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File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day with gains of just 3 paise at 95.70 against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (August 20, 2026), as the support from the weaker dollar index was negated by elevated crude oil prices. Forex traders said…
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CM N. Rangasamy garlands the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, in Puducherry on Thursday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Puducherry Chief Minister and All India N.R. Congress founder N. Rangasamy skipped the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Mamallapuram in Tamil…
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There’s nearly half a world between India and the U.S., geographically speaking. You knew that, didn’t you? That means that our time-zones are kind of yin-yang, with most Americans sleeping when we go about our daily duties, and vice versa. If you know folks who work along with American counterparts on a daily basis and…
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Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, August 17, 2026: Minister for IT and Education Nara Lokesh addressing the Assembly in Amaravati on Monday. PHOTO: G. N. Rao / The Hindu (TV Grab). | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) unanimously passed four key Bills aimed at reforming higher education, easing…
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on August 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP South Korea said North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off the North’s east coast, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea’s military…
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Sajjan Kumar resigned from Congress after his 2018 conviction in 1984 anti-Sikh killings case. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life sentence in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh killings in Delhi, died on Thursday (August 20, 2026) in Safdarjung Hospital, sources told The Hindu. Sajjan Kumar was sentenced…
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Bangladesh’s presidential election got under way on Thursday, with lawmakers voting to elect the country’s 23rd president in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The voting, which will continue till 5 p.m. local time, is taking place in the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament), with 349 lawmakers eligible to cast their ballots. The…
Satkosia Tiger reserve forest area. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Odisha government has constituted a high-level inquiry committee to examine the relocation of villages from the Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR), following allegations by residents that they were forcibly evicted from their ancestral villages despite having coexisted harmoniously with wildlife for decades. The committee headed…
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Anyone waiting for municipal approval of a building plan may wonder why a local body should regulate construction on private land. In the Madras Presidency, such powers were formalised under the Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919. After Independence, the first Conference of State Ministers on Town and Country Planning in 1960 gave impetus to…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Max Verstappen signed a contract extension with Red Bull to the end of 2030 on Thursday (August 20, 2026), ending speculation about the four-time world champion’s near-term Formula One future. The 28-year-old already had a contract to the end of 2028, but with break clauses offering…
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