Month: August 2026

Auto retail sales in July 2026 surge 26% YoY to 25.91 lakh units

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Auto retail sales in July 2026 surge 26% YoY to 25.91 lakh units

Commercial Vehicle retails at 99,666 units grew 24.04% YoY — the highest July ever, rural again led decisively, growing 29.37% YoY against Urban’s 19.36%. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters In July 2026, the Indian automobile industry retailed 25,91,138 units, up 25.89% YoY, making it the strongest July growth in the series outside COVID-distorted base…

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2026: TVK government merely changed names of DMK’s schemes, criticises Udhayanidhi Stalin

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2026: TVK government merely changed names of DMK’s schemes, criticises Udhayanidhi Stalin

Udhayanidhi Stalin at the Tamil Nadu Assembly in Chennai on August 5, 2026 | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) charged the only change ushered in by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led (TVK) government was the renaming of schemes introduced by the previous DMK government. Talking to…

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Come 15th, we’ll be ready with all the answers: Gambhir

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Come 15th, we’ll be ready with all the answers: Gambhir

From left, India’s captain Shubman Gill, head coach Gautam Gambhir and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak. File | Photo Credit: AP Their home Test run in recent past may not have been particularly impressive but India head coach Gautam Gambhir has asserted that his team will be ready with all the answers when the two-Test series…

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Bihar model schools makeover: Principals vow to follow renaming, repainting directives

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Bihar model schools makeover: Principals vow to follow renaming, repainting directives

In view of the Bihar government’s recent decision to repaint and rename all 551 model schools from Classes 9-12 in all blocks of the State as “Saraswati Vidya Niketan”, the schools have started painting the exterior walls with the instructed paint of “sunrise” colour — a shade that closely resembles the saffron associated with the…

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Vijay government’s debut Budget strikes a balance between welfare and fiscal prudence

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Vijay government’s debut Budget strikes a balance between welfare and fiscal prudence

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson presents the maiden budget of the TVK-led coalition government in the Legislative Assembly, in Chennai on Wednesday | Photo Credit: ANI The debut Budget of the C. Joseph Vijay-headed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led coalition government, presented by Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson on Wednesday (August 5,…

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Yakshagana entering formal academic sphere a welcome move: Patla Satish Shetty

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Yakshagana entering formal academic sphere a welcome move: Patla Satish Shetty

Patla Sathish Shetty, Yakshagana Bhagavata. | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS Eminent Yakshagana Bhagavata Patla Satish Shetty has said curriculum for Yakshagana will not affect the freedom or style of the traditional art; but it is just a framework. One should welcome the fact that Yakshagana, that has a history of centuries, is now entering the…

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‘The Forgotten Atelier’ chronicles the overlooked masters of Raja Ravi Varma’s era

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‘The Forgotten Atelier’ chronicles the overlooked masters of Raja Ravi Varma’s era

When thinking of art in Kerala, the name that usually springs to mind is Raja Ravi Varma. But the region has a richer artistic heritage featuring everything from mural paintings to Deccani miniatures. Sharat Sunder Rajeev, whose first book on the ivory carving tradition of Travancore was published by the Kerala Council for Historical Research,…

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Landslips kill at least 4 in northern Philippines

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Landslips kill at least 4 in northern Philippines

Landslips in the Philippines killed four people, authorities said on Thursday (August 6, 2026), as heavy rains driven by a tropical depression raked the country’s north and forced school closures. The archipelago nation’s main island Luzon has been battered by heavy rains over the past four days. Government offices and schools were ordered closed in…

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Telangana CM to launch new ration cards distribution on August 15

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Telangana CM to launch new ration cards distribution on August 15

Laminated ration cards which are size of debit cards, would be distributed to beneficiaries in Telangana from August 15, 2026. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF Telangana Government would launch the distribution of 1.05 crore laminated Public Distribution System Ration Cards on August 15, 2026, on the occasion…

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