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The ‘Chalo Sansad’ march is under scrutiny over allegations of violence. The Delhi police’s Crime Branch has registered a fresh FIR to examine the alleged presence and role of 2,873 people with criminal records at the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march held on July 20 and find out whether the violence was premeditated, sources said. The protest…
Police personnel deployed after prohibitory orders under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita enforced in the area around Jantar Mantar Road, following INDIA bloc MPs’ protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI With the police calling up volunteers, holding meetings with residents and using loudspeakers to…
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After months of waiting and watching, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to act to try to rein in rising inflation. Its decision to raise interest rates by 25 bps seemed increasingly inevitable. The RBI now projects retail inflation at 4.9% in Q2, higher than its August projection of…
Only in imagination, the mathematical imagination, does perfect equality exist. A fair coin has an equal probability of heads and tails, so across many tosses, the expectation is for the proportions to approach 50:50. Laborious demonstrations have shown that this is rarely the case; bias is preloaded into life. Only about 10% of humans are…
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Elon Musk doubled down on his criticism, amplifying several posts supporting Starlink’s launch in India. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Thursday (October 8, 2026) rejected allegations that it was shielding oligarchs from competition by delaying approvals for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service in India. Trillionaire Elon Musk, however, doubled down…
Commercial Taxes and Registration Minister D. Logesh Tamilselvan on Thursday said work on restoration of canals in Madhavaram and Tondiarpet will be completed this week. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, he said: “Work on removing water hyacinth in Retteri surplus canal is under way. The encroachments will be removed.” He ordered officials to expedite work on 1.16 km…
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Tanque will lead the forward line. | Photo Credit: Chennaiyin FC Chennaiyin FC enters the Indian Super League season with renewed optimism. After crawling to the penultimate position in the previous edition — before which it had hastily put together a squad — CFC has learnt that the first part of the journey is as…
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Shreyas Iyer’s return to the international 20-over set-up has been a mixed bag. Jettisoned into the wilderness for more than two and a half years from December 2023 and therefore missing out on India’s back-to-back World Cup triumphs, the right-hander kept plugging away, first leading Kolkata Knight Riders to the title in 2024 and then…
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Deputy Director P. Gopi Krishna at the World Space Week celebrations in Rajamahendravaram on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR-ISRO) Deputy Director P. Gopi Krishna has advocated that Space Cells be set up in educational institutions, involving students to design and develop mini-satellites. Such initiatives will…
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The building collapsed near the Idgah in Machhli Mandi on Wednesday afternoon. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV The death toll in the building collapse in New Seemapuri in north-east Delhi rose to four on Thursday, police said. Eight people have been admitted to hospital for treatment. The building collapsed near the Idgah in Machhli Mandi…
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