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Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to leave prison for house arrest after his political party on Friday (November 6, 2026) paid a 50 million ringgit ($12.3 million) fine required under the terms of his…
India’s inexperienced yet promising four-pronged pace attack will be looking to maintain its upper hand over New Zealand’s batters and dictate proceedings to ensure that the visitors’ lead is extended when the two sides clash in the second ODI in Wellington on Saturday (November 7, 2026). There were plenty of question marks over India’s untested…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s statistical requirements have outgrown the conventional survey-based architecture, requiring a more scientific and technological architecture to better capture key performance indicators of economy, even as it should avoid the growing risks of synthetic data. Seeking to move official data collection beyond periodic surveys…
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared pictures of manuscripts. Photo: X/@gssjodhpur. Manuscripts of the epic Mahabharata, Kalhana’s 12th-century historical chronicle Rajatarangini, and Kautilya’s Arthashastra, a work on governance and statecraft, have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register, officials said on Thursday (November 5, 2026). PIB Culture…
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared pictures of manuscripts. Photo: X/@gssjodhpur. Manuscripts of the epic Mahabharata, Kalhana’s 12th-century historical chronicle Rajatarangini, and Kautilya’s Arthashastra, a work on governance and statecraft, have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register, officials said on Thursday (November 5, 2026). PIB Culture…
President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 5, 2026, in Washington. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump attributed Thursday’s (November 5, 2026) stock market selloff to the electoral victory of the rival Democratic Party in the midterm elections on Tuesday…
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Au Kam San was a teacher but after the 1989 crackdown in China, he came to believe that Macau urgently needed to become an open, democratic society, and entered politics. | Photo Credit: AP A Court in the Chinese territory Macau sentenced on Friday (November 6, 2026), ex-lawmaker and democracy campaigner Au Kam San to…
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher after a volatile early session on Friday (November 6, 2026) as sustained foreign fund inflows and relatively moderate crude oil prices instilled optimism in the equity market. The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 33 points to 79,343.06 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty was down 52.95…
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The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has notified the reservation matrix for the ZPs and TPs, and is hoping that the SEC will notify the polls in January. Amid preparations for the elections to the zilla panchayats and taluk panchayats, expected to be held shortly, the State government is in a ‘Catch-22’ situation over…
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Delhi Fire Services Chief Fire Office A.K. Malik during an interview with The Hindu in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Around 80% of Delhi is unplanned and only about 5% of its buildings have Occupancy Certificates, Delhi Fire Services Chief Fire Officer A.K. Malik said on Tuesday, underlining the scale of the…
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