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Ukraine war: Global powers must unite for a lasting peace
3 hours, 16 minutes ago

Ukraine war: Global powers must unite for a lasting peace

Firstpost  

Proposals for short-term ceasefires and truces have come up time and again amid this turmoil. They are not answers; they are only breaks in an unending cycle of violence Millions have already been displaced, and innumerable lives have been lost in the conflict; since Russia's invasion, the UN estimates that over 14 million people have been displaced. The United States, …

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Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding
6 hours, 49 minutes ago

Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding

Live Mint  

When Norman Borlaug moved to Mexico in 1944, 60% of the wheat consumed in the country was imported. Borlaug and his team ran breeding programmes for the next 20 years, at first to improve Mexican wheat’s resistance to disease, and then to increase its yield—largely by breeding shorter plants that did not collapse under the weight of a heavily fertilised …

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Panel for more powers to CBI
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18 hours, 13 minutes ago

Panel for more powers to CBI

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary panel on Thursday highlighted severe staffing shortages in the Central Bureau of Investigation and recommended introduction of lateral entry for specialists and enacting a new law that would allow the agency to investigate cases affecting national security and integrity without state consent. In its 145th report presented in Parliament, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, …

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'Professional thief' swiped bag from senior Tory Sir David Davis during £15k crime spree at London's busiest train stations, court told
18 hours, 50 minutes ago

'Professional thief' swiped bag from senior Tory Sir David Davis during £15k crime spree at London's busiest train stations, court told

Daily Mail  

A 'professional thief' swiped a bag from senior Conservative MP Sir David Davis during a £15,000 crime spree, a court has been told. Abderrahim Mamma, 28, allegedly stole Sir David's bag at King's Cross Station on November 4 last year. The charge relating to Sir David states Mamma 'stole personal property, of a value unknown' belonging to the Tory grandee. …

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Back door censor: on the government’s SAHYOG portal
20 hours, 38 minutes ago

Back door censor: on the government’s SAHYOG portal

The Hindu  

By informing the Delhi High Court that it cannot be compelled to come on board the Union government’s SAHYOG portal, the social media platform, X, has brought to light a mechanism that could potentially be misused by the government in its attempts to curb content on the Internet. The portal, which has been conceptualised by the government to be a …

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Rahul reads speeches written by NGOs: HM
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21 hours, 52 minutes ago

Rahul reads speeches written by NGOs: HM

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, to regulate the entry of foreigners into India, curbing illegal immigration, and streamlining various immigration-related services. Union home minister Amit Shah presented the government’s position on the bill, asserting that those coming for legitimate reasons — business, education, or investment — are welcome, while those posing …

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Hearing police officer’s view must for trial courts before ordering probe into private complaints: Karnataka HC
23 hours, 21 minutes ago

Hearing police officer’s view must for trial courts before ordering probe into private complaints: Karnataka HC

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has directed that all trial courts should hear the submissions of the police officer of the jurisdictional police station before ordering registration of First Information Report and investigation by exercising power under Section 175 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita based on a private complaint registered under Section 223 of BNSS. Pointing out that the …

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Two Chennai Corporation councillors removed for abuse of power
23 hours, 37 minutes ago

Two Chennai Corporation councillors removed for abuse of power

The Hindu  

The State government on Thursday removed two councillors of Greater Chennai Corporation for abuse of powers. Councillor S.Jayapradeep of Ward 40, Tambaram Corporation, and Usilampatti Municipal chairperson Ka.Sakunthala, have also been removed, according to the government order. Eight councillors in the Greater Chennai Corporation had repiled to notice from the government’s disciplinary notices issued under Section 52 of the Tamil …

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Parliamentary panel for lateral entry in CBI; new law to probe national security cases without state consent
1 day, 3 hours ago

Parliamentary panel for lateral entry in CBI; new law to probe national security cases without state consent

The Hindu  

Flagging the shortage of candidates for deputation in the CBI, a Parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended lateral entry for specialists, while also suggesting a new law be enacted to allow the agency to probe without states' consent cases affecting national security and integrity. Investigative power without consent of states The panel said a separate, new law granting the Central Bureau …

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Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-built vehicles
1 day, 5 hours ago

Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-built vehicles

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced steep tariffs on auto imports and parts, provoking threats of retaliation from trading partners ahead of further promised trade levies next week. Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tokyo was "considering all kinds of countermeasures", while Canada's Mark Carney branded Mr. Trump's tariffs a "direct attack" on his country's workers. But Washington's levies appeared …

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Imitation game: Can Big Auto emulate Xiaomi’s EV strategy?
1 day, 5 hours ago

Imitation game: Can Big Auto emulate Xiaomi’s EV strategy?

Live Mint  

If the global auto industry wants to survive the next decade, it had better start following that maxim, and fast. All along, Xiaomi was quietly learning Apple’s most profound lesson, one BYD’s rise to dominance recently shows it learnt too: “If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product but if you focus on …

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Syria’s new leader under pressure to rein in jihadists amid rising violence
1 day, 9 hours ago

Syria’s new leader under pressure to rein in jihadists amid rising violence

The Hindu  

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. The West is watching Syria’s leaders closely to ensure they rein in the Islamist jihadists who killed hundreds of Alawites, create an inclusive government with effective institutions, maintain order in a country fractured by years of civil war and prevent a resurgence of Islamic State …

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Haryana cracks down on travel agents, passes bill to curb illegal migration
1 day, 15 hours ago

