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The quality of storytelling and production from India, including outside of Bollywood, has improved strongly over the last decade and is now attracting viewers from cultures outside of South Asia as well, according to Amit Malhotra, the head of international business at JioStar. It is this increased demand from outside India that has led JioStar…
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Union government has decided to change the design and structure of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) to track digital platform workers and capture engagement in unpaid household, caregiving, volunteer, and trainee work. The PLFS will also include additional questions to measure labour underutilisation. According…
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. File | Photo Credit: AP A first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States under a new import agreement has set sail, the Kremlin said Friday (October 23, 2026), two weeks after President Donald Trump said he struck a deal with President Vladimir Putin despite Moscow’s invasion of…
A view of the HPCL headquarters. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Crude oil sourcing at present is very volatile and unpredictable, and Hindustan Petroleum is procuring more on a delivered basis than free-on-board (FOB) and term contracts, Vikas Kaushal, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the state-owned oil-marketing company told analysts in an investor…
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A mega blood donation camp at the Adilabad district police headquarters witnessed an enthusiastic response on Friday, with 853 people, including police personnel and youth, voluntarily donating blood as part of the Police Commemoration Week. Superintendent of Police Akhil Mahajan inaugurated the camp and donated blood in honour of police personnel who laid down their…
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Senthamizh Arasu. | Photo Credit: S. Prasanna Venkatesan At 25, Indian Army goalkeeper Senthamizh Arasu has not given up on his dream of playing for the senior Indian hockey team. The native of Arcot town in Vellore, who won bronze with the Junior India team at the 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup, is still waiting…
Accusing the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government of following the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s corporate Hindutva policies by the book, Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan has said that the government’s agenda of ushering in privatisation is being followed even in the health sector. Speaking at a press conference here…
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Century-maker Pratika was thrilled that the day panned out well for her. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Who will open with Smriti Mandhana? This was the big question on the lips of those watching as India set out to chase 198 in the first ODI against Zimbabwe here on Friday. Smriti, recently appointed full-time skipper,…
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Net FDI, which is the difference between the total direct investment coming in and the total going out, was positive in seven out of the last eight months. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Net foreign direct investment (FDI) remained positive for the third consecutive month in August 2026, with inflows exceeding outflows by $3.3 billion,…
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Shafali embraces Pratika after the latter’s ton. | Photo Credit: BCCI On October 23, 2025, Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana registered stunning centuries against New Zealand to bring a struggling ODI World Cup campaign back on track in Navi Mumbai. Exactly a year later, Pratika, with help from a marauding Shafali Verma, raised her bat once…
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