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The whats & hows of digital data protection regulations
THE Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has notified the Digital Personal Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, India’s first law to safeguard data online.
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November 16, 2025
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Mind games by Nitish before 10th term shot
A day after the NDA registered a stunning landslide victory in the Bihar elections, there was no doubt in anybody’s mind that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will get a record 10th term at the government’s helm.
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November 16, 2025
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Finding Light in Darkest Frames
Tannishtha Chatterjee talks about why indie films must be free from market forces and how she continues to have a positive view of life
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November 16, 2025
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Victory at the cost of fiscal health?
Freebies announced by govt in runup to Bihar polls may cost state exchequer ₹40k cr
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November 16, 2025
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An Odyssey in Print
For two decades, T Venkanna’s voice has carved a unique space in contemporary Indian art, confronting taboos while remaining rooted in cultural memory.
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November 16, 2025
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US exempts agri products from import tariffs
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced to remove US tariffs on several commodities like beef, coffee, tropical fruits and others.
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November 16, 2025
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SC will hear plea seeking to ensure no PG seats in med colleges remain vacant
THE Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking direction to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to devise a mechanism so that no postgraduate seats go vacant in pre-clinical and para-clinical branches across colleges.
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November 16, 2025
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Being Human
In an era when talk shows often chase controversy or gloss, The Pooja Bhatt Show stands out for its honesty and depth.
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November 16, 2025
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Two persons killed in separate incidents in city
TWO people were killed in separate incidents in Delhi, police said on Saturday.
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November 16, 2025
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Trump cuts ties with long-time MAGA ally Taylor
US President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene “‘Wacky’ Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs.”
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November 16, 2025
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Badoni & Co face away test against Rajasthan
WITH three draws and one loss so far, Delhi are currently languishing at sixth spot in Group D of the Ranji Trophy.
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November 16, 2025
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Mothers whose passion did not fade with time
CHITRA, Jyothi, and Kancha-na—their mothers in their fifties proved that passion does not fade with time but grows deeper.
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November 16, 2025
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Erigaisi rejects draw offer, beats Aronian
COMING into the World Cup, Arjun Erigaisi was not on firm footing.
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November 16, 2025
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Mann cabinet okays farmhouse policy for de-listed Punjab lands
Move to ‘rescue’ influential landowners
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November 16, 2025
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Clamour in Canada to call extortion an act of terror gains momentum
IN the face of unabated extortion calls affecting the legal community in British Columbia (BC), the lawyers have demanded that the Canadian federal government classify extortion asa terrorism offence under the Criminal Code.
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November 16, 2025
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PM10 largely driving city's pollution surge, 62 hotspots identified: Sirsa
DELHI Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday said the capital is witnessing high pollution levels mainly due to PM10 emissions from construction activity, dusty roads and traffic congestion, and that the government is intensifying efforts to identify and address hotspots.
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November 16, 2025
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Saraswati claims threat to life in jail, court seeks report
CHAITANYANANDA Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing 16 students at a private institute in southwest Delhi, claimed before a Delhi court that his life was under threat inside Tihar Jail.
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November 16, 2025
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India flags vested interests in UNSC anti-terror panels
INDIA has flagged United Nations Security Council member with “vested interests” chairing subsidiary bodies, in an oblique reference to Pakistan co-chairing the counter-terrorism panel, citing conflicts of interest, in an oblique reference to Pakistan.
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November 16, 2025
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RAHUL’S REIGN OF RELENTLESS DEFEATS
It began not with a whisper, but with a political detonation across the Gangetic plains. Last week, Bihar, always a keen weathervane for shifting political winds, delivered a verdict so mortifying for the Congress that even its most seasoned apologists struggled to dress it up. Contesting 61 seats, the party staggered out with a miserable six. It wasn’t a defeat—it was a spectacle of collapse. And at its centre, as always, stood Rahul Gandhi, the prudish prince of a shrinking empire, presiding over the most dramatic political implosion in the history of a once-dominant national party.
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November 16, 2025
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Human sacrifice of 17-day-old in Raj stokes storm
IN a shocking case of human sacrifice, four aunts of a 17-day-old boy reportedly killed the infant in Jodhpur on Friday in what appears to be superstitious ritual.
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November 16, 2025
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TN to oppose incentive battles among states for attracting investment
TAMIL Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa, reacting to the decision of South Korean footwear major Hwaseung Enterprises to move its proposed investment in non-leather footwear manufacturing from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh, said on Saturday that the state will resist the temptation to join the incentive battle among Indian states.
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November 16, 2025
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'Shahdara Shooters' free meal plan lands in soup
FOUR people, including three minors, have been arrested for allegedly firing outside a restaurant in Jhilmil Industrial area in East Delhi, officials said on Saturday.
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November 16, 2025
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Corbett vultures fly 1,000 km for food: Study
IN a remarkable display of endurance, vultures native to Uttarakhand’s famed Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) are undertaking massive migratory journeys, travelling up to 1,000 kilometres in search of food, according to a joint study with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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November 16, 2025
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Lokpal paves way for CBI charge sheet against MP in cash-for-query case
THE Lokpal has granted its nod to the CBI to file a chargesheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra within four weeks for her involvement ina cash-for-query case.
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November 16, 2025
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MCD gets ₹175 cr for waste disposal, more funds soon
THE Delhi government is making every effort to strengthen sanitation in the national capital and has provided a special assistance of ₹175 crore to the MCD for garbage disposal, Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood said on Saturday.
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November 16, 2025
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Babur and the Blunders of Bias
In an attempt to give a historical account of the Mughal ruler, the narrative confuses polemic as an exercise in history
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November 16, 2025
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Iran confirms detaining oil tanker 'with illegal load'
TRAN on Saturday confirmed seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over violations including carrying an illegal consignment, state media reported.
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November 16, 2025
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Heavy rainfall likely in TN due to low-pressure: IMD
TAMIL Nadu is bracing for an unusually intense phase of the northeast monsoon, with a low-pressure area having formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal off the Sri Lanka coast.
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November 16, 2025
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27-yr-old from Bengal 'gave' OTPs to K'taka call centre in voter theft case
THE Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Aland voter theft case has started the interrogation of 27-year old Bapi Adya, who was arrested from a village in Nadia district of West Bengal on November 12.
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November 16, 2025
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Ex-minister got Regional Ring Road alignment changed: Kavitha
ALLEGING that the alignment of the Regional Ring Road (RRR) was changed to save thousands of acres of lands belonging to former ministers T Harish Rao and Gangula Kalamakar, MLC K Kavitha on Saturday claimed that “prominent leaders in the BRS accumulated huge assets by misguiding former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao”.
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