Month: August 2026

CWG high fuels calls to make Haryana co-host for 2030 games

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CWG high fuels calls to make Haryana co-host for 2030 games

Haryana MPs in New Delhi on Tuesday demanding that the State co-host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Haryana’s dominance at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Glasgow has sparked a fresh demand from sportspersons and political leaders across party lines to make the State a co-host of the 2030 CWG scheduled to be held…

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Why has FSSAI issued prohibition-of-sale orders against liquor makers? | Explained

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Why has FSSAI issued prohibition-of-sale orders against liquor makers? | Explained

The story so far: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) initiated enforcement action (prohibition-of-sale orders) on August 2, 2026 against several liquor makers, accusing them of two main violations.  One is allegedly adding flavour compounds that recreate a drink’s own natural taste instead of allowing those characteristics to develop through distillation and…

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2026 LIVE updates: State Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson to present TVK government’s maiden Budget

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2026 LIVE updates: State Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson to present TVK government’s maiden Budget

Tamil Nadu budget: Ahead of TVK’s maiden budget, a primer on Tamil Nadu’s finances As the new Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay gears up to present its first budget on Wednesday, here is a look back at the State’s finances, with charts explaining the changes over the years, how Tamil…

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Palestinians hold mass funeral for 112 bodies finally recovered from a 2023 Gaza strike

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Palestinians hold mass funeral for 112 bodies finally recovered from a 2023 Gaza strike

Palestinians gathered on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) for a mass funeral of more than 100 bodies finally recovered from a deadly Israeli strike in Gaza in 2023. More than 300 people were killed on November 22, 2023, weeks into the war with Hamas, when warplanes flattened a residential block in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood. Around…

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CM to launch Sanjeevani pilot project in ASR district on August 22

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CM calls Horatti, suggests him to resign

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will be visiting Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district on August 22, where he is scheduled to launch Sanjeevani pilot project. In this regard, District Collector T. Nishanthi chaired a meeting on Tuesday to review the arrangements for the programme. The meeting was attended by Joint Collector Tirumani Sripooja, ITDA Project…

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Lebanon and Israel hold new round of direct talks in Rome

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Lebanon and Israel hold new round of direct talks in Rome

A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, one of the first pilot zones, shows Israeli soldiers standing on the roof of a residential building in the nearby village of Zawtar al-Charkiyah, on August 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Lebanon and Israel held a fresh round of U.S.-sponsored talks in Rome…

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M.P BJP forms two-member panel to review Datia bypoll defeat, dissolves local unit

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M.P BJP forms two-member panel to review Datia bypoll defeat, dissolves local unit

The committee was set up shortly after a meeting of senior leaders at Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s residence in Bhopal.  | Photo Credit: ANI The Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) evening disbanded its Datia district unit as part of disciplinary action following recommendations from a two-member review panel constituted…

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6,868 medical camps, 18,000 surveillance teams deployed in Gujarat after floods

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6,868 medical camps, 18,000 surveillance teams deployed in Gujarat after floods

A tractor wades through a partially submerged area after heavy rainfall at Limbayat Mithi Khadi, in Surat. | Photo Credit: ANI The Gujarat health department has organised 6,868 medical camps, deployed more than 18,000 surveillance teams and administered preventive medicines to over 7.61 lakh people in flood-affected districts as part of an extensive drive to…

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U.S. stocks leap toward record as profits keep piling up, oil prices ease

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U.S. stocks leap toward record as profits keep piling up, oil prices ease

The U.S. stock market is rallying toward a record on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) as companies keep piling up profits and oil prices ease. The S&P 500 climbed 1.7% and is on track to top its all-time high set a couple months ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 966 points, or 1.8%, to its…

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