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Fuel retailers losing ₹100/L on diesel
Fuel retailers are losing ₹20 per litre on petrol and ₹100 a litre on diesel as state-run firms continue to shield consumers from oil price volatility by holding pump rates, an oil ministry official said on Thursday.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Record turnout, rhetorics set stage for phase 2 polls
As polling for the first phase of the two-phase West Bengal assembly elections concluded with a record 92.35% turnout on Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are gearing up for the second phase, with the remaining 142 seats set to vote on April 29.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Bypolls: 58% turnout in Pawar bastion Baramati
Bypoll to Maharashtra’s Baramati assembly constituency, where deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sunetra Pawar is in the fray, recorded a provisional voter turnout of 58.17%, while the Rahuri seat recorded 55.87% and Gujarat’s Umreth 59.04%, as per data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) till 11 pm on Thursday.
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April 24, 2026
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Indian police: Everyone’s favourite punching bag
The Supreme Court passed directions for police reforms in 2006. The directions have not been implemented, but it is the police, and even bureaucrats, who face the flak
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April 24, 2026
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Amid the global churn, flying into turbulence
Over the past few weeks, several news reports have detailed the position in which SpiceJet finds itself.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Record turnouts mark Bengal Ph-1, TN voting
Tamil Nadu and 152 constituencies in West Bengal registered record voting on Thursday in assembly polls that were largely free of violence, a trend reflecting mass deletions in electoral rolls and prompting the ruling and opposition sides in both states to claim victory.
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April 24, 2026
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India’s private sector output accelerates in April: Flash PMI
Nearly two months after the outbreak of the war in West Asia upended business activity across India, there are signs that private sector activity may be seeing a tentative rebound after witnessing a sharp fall in growth last month.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Jawa, Yezdi maker bets on new bikes for growth
Classic Legends Pvt. is betting on new products to sustain its recent growth momentum after years of muted sales, as it seeks to contest Royal Enfield’s dominance in India’s premium motorcycle market.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
'INAPPROPRIATE, IN POOR TASTE': MEA SLAMS POST SHARED BY TRUMP
India's foreign ministry on Thursday called remarks referring to Indians as living in a “hellhole” — carried in a post shared by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account — “obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste”.
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April 24, 2026
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'India remains tough nut to crack on agriculture'
India remains “a tough nut to crack” on agriculture but the two sides can find mutually agreed common ground, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told a congressional committee, as an Indian trade delegation led by chief negotiator Darpan Jain was in Washington for a three-day round of face-to-face talks—the first in six months.
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April 24, 2026
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SC stays Amit Jogi's murder conviction
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April 24, 2026
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RBI sees growth, inflation risks from Iran war
Escalating geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions stemming from the US-Iran war are casting a long shadow over the global and local economic outlook, even as a temporary ceasefire offers short-term relief, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its April 2026 bulletin.
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April 24, 2026
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₹3.12L-cr property deals under I-T dept scanner
NUMBERS, WHICH LIKELY POINT TO ‘BLACK’ MONEY , WERE SIGNIFICANT IN GURUGRAM, CHANDIGARH, FARIDABAD, SONEPAT, KARNAL
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April 24, 2026
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Samson classic piles on the agony for Mumbai
The keeper-batter scores an unbeaten 101 off 54 balls, almost single-handedly guides CSK to their 3rd win in 7 games
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
2nd CBSE Class 10 exams to begin from May 15
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday announced the schedule for the second board examinations for Class 10, to be held from May 15 to May 21
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
INFOSYS BEATS EXPECTATIONS, FLAGS RISING THREAT FROM Al
Infosys Ltd beat analysts’ expectations as it grew at its fastest pace in three years in the last fiscal year, even as it flagged the potential impact of artificial intelligence (Al) technologies.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Naravane: I enjoyed writing my memoir, but I’ve moved on now
Former army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday said he enjoyed writing his unpublished memoir Four Stars of Destiny, a book that triggered a political firestorm and disrupted Parliament in early February, and hoped the government would clear the book for publication “sooner or later.
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April 24, 2026
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HC SEEKS T'GANA POLICY AFTER PATIENT SENT TO MORTUARY ALIVE
The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government to place on record a “comprehensive policy on the provision of medical care, particularly for patients suffering from serious illnesses,” after aman was mistakenly shifted to amortuary while alive at a government hospital, allegedly following denial of treatment for lack of an Aadhaar number.
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April 24, 2026
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Trump’s ‘hellhole’ jibe: India says comments in poor taste
India’s foreign ministry on Thursday called remarks referring to Indians as living in a “hellhole” — carried ina post shared by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account — “obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste”.
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April 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Shareholders approve $81 bn Warner-Paramount merger
An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line.
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April 24, 2026
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THE Asia rankings: IISc drops 5 spots, remains only Indian varsity in top 50
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has emerged as India’s top-performing institution in the Asia University Rankings 2026 released by Times Higher Education (THE) on Thursday, securing the 43rd position, though it slipped from 38th last year.
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April 24, 2026
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What Delhi’s TOD policy gets right, what it does not
Transit-oriented development (TOD) rests on three fundamentals: Density, diversity, and design.
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April 23, 2026
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Real estate boom pushes hills to the edge
An unregulated construction surge is endangering Mussoorie. Despite repeated court interventions, buildings mushroom unchecked, raising the risks of landslides and lasting environmental damage
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April 23, 2026
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Can IPL’s legacy coaches survive the test of time?
Stephen Fleming and Mahela Jayawardene have been the longest serving head coaches in the league so far
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April 23, 2026
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Iran oil tankers go dark to sail past US blockade
At least two fully laden Iranian tankers have sailed out of the Persian Gulf and past a US blockade this week, part of a flotilla that has made its way around the warships and ferried roughly 9 million barrels of oil to the market.
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April 23, 2026
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Batting issues consign LSG to yet another defeat
An inconsistent batting continued to haunt Lucknow Super Giants as they suffered their third consecutive home defeat in the IPL, their fifth overall loss this season in seven games, going down to Rajasthan Royals by 40 runs here on Wednesday.
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April 23, 2026
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Iran attacks 3 ships in Strait day after ceasefire extended
Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway.
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Making health care affordable
The government must expand public health care network as well as insurance coverage
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April 23, 2026
Hindustan Times Amritsar
Bihar to distribute cooking coal via PDS
In a first-ofits-kind move, the Bihar government has decided to distribute coal for domestic cooking through the public distribution system (PDS), seeking to cushion low-income households from rising LPG costs and supply disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict.
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April 23, 2026
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NCERT Class 9 maths book puts ancient India in focus
A new Class 9 mathematics textbook by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) calls the Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation the first systematic use of grid-based thinking, says Ujjayini (Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh) marked the central longitude meridian in the ancient world, and credits the Rigveda for setting the stage for the modern number system.
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