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Delhi toppers adopt concept-based study over rote learning
The national capital recorded an overall pass percentage of 97.38% in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 board examinations, with Delhi toppers attributing their success to consistent and concept-based study rather than rote learning.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times
CHHATTISGARH POWER PLANT EXPLOSION TOLL INCREASES TO 20
The death toll in the blast at a power plant in Chattisgarh’s Sakti district increased to 20 on Wednesday, officials aware of the matter said.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times
HC: Earlier consent for IVF by soldier in vegetative state valid
The Delhi High Court permitted the extraction and cryopreservation of sperm of an Indian Army soldier in a persistent vegetative state, holding that his prior consent to undergo IVF treatment with his wife amounted to valid consent under the law.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLIMBS TO 5.1% IN MARCH
India’s headline unemployment rate was 5.1% in March, according to the monthly bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times
Trade talks: Indian team to visit US from April 20
A team of Indian officials led by chief negotiator Darpan Jain will visit the US for three days from April 20 to advance bilateral trade talks under the February 7 framework, with necessary changes to make it legally tenable and to ensure comparative benefits for both sides, officials said.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
India wholesale inflation rises to 3.88% in March
India’s wholesale inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), rose sharply to 3.88% year-on-year in March, from 2.13% in February, data released by the ministry of commerce and industry on Wednesday showed.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Vance flags H-1B 'fraud', praises visa reductions
Vance said the administration had made “massive reductions” in what he described as fraudulent visas, asylum claims and H-1B approvals.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Axelsen: Lone wolf who bet on himself to beat the world
The 2016 Rio Games witnessed a hegemonic shift in men’s badminton.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
US loses $240 million drone in Persian Gulf
The United States has confirmed the loss of an MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle, according to a recent mishap summary released by the United States Naval Safety Command.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
EC only removed names, BJP to throw out infiltrators: Shah
“The EC has only removed infiltrators from Bengals electoral rolls.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
KARNATAKA CONG MLA CONVICTED IN 2016 MURDER OF BJP LEADER
A special court for MPs and MLAs convicted Karnataka Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni on Wednesday in the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda, ending a nearly decade-long investigation and trial that gripped Dharwad politics.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Household visits for census to start today
Over 700 trained personnel will start field operations under the house-listing and housing census (HLO), wherein the enumerators will visit households to record their details under Phase-1 of the Census 2027, officials said on Wednesday.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
MAN STRANGLES WIFE TO DEATH IN WELCOME, SURRENDERS
A 28-year-old man allegedly murdered his 23-year-old wife by strangulation at their house early Wednesday following a heated argument in northeast Delhi's Welcome area before walking into the local police station, surrendering himself, police said on Wednesday.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
UNITECH LAND CASE: SC QUESTIONS ROLE OF K'TAKA REVENUE OFFICIAL
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the role of Karnataka’s revenue authorities for allowing an alleged fraud involving land parcels in Bengaluru purchased and registered in 2007 in favour of Unitech to be given to a third party after 17 years.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Mahindra to deepen South Africa footprint
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd is at an advanced stage of assessing plans to upgrade its South African plant, according to people familiar with the matter, as India’s second-largest automaker looks to capitalize on rising demand for affordable vehicles.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Veerappan’s wife, daughter in fray, want to change his image
India’s most notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler Veerappan is back in Tamil Nadu elections through his wife and daughter who are contesting from different assembly seats on tickets for two regional outfits.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Rasikh bags 4, RCB bowlers dominate LSG in Bengaluru
T20 as a format is obsessed with new tricks, innovations and evolution.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
TMC leads parties in women candidates
The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal has fielded 55 women candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections, 22 more than its arch-rival in the state, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Wage protests put labour contractors under scanner, expose loopholes in hiring systems
A government warning to labour contractors amid wage hike protests in Noida has put recruitment practices in factories under scrutiny.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Student kills 9 in Turkey school shooting
A 14-year-old student shot at least nine people dead including eight of his fellow pupils and wounded 13 others at a middle school in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, officials said, in the country’s second school shooting in two days.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Nuh: 2 die while cleaning sewer without safety gear; one critical
Two sanitation workers were Killed and another was hospitalised in a critical condition after they inhaled poisonous gas while cleaning a sewer line without any safety gears in Nuh’s Firozpur Jhirka Tuesday, police said Wednesday.
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April 16, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Modi, Trump discuss West Asia war, bilateral relations
US President Donald Trump dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to discuss the West Asia crisis, including efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and to review bilateral cooperation in different sectors, with US ambassador Sergio Gor saying several “big ticket” deals are in the pipeline between the two sides.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Digitally map forest limits: Govt to states
The Union environment ministry has asked states and UTs to begin the process of demarcating forest boundaries digitally in keeping with its order in a 201] case in a move that it expects to help address issues such as misclassification of forest areas, prevent encroachments, and resolve overlapping claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times
MDMA supplier held after students die of overdose at Mumbai concert
Police on Tuesday arrested the alleged drug peddler who supplied MDMA, a popular party drug, to three final-year management students, two of whom who died on Saturday purportedly after consuming the contraband at a concert held at Mumbai's NESCO Exhibition Centre, officers said.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times
Kerala student got 98 calls from loan agents
The first-year Dalit dental student of a private college in Kerala's Kannur district, who allegedly died by suicide, received 98 calls and dozens of text messages in the last three months from recovery agents to repay a loan he had taken for his mother’s treatment in December last year, the seven-member Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the case told reporters on Tuesday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times
VIJAY ASSURES WAIVER OF CROP LOANS; 15 FAINT IN HEAT AT TVK RALLY
TVK chief Vijay on Tuesday outlined his party's key poll promises ahead of the April 23 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, focusing on welfare measures for weavers, farmers and government employees, just before the chaos that triggered an abrupt cancellation of a six-kilometre roadshow, scheduled later in the same district.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
SC TELLS HOSPITAL TO PAY ₹7.4L FOR LEAVING SPONGE IN ABDOMEN
The Supreme Court has directed a Patna-based hospital to pay over ₹7.4 lakh in compensation to a woman after a surgical sponge was left inside her abdomen during a caesarean section, forcing her to undergo a second surgery and endure prolonged physical and mental trauma.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
Walking the talk on empowering women
In a few days from now, Parliament will convene for a special session — to take up amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam that will bring 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies into force from the 2029 general elections.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
250 PEOPLE FEARED MISSING AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN ANDAMAN SEA: UN
About 250 people, including children, were feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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April 15, 2026
Hindustan Times Delhi
2 accused surrender days after assaulting brigadier, arrested
Three days after a brigadier and his son were allegedly assaulted by a group of men outside their residence in southwest Delhi's Vasant Enclave in the presence of a police officer for objecting to two of their associates for drinking inside a luxury car, Delhi Police finally arrested two accused on Tuesday after they surrendered.
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