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CBI chief gets another extension
The Union government on Wednesday extended the tenure of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Praveen Sood by one more year, beyond his current term that was to end on May 24, according to a government order.
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May 14, 2026
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K’taka allows students to wear faith-based symbols in schools
The Congress government in Karnataka on Wednesday issued orders allowing students to wear limited traditional and faith-based attire such as hijabs and turbans along with their prescribed uniforms in schools and pre-university colleges across the state.
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May 14, 2026
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In first step after PM’s appeal, gold, silver duty raised to 15%
The government on Wednesday raised customs duty on precious metals including gold and silver to 15% from 6% to curb their imports and save foreign exchange for essentials such as energy and fertilizers amid a protracted war in West Asia that has disrupted global energy and fertiliser supply chains and resulted in a spike in oil prices.
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May 14, 2026
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Mitigating pain from the war
Managing the economic fallout of the war calls for, among other things, clear communication to the market to assuage investor sentiment
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May 14, 2026
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Trump says no need for China's help to end war in Middle East
US President Donald Trump has said he does not expect to need China's help to end the war in Iran and ease Tehran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, in remarks made before he arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a summit with President Xi Jinping.
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May 14, 2026
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SUVENDU PICKS BHABANIPUR OVER NANDIGRAM ASSEMBLY SEAT
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday took oath at the state legislative assembly as the lawmaker from Kolkata's Bhabanipur, announcing that he will vacate his traditional bastion of Nandigram in East Midnapore district, which he won for the third consecutive time.
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May 14, 2026
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NEET’s shift to computer-based testing faces single-shift hurdle
More than a year after a government-appointed reform panel made a “strong case” for moving NEET-UG to computer-based testing — describing it as the “sure way forward” against paper leaks — the transition remains stalled, caught between NTA’s infrastructure constraints and a health ministry condition that has proved impossible to meet for a test administered to 2.3 million takers: that any online exam must be conducted in a single shift.
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May 14, 2026
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TVK wins floor test, AIADMK falls apart
Vijay’s party sails through with 144 votes, surpassing the 118 needed; DMK walks out, BJP abstains
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May 14, 2026
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85.20% pass Class 12, lowest in 7 yrs
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the Class 12 board examination results for 2026, with the overall pass percentage dropping to 85.20% from 88.39% last year, even as nearly 76,000 more students appeared for the exams.
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May 14, 2026
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‘NEET cancellation short-term pain for long-term reform’
National Testing Agency (NTA) director general Abhishek Singh spoke to Hindustan Times a day after the agency cancelled the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Undergraduate courses (NEET-UG) 2026, a decision that came after at least 120 questions in a “guess paper” —a compilation of probable questions prepared by subject experts and teachers based on previous exam trends— were found to overlap with the May 3 exam paper.
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May 14, 2026
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TURKEY, QATAR MAY JOIN SAUDI DEFENCE PACT, SIGNALS PAK
Pakistan has indicated that Turkey and Qatar may join the nuclear-armed nation’s mutual defence cooperation pact with Saudi Arabia as the US-Iran war reshapes security alignment in the Middle East and South Asia.
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May 14, 2026
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Saudi Arabia conducted covert attacks on Iran as war widened
Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublished strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said.
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May 14, 2026
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Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and the gains of beginning well in IPL
The Gujarat Titans openers have scored heavily, putting consistency over all-out aggression
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May 14, 2026
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4, including serving Army subedar, held for robbing 72-yr-old
Delhi Police has arrested four people, including a serving Army personnel and a woman, for allegedly abducting, assaulting and robbing a 72-year-old chartered accountant from his Sainik Farms residence after luring him into a honey-trap scheme, police said on Wednesday.
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May 14, 2026
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After Bengal, citizenship politics takes a new turn
Citizenship politics is entering a phase that is at once less predictable and more communal
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May 14, 2026
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3 church leaders killed in Manipur ambush, triggers shutdowns
Three senior leaders of the Thadou Baptist Association (TBA) were killed and four others injured on Wednesday when armed militants ambushed two vehicles on the road between Kangpokpi and Churachandpur in Manipur's Kangpokpi district, triggering shutdowns across key routes and deepening the crisis in the ethnic strife-torn state.
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May 14, 2026
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HC stays ED action on Deepak Kochhar's assets worth ₹78 cr
The Bombay High Court has granted interim relief to businessman Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank chief executive Chanda Kochhar, and stayed a tribunal's order upholding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) attachment of his properties worth ₹78 crore.
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May 13, 2026
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UAE retaliated against Iran, hit refinery: Report
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) carried out attacks on Iran early last month, sources told the Wall Street Journal, revealing previously unknown participation in the war by the Gulf country.
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May 13, 2026
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Hantavirus outbreak and the anxieties of our times
The outbreak calls for monitoring and coordinated response — not panic. It is also a reminder to continue investing in strong disease surveillance, laboratory capacity, and timely communication
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May 13, 2026
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'Govt will have to take call on fuel prices hike'
At some stage the government has to take a view on raising prices of petroleum products such as petrol and diesel, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said, laying the ground for a fuel price hike that now seems imminent.
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May 13, 2026
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CPI inflation rises to 3.48% in Apr on food price gains
India’s headline retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) rose mildly to 3.48% in April, from 3.40% in March, according to data released by the National Statistics Office on Tuesday.
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May 13, 2026
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Gaps galore in setting process
The cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 has renewed scrutiny of the National Testing Agency's (NTA) examination architecture — not just its question-setting process, but the full chain from paper preparation to printing to last-mile delivery, each of which has, at different points, been identified asa leak vector.
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May 13, 2026
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PCOS now PMOS: Disease renamed after global effort
POLYENDOCRINE METABOLIC OVARIAN SYNDROME BETTER REFLECTS THE CONDITION’S WIDE-RANGING HEALTH IMPACT, SAY EXPERTS
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May 13, 2026
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Govt rolls out $1.5 billion maritime insurance pool
The pool will enable India to strengthen sovereign control over maritime trade
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May 13, 2026
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Android to get major Gemini AI upgrade
NEW DELHI: Google plans a massive overhaul of its Android operating system, deeply embedding its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) into third-party applications.
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May 13, 2026
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INTRODUCE LOCAL LANGUAGE IN ALL SCHOOLS: SC TO RAJ
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Rajasthan government to formulate a policy for introducing Rajasthani as a subject in all schools across the state in a phased and progressive manner, underscoring that the constitutional vision of mother-tongue education and the National Education Policy, 2020 cannot be allowed to remain “dormant for ‘want of executive action”.
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May 13, 2026
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Rana stars as B'desh down Pakistan in thrilling first Test
Pace bowler Nahid Rana claimed five wickets as Bangladesh trumped Pakistan by 104 runsina rain-hit first Test on Tuesday after a thrilling fifth day of batting collapses.
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May 13, 2026
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Indian banks resume bullion imports after GST clarity
MUMBAI: Indian banks have resumed gold and silver imports after a hiatus that stretched for more than a month by agreeing to pay a 3% customs levy that earlier prompted lenders to halt shipments, trade and government sources told Reuters.
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May 13, 2026
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NEET mess: NTA orders retest as CBI probes leak
Second NEET-UG row in 2 years
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May 13, 2026
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'INDIA NEEDS DOMESTIC RISK CAPITAL FOR SELF-RELIANCE'
Finance industry veteran Uday Kotak on Tuesday said India needs to reduce its dependence on foreign capital and focus on building a strong domestic pool of long-term risk capital to achieve true economic self-reliance.
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