry of Commerce.
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December 12, 2025
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Top leader surrenders in MP, Naxals on back foot
TWO Naxalites carrying cumulative rewards of 43 lakh on their heads surrendered before the security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
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100 booked, 40 detained as farm stir against ethanol unit steps up in Raj
FORTY people, including a Congress leader, were detained and over 100 others booked in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district on Thursday, a day after a clash broke out between farmers and police during a protest over the construction of an ethanol factory in the district.
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December 12, 2025
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Modi’s 3-nation tour to Oman, Jordan & Ethiopia soon, trade deal expected
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation tour from December 15 to 18, with stops in Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman, a visit aimed at deepening India’s strategic footprint across West Asia and Africa and sealing a major free trade agreement with Oman.
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December 12, 2025
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Prez visits Manipur amid shutdown call by rebels
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu arrived in Manipur on Thursday on a two-day visit amid a shutdown called by a body of banned insurgent groups.
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December 12, 2025
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Luthra brothers detained in Thailand, Delhi court dismisses anticipatory bail
SAURABH Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the co-owners of the Goa restaurant where 25 were killed due a fire incident on Saturday, were detained by the Thailand police early on Thursday on the request of the Indian government.
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December 12, 2025
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Almost a quarter of real estate buyers in Dubai are NRIs
WITH the new property ownership norms under which the Dubai government has allowed foreigners to own residential and commercial properties on a freehold basis, the real estate market in the city-state has seen a major shift and almost a quarter of units have been snapped up by NRIs.
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December 12, 2025
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ROW OVER QUALITY OF KERALA MEDICINE
THE Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed a protest during Zero Hour from the CPI(M) over allegations of spurious and substandard medicines in Kerala.
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December 12, 2025
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Once a Maoist hotbed, olympics begins in Bastar
CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday inaugurated the three-day division-level annual Bastar Olympics at the Indira Priyadarshini Stadium in Jagdalpur, where athletes from the seven districts of the Bastar division presented an impressive march-past.
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December 12, 2025
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Ex-judge who ordered DSP's arrest suspended by HC
THE Madras High Court on Thursday suspended former Kancheepuram Principal Sessions and District Judge Pa U Chemmal, who came under scrutiny after ordering the re-
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December 12, 2025
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VIKSIT WOMEN FOR A VIKSIT BHARAT
WHEN the Government of India released a report titled Children in India 2025, one statistic stood out quietly but powerfully: at the secondary school level, girls are now marginally ahead of boys in enrolment.
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December 12, 2025
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Diary entries of Patel’s daughter: A gift to Rajnath from Jairam
CONGRESS leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday handed Rajnath Singh a copy of the diary entries written by Vallabhbhai Patel’s daughter, saying the records contained no reference supporting Singh’s claim that Jawaharlal Nehru intended to rebuild the Babri Masjid with public funds.
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December 12, 2025
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Maha debt moves up from ₹7.8L cr to 9.3L cr this year
WITH continuous high-interest borrowing and the tabling of over additional %75,000 crore supplementary demands in the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly, the cumulative debt burden of Maharashtra is projected to go up from 27.82 lakh crore in 2024—25 to €9.32 lakh crore by the end of the current financial year.
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December 12, 2025
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ACCESS FOR DISABLED MUST COVER ALL SPACES
THE Supreme Court's December 2 judgement on ensuring full accessibility for persons with disabilities inside prisons is far more than a routine legal directive.
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December 12, 2025
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Don launches 'Gold Card' for US citizenship wannabes
US President Donald Trump announced the launch of a million-dollar ‘Gold Card’ offering a pathway for immigrants to US citizenship, saying that it is a ‘shame’ that students from India and China have to go back to home countries.
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December 12, 2025
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MESSI MANIA: MEET AND GREET WITH STAR FOR ₹10 L
WANT to meet and greet one Lionel Messi?
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December 12, 2025
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FIFA WC 2026: Amul to sponsor Argentina again
AMUL, the world’s largest dairy cooperative and India’s leading food brand, has extended its partnership with the Argentina Football Association (AFA) for another season, continuing as the Official Regional Sponsor of the reigning FIFA World Cup champions.
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December 12, 2025
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Over 600 British Empire artefacts stolen from museum, say police
MORE than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a UK museum in September, police said Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
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70% women in extremely hot districts experience amplified health risks: Study
EXTREME heat is emerging as a grave public-health threat for women across India's most heat-vulnerable states, according to a new study by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai.
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December 12, 2025
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AIRPORT PROJECT Nepal charges 55 officials, Chinese firm in graft case
FORMER Nepali ministers, officials and a Chinese company were charged with corruption over financial irregularities during the construction of an international airport.
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December 11, 2025
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CM unveils memorial for Assam Agitation 'martyrs'
THE Assam government on Wednesday honoured the 860 victims of the Assam agitation, also known as the Anti-Immigrants Agitation, on the occasion of Swahid Diwas.
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December 11, 2025
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BJP hits back, says paper ballot will bring back booth capturing
IN a rebuttal to opposition parties' vociferous demand on reverting to paper ballot elections, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said it would mean going back to the days of booth capturing.
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December 11, 2025
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THE ODDITY OF PRIVILEGED FUGITIVES
EUROPEAN courts seem keen to legitimise high privileges for other countries' economic fugitives.
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December 11, 2025
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Rename Lok Bhawan after Birsa Munda: Soren
PAST SYMBOLS
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December 11, 2025
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Italian cuisine added to UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage
UNESCO recognised Wednesday that Italian food is more than pizza, pasta and gelato, adding the range and ritual of the famed cuisine to its list of intangible cultural heritage.
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December 11, 2025
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Karthi-starrer Va Vathiyaar’s release stayed over producer’s debt
A division bench of the Madras High Court comprising justices SM Subramaniam and C Kumarappan on Wednesday injuncted Studio Green, the production company of KE Gnanavelraja, from releasing Va Vathiyaar starring Karthi, in any form including theatres and digital formats until the unpaid dues are cleared.
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December 11, 2025
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Dropouts rise, classrooms shrink amid teacher surplus
THE latest Rajya Sabha data on Wednesday exposes a troubling churn in Gujarat's school system.
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December 11, 2025
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15 Maoists lay down arms in Maha, C'garh
ELEVEN Maoists surrendered in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district and four in Chhattisgarh's Kanker on Wednesday.
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