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RETURN OF ARTEFACTS MUST CUE BETTER HERITAGE CARE
NOTHER priceless piece of heritage was handed back to India last week.
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May 20, 2026
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TCS announces 6-8% average salary hike; top-rated employees see 10% increase
THE Tata Consultancy Services has rolled out salary hikes of 6-8% for employees in India, even as its staff across the company continue to report lower variable pay, tighter compensation policies and growing pressure linked to AI-led productivity targets.
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May 19, 2026
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Trucks stranded in Manipur amid Kuki, Naga blockades
AS the Manipur “hostage” crisis involving the Kuki and Naga communities continued, church leaders stepped forward to help broker peace.
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May 19, 2026
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CJI asks high courts to follow SC example, go virtual two days a week
CHIEF Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday said he had requested the chief justices of all the state high courts to conduct online hearings on Mondays and Fridays for the time being to reduce avoidable expenditure on fuels.
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May 19, 2026
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India, Europe entering golden era: PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India and Europe are entering a new “Golden Era” in their relationship as India and Norway elevated bilateral ties to a Green Strategic Partnership, deepening cooperation across clean energy, maritime industries, digital technology, healthcare and emerging technologies amid global instability.
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May 19, 2026
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FLOSSING, MOUTHWASH CAN'T REPLACE BRUSHING
RUSHING removes plaque from the surface of the tooth and is irreplaceable by flossing or mouthwash.
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May 19, 2026
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SP Group secures ₹27,000 crore refinance from overseas creditors
THE debt-laden Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group, which owns an 18.6% stake in Tata Sons, has secured a refinancing deal with its overseas creditors led by Davidson Kempner, Farallon Capital and Cerberus Capital, among others, for its ₹27,000-crore debt maturing by the end of the month.
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May 19, 2026
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SLEEP-WALKING IN A POLICY DESERT
ASHINGTON Irving's ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is about a man who wakes up after a 20-year nap to find that the American Revolution has happened and British King George III's portrait in the village inn has been replaced with that of George Washington.
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May 19, 2026
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Tourism looks up in J&K, trekkers keep away
THOUGH tourism is gradually rebounding in Kashmir post last year’s Pahalgam attack, adventure tourism is struggling as the trekking routes in the Valley remain off-limits, affecting the livelihood of hundreds who depend on it.
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May 19, 2026
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Big train mishaps down by over 90%: Railways
WITH safety remaining the top priority of Indian Railways, consequential train accidents have declined sharply over the past decade compared with the period before 2014-15.
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May 19, 2026
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BJP wants Punjab to emulate Naidu, offer rewards to couples for more kids
WITH the aim of reversing Punjab’s declining demographic trend and falling fertility rate, former bureaucrat and Punjab BJP state general secretary Dr Jagmohan Singh Raju has shot off a communiqué to CM Bhagwant Mann to announce financial incentives for young Sikh couples on the lines of the Andhra Pradesh model for having four children.
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May 19, 2026
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Govt to monitor state of highways, acquire survey vehicles to find potholes
AFTER focusing on improving the quality of highway construction, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has now shifted its attention towards their long-term maintenance and protection.
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May 18, 2026
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Army airlifts donor’s kidney to transplant in soldier’s wife
THE wife of a soldier received a new lease of life after the Command Hospital, Chandimandir, in collaboration with the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences at Rohtak, successfully facilitated the retrieval and rapid air transportation of a kidney from a brain-dead road accident victim.
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May 18, 2026
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Teen health centres short of counsellors: Unicef
INDIA’S Adolescent Friendly Health Centres (AFHCs), which provide clinical and counselling services on adolescent health, ranging from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) to nutrition, substance abuse, injuries and violence, including gender-based violence, have overburdened staff and need dedicated medical officers (MOs) and full-time adolescent health (AH) counsellors, an assessment by UNICEF has found.
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May 18, 2026
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Country’s first AI centre to study human-elephant conflict in Palamu soon
THE country’s first human-elephant conflict research centre is set to be established in Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Jharkhand.
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May 18, 2026
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Murmu okays ordinance to raise top court bench strength, new count at 38
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu promulgated an ordinance on Sunday raising the number of Supreme Court judges to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
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May 18, 2026
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Prudential plc to acquire 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance from Bharti Ent
BHARTI ENTERPRISES on Sunday announced that UK-based insurer Prudential plc has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance Company Ltd from Bharti Life Ventures Pvt Ltd and other selling shareholders, marking a significant consolidation move in India’s fast-growing life insurance sector.
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May 18, 2026
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Venezuela govt says it deported Maduro ally Alex Saab to US
VENEZUELA’ government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolas Maduro facing several criminal investigations in the US less than three years after the businessman was pardoned by former US President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap.
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May 18, 2026
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53 pilgrim deaths in Char Dham this season, Kedarnath shrine leads at 28
AS many as 53 pilgrims have lost their lives during the world-renowned Char Dham Yatra so far in Uttarakhand this season, with 28 deaths occurring at the Kedarnath shrine alone, official reports from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.
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May 18, 2026
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‘Large-cap funds should continue to form the core of most portfolios’
AS equity market volatility peaks amid rising geopolitical uncertainty and weakening macroeconomic indicators, retail mutual fund investors are once again confronting familiar questions around risk, returns and long-term wealth creation.
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May 18, 2026
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FMCG companies eye fresh price hikes
DAILY essential products such as soaps, biscuits and beverages are likely to witness upward revision in prices following the price hike in petrol and diesel by ₹3 each last Friday.
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May 18, 2026
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Ayodhya’s Ram Katha Museum to get 3 palm-leaf Ramayana manuscripts
INTERNATIONAL Ram Katha Museum (IRKM) in Ayodhya is set to acquire three rare palm-leaf manuscripts of Ramayana selected by the expert committee set up for the purpose.
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May 18, 2026
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Everest’s record-breaking Sherpas script history on the peak again
NEPAL’s mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa made history on Sunday by breaking his own world record for the maximum number of ascents of Mt Everest as he scaled the world’s highest peak for the 32nd time.
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May 18, 2026
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14 new faces in Satheesan's 21-member Kerala cabinet
KERALA chief minister-designate V D Satheesan on Sunday announced the names of those who will be part of his new cabinet ahead of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for Monday 10 am in Thiruvananthapuram.
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May 18, 2026
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Close shave for 68 after Rajdhani fire
Two coaches of Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi train catch fire near Ratlam early Sunday; Railway orders probe
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May 18, 2026
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One Indian killed, three hurt in drone attack on Moscow
A massive overnight drone assault launched by Ukraine on Sunday killed one Indian national and injured three others in Russia’s Moscow region as the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv witnessed one of its most intense aerial escalations in recent months.
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May 18, 2026
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Domestic market trails global equities
Taiwan and South Korean markets surged 100-200% in a year, while domestic benchmarks declined 10-12%
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May 18, 2026
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EQUITY INVESTING & RISK TAKING ABILITY
NOT every investor has the ability to take Risk and even among those who can, the appetite is often limited.
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May 18, 2026
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GRACE OF SKANDA
ADHIKA Skanda Sashti falls on May 21, and brings sweet thoughts of Murugan, meaning ‘the beautiful one’ in Tamil.
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May 18, 2026
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J&K villagers clean spring as green tradition
IN the scenic village of Panzath in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, a centuries-old tradition continues to unite communities for environmental conservation to clean a natural spring named Panzath.
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