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The All India Students’ Association (AISA) on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against the Delhi University’s requirement for candidates to submit an indemnity affidavit and parental surety bond of ₹1 lakh to contest the university’s students’ union (DUSU) election scheduled for September 18. The DUSU Election Committee has circulated an affidavit for 2026-27…
The Fed has missed its long-term 2% target for inflation for more than five years, and U.S. households have been battered by the high prices. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday (September 2, 2025) flagged that while the country’s general economic outlook was positive, heightened uncertainty due to high energy…
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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta interacting with citizens during a ‘Jan Sunwai’ event at her camp office in Civil Lines on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi Cabinet has approved the Delhi Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2026 to bring “fundamental changes” to the process of obtaining approvals, registrations, licences and other clearances to set…
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The Edayar industrial stretch on the banks of the river Periyar near Kochi on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The inspections carried out by the Environmental Surveillance Centre of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in Eloor here to check the efficiency of odour control systems in bone meal units, chicken waste…
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While warning that breaching the 1.5°C global warming limit would bring irreversible losses that no adaptation initiatives could undo, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), for the first time, set out a detailed “overshoot, peak and decline” pathway. This is a route under which the world overshoots the 2015 Paris…
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India-China boundary talks suggest movement, but hard questions remain over strategic costs and concessions Source link
The U.S. Senate recently passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, imposing sanctions and authorising additional tariffs and other restrictions related to Russia. Most concerning is a provision authorising tariffs of up to 100% on countries among the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or natural gas if they…
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Since the 1960s, India has developed a balancing-act habit: between keeping food prices affordably low for consumers and assuring farmers of remunerative prices, with the state’s interventions focused on managing this volatility in the short term. This is also why the government banned onion exports from December 2023 to May 2024, then imposed a $550/tonne…
The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) has taken disciplinary action against its employees for overcharging customers at liquor outlets. It has suspended 67 employees for selling liquor above the prescribed Maximum Retail Price (MRP). The crackdown has covered all major regions, with employees from the Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem, and Coimbatore regions among those…
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There should be a word for what Roger Federer did on a tennis court, because “played” barely covers it. Watching him felt like being granted a glimpse of the divine, and that’s no exaggeration. Your jaw went slack, your eyes bulged, and sounds escaped your body that no grown adult should make over a man…