Haryana cracks down on travel agents, passes bill to curb illegal migration

India Today  

Amid a political storm over the deportation of illegal Indian immigrants by the US, the Haryana government on Wednesday enacted a law aimed at curbing travel agents' practice of sending people illegally to other countries. These illegal immigrants claimed they were lured by local travel agents, charging them huge amounts of money to help them enter the US through the …

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Hurts Muslims: Tamil Nadu passes resolution against Centre's Waqf Amendment Bill
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1 day, 15 hours ago

Hurts Muslims: Tamil Nadu passes resolution against Centre's Waqf Amendment Bill

India Today  

Tamil Nadu passed a resolution against the Union Government’s proposed amendments to the Waqf Act, with Chief Minister MK Stalin calling them a direct threat to the rights of minorities and the powers of the Waqf Board. Stalin said the amendments introduced by the BJP-led central government were aimed at weakening the Waqf Board and interfering in the administration of …

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ALEX BRUMMER: The Office for Budget Responsibility must be stripped of its powers or all our wallets will suffer
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1 day, 16 hours ago

ALEX BRUMMER: The Office for Budget Responsibility must be stripped of its powers or all our wallets will suffer

Daily Mail  

Of all the blunders Rachel Reeves has made since becoming Chancellor, none has been greater than her empowerment of the Office for Budget Responsibility. As yesterday's Spring Statement made clear, the Chancellor is now a prisoner of the OBR – a forecaster that, to make matters worse, gets its sums consistently wrong. The OBR's mistakes have been obvious ever since …

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Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returns Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill seeking clarifications
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2 days, 4 hours ago

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returns Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill seeking clarifications

The Hindu  

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has returned the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2025, saying it will lead to “interference on the powers of elected local bodies” enshrined by the 74th Amendment to the Constitution, and adding that it needs to be re-looked into. But this experiment has failed in Delhi, and a similar situation may likely to arise here too.” Mr. …

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‘Cash’ find at Delhi High Court judge’s residence: Supreme Court to list plea to file FIR
2 days, 9 hours ago

‘Cash’ find at Delhi High Court judge’s residence: Supreme Court to list plea to file FIR

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday said the Supreme Court will list a writ petition seeking a direction to the police to register a first information report and probe allegations of “huge sums of unaccounted money” found on the official residential premises of the High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, when a fire broke out on the night …

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Trump’s endless trade threats come at a growing cost
2 days, 10 hours ago

Trump’s endless trade threats come at a growing cost

Hindustan Times  

AMERICA’S ECONOMY is looking peaky. “Liberation day” for the economy will arrive on April 2nd, he proclaims, when he intends to slap hefty new tariffs on imports from all over the world. Although April’s tariffs are intended to be “reciprocal”, which means they would match those levied by other countries on American imports, the president has in recent days cast …

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Newly elected representatives must work in mission mode for cleanliness, drug de-addiction: CM
2 days, 11 hours ago

Newly elected representatives must work in mission mode for cleanliness, drug de-addiction: CM

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday appealed to newly elected public representatives of urban local bodies to rise above party politics and pledge to work in a mission mode in the decisive war against drug abuse, cleanliness drive and raising awareness under the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony …

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Disaster management bill gets House nod; Shah says no centralisation of power
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2 days, 13 hours ago

Disaster management bill gets House nod; Shah says no centralisation of power

Hindustan Times  

The Parliament on Tuesday passed the Disaster Management Bill through a voice vote, with Union home minister Amit Shah asserting that there will be no centralisation of powers or discrimination with states in handling disasters. “This bill ensures transparency, trust credibility and accountability,” Shah said, adding that the amendments to the Act take forward the fight against disaster from a …

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Parliament Passes Disaster Management Act Amendments, Amit Shah Says ‘Zero Casualties Is Our Goal’
2 days, 21 hours ago

Parliament Passes Disaster Management Act Amendments, Amit Shah Says ‘Zero Casualties Is Our Goal’

ABP News  

New Delhi, Mar 25 Parliament on Tuesday passed amendments to the Disaster Management Act, 2024, with Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that there will be no centralisation of powers or discrimination with states in handling disasters. "This bill ensures transparency, trust credibility and accountability," he said and asserted that the amendments to the Act take forward the fight against disaster …

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Trump’s Columbia Funding Halt Draws Suit From Academic Unions
2 days, 23 hours ago

Trump’s Columbia Funding Halt Draws Suit From Academic Unions

Live Mint  

Two educational unions sued the Trump administration over its withholding of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University, calling the move an illegal attempt to limit academic independence and free speech on campus. The lawsuit by the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers, filed Tuesday in New York, comes as Columbia itself has been …

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If you spot the hidden owl in this tricky image, you'll be titled optical illusion expert of the day
2 days, 23 hours ago

If you spot the hidden owl in this tricky image, you'll be titled optical illusion expert of the day

Hindustan Times  

Optical illusions have become a popular challenge for puzzle enthusiasts, providing a unique test for the mind. A optical illusion shared on X challenged viewers to spot a hidden owl among birch trees. Shared by Piyush Tiwari on X, this optical illusion shows a repeating pattern of birch trees with white bark and lush green foliage. At first glance, the …

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Trump Considers Emergency Powers To Fast-Track Tariffs, Set To Rollout On April 2: Report
3 days ago

Trump Considers Emergency Powers To Fast-Track Tariffs, Set To Rollout On April 2: Report

ABP News  

US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a two-step strategy to implement his new tariff regime, which may include invoking emergency powers to impose immediate duties on imports while formal trade investigations continue. The report, citing sources, suggested that various legal options are under review, including Section 301 investigations, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and Section 338 of the …

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