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Israeli PM Netanyahu invites PM Modi and ‘heroic’ Indian pilot Smit Machchhar to light Israel Independence Day torch
Israeli PM Netanyahu invites PM Modi and ‘heroic’ Indian pilot Smit Machchhar to light Israel Independence Day torch
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Narendra Modi and Captain Smit Machchhar to take part in Israel’s Independence Day celebrations, honouring the Indian pilot who survived a violent ...
India-US trade deal: Trump says ‘pretty close’, EAM Jaishankar cautions against calling it done
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar says India and the US are approaching the final stage of trade negotiations, but unresolved details remain. Donald Trump has called the deal “pretty close”, whil ...
Sonia Gandhi Joins Instagram as India’s Politicians Scramble to Decode the Platform
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Why the US Wants DeepSeek Off Government Systems & Why Deleting the App Is Only the Start
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Washington’s crackdown reaches beyond DeepSeek’s chatbot to products built using its technology. The dispute raises a bigger question for governments, businesses and India: who controls the AI handlin ...
Who is Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh? Indian para swimmer sent home from Japan, faces possible lifetime ban
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Once ranked world No. 1 in two para-swimming events, Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh has been sent back from Japan following sexual harassment and molestation allegations involving a hotel employee at the ...
India-Poland trade target: Can Poland become India’s gateway to Europe by 2030?
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk want to double bilateral trade by 2030. With Indian companies already established in Poland and the India-EU trade deal offering a p ...
Amir Shokeen arrested over alleged racial slurs against Tripura youth: What happened in the viral video?
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Delhi-based content creator Amir Shokeen has been arrested after a viral video allegedly showed him racially humiliating a young man from Tripura. With Tripura Police seeking to take him to the state ...
Gambhir Blamed Flat Pitches. Then India and New Zealand Served Up 455 Runs
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India’s Christchurch victory takes the run-fest debate overseas. As batting keeps pushing the ceiling higher, the harder question is how to distinguish an unfair contest from bowling that needs to get ...
Delhi GRAP Stage 1: What commuters and commercial vehicle drivers need to know
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Delhi’s air quality has slipped into the poor category, prompting GRAP Stage 1 across the National Capital Region. Traffic police have warned of commercial vehicle diversions and stricter PUC checks, ...