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Textile ministry to re-open application portal for PLI scheme

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Textile ministry to re-open application portal for PLI scheme

File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Union Ministry of Textiles will reopen the portal — https://pli.texmin.gov.in — to receive applications under round four of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for textiles from November 1 to December 31. The focus will be on manufacturing of Man-Made Fibre (MMF) apparel, MMF…

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Congress-led Keralam govt firm on anti-corruption probe against Gyanesh Kumar over 2006 road project

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Congress-led Keralam govt firm on anti-corruption probe against Gyanesh Kumar over 2006 road project

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar | Photo Credit: The Hindu Keralam Public Works Department Minister P.K. Basheer on Thursday (October 29, 2026) stressed the need for a fresh probe into allegations of corruption in the MC Road project undertaken nearly two decades ago, when Gyanesh Kumar, the present Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), was the Public Works…

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Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation surges despite Taliban government ban: UN

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Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation surges despite Taliban government ban: UN

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan more than quadrupled in 2026 despite a Taliban government ban, the United Nations said Thursday (October 29, 2026), urging that impoverished farmers needed alternatives to the lucrative crop. Cultivated areas reached 43,000 hectares (around 1,06,200 acres), up from 10,000 hectares in 2025, while estimated opium production jumped fivefold from 300…

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U.S. judge rejects Donald Trump’s bid to purge 20,000 California ballots, safeguarding voters’ rights ahead of the midterms

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U.S. judge rejects Donald Trump’s bid to purge 20,000 California ballots, safeguarding voters’ rights ahead of the midterms

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican Party is at risk of losing its control of Congress in the November 3 midterms, and his interference in California’s election appears to represent another attempt to cast doubt on electoral results. File photo | Photo Credit: AP A federal judge on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) rejected the U.S. Department…

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India ready to share ‘battle-tested’ anti-terror expertise with ASEAN, its dialogue partners: Rajnath Singh

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India ready to share ‘battle-tested’ anti-terror expertise with ASEAN, its dialogue partners: Rajnath Singh

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being received by Philippine Secretary of National Defence Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. to attend the ADMM-Plus meeting at Mactan Expo, in Cebu on October 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI India is ready to share its “battle-tested” counter-terror expertise with ASEAN and its dialogue partners, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said…

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Chennai Corporation council meeting: streetlight maintenance across 12 zones proposed

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Chennai Corporation council meeting: streetlight maintenance across 12 zones proposed

Mayor R. Priya addressing the GCC council meeting at Ripon Buildings on Thursday | Photo Credit: M. Srinath The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has proposed to maintain 2,33,267 streetlights and 443 high-mast lights across 12 zones for one year, excluding the cost of materials. This was stated at the GCC general council meeting chaired by…

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Maoists are defeated, but arms cache and crores of money unaccounted for: LWE researcher

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Maoists are defeated, but arms cache and crores of money unaccounted for: LWE researcher

The book titled India’s Maoists: Glimpses into Red Insurgency was launched at Police Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Hyderabad on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Left Wing Extremism (LWE) researcher P.V. Ramana on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) said that despite the defeat of the Maoists, the whereabouts of huge…

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Flavio Bolsonaro claims he is Brazil’s true leader after fleeing to U.S.

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Flavio Bolsonaro claims he is Brazil’s true leader after fleeing to U.S.

Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro insisted on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) he is his country’s rightful leader, after fleeing to the United States to start a self-imposed exile. Mr. Flavio Bolsonaro’s defiance on arrival in Florida signalled continued upheaval for Brazil, where leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a dramatic runoff…

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Taxonomic ‘chauvinism’ rife in ecological literature

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Taxonomic ‘chauvinism’ rife in ecological literature

The ‘blockbuster’ drug, Ozempic, was created with the help of a most unlikely source: the saliva of a humble lizard. And spiders and scorpions have led to the development of life-saving medicines. But, of the 1.5 million animal species known to live on planet Earth (with many more yet to be discovered), just a fraction…

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