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Tipplers can take the empty bottles to the retail shops and get the ₹10 refund. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The story so far: Charging an extra ₹10 over the maximum retail price (MRP) of liquor bottles has long been a contentious practice at the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) outlets. Successive governments…
A notice informing customers that refrigerators are temporarily out of service is displayed on an empty refrigerated case at the Delhaize Shop & Go store | Photo Credit: REUTERS When 150 Intermarche stores in France found their refrigeration systems running at 50 degrees Celsius in October, the first question was the usual one: who wants…
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File photo of ISRO Chairman V Narayanan addresses a press conference in Sriharikota. File | Photo Credit: PTI For India’s regional satellite-based navigation, the big news towards the end of October 2026 was that NavIC — short for ‘Navigation with Indian Constellation’ — was back in the reckoning with the successful addition of the NVS-03…
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File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu State-owned power distribution companies — Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam — have filed a review petition before the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), alleging that the parallel distribution licence granted to a private company was in violation of…
Supporters celebrate after a media outlet projected win for Democratic US Senate candidate and Texas State Representative James Talarico during the US midterm elections in Austin, Texas on November 3, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Democrat James Talarico on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) won the U.S. Senate race in Texas, flipping yet another seat for…
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Ghanakanta Gogoi | Photo Credit: Special arrangement GUWAHATI The prime accused in the October 26 Guwahati hotel shooting, which killed five, was shot dead in an alleged police encounter in Sivasagar on Wednesday 9November 4, 2026). The encounter took place around 3.10 a.m. at Phulpanichiga under the Gaurisagar police station limits, when police were taking…
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Democratic candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms arrives for a news conference on Election Day, in Smyrna, Georgia on November 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, won the race for Governor in the southern state of Georgia on Tuesday (November 3, 2026), making her the first Black woman elected…
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Democrats notched a string of early victories in U.S. midterm elections Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held Senate seat and making inroads in conservative House districts as President Donald Trump faced the prospect of a bruising election setback. The Opposition party also retained key Senate seats, while victory in Georgia’s Governor race added to mounting signs that…
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Represenational Image | Photo Credit: Shannon Stapleton Americans voted on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) in midterm elections that will largely determine how much power U.S. President Donald Trump retains for the rest of his term. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 Senate seats, and governorships in 36 States went…
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Amitabh Mattoo, Dean School of International Studies (SIS), JNU. Credit: X/@amitabhmattoo The Executive Council of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has decided to confer the title ‘Professor Emeritus’ on Amitabh Mattoo, Dean School of International Studies (SIS). He has sought voluntary retirement from the University. Mr. Mattoo’s name was recommended by Rajesh Rajagopalan professor from SIS….
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