Why farmer unions have called for a strike against US-India trade deal framework 🔍
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📆February 10, 2026 at 05:08PM
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Why farmer unions have called for a strike against US-India trade deal framework
Farmer unions’ concerns range from Indian markets being opened up to US agricultural products to relaxations for specific sectors already under strain domestically.
India is set to get two new telescopes and upgrade one in Ladakh. Here’s how it will be a game-changer for astronomy 🔍
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📆February 10, 2026 at 06:06PM
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India is set to get two new telescopes and upgrade one in Ladakh. Here’s how it will be a game-changer for astronomy
The new ones – National Large Solar Telescope and National Large Optical-Near Infrared Telescope – will offer Indian scientists a major advantage over existing global telescopes
How gold rally is affecting small jewellers, as big players turn to innovation 🔍
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📆February 10, 2026 at 06:10PM
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📆February 10, 2026 at 06:10PM
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How gold rally is affecting small jewellers, as big players turn to innovation
With gold prices unlikely to slow down, established players like Titan and Caratlane might remain stable but the fate of smaller players hangs in the balance.
Expert Explains | ‘AI was trained to imitate humans. It learnt survival’ 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 06:35AM
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📆February 11, 2026 at 06:35AM
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Expert Explains | ‘AI was trained to imitate humans. It learnt survival’
In the first part of the conversation with Amitabh Sinha, Stuart Russell, one of the world’s leading researchers on artificial intelligence, speaks about the need for safeguards during its ongoing development process
Expert Explains | ‘75 per cent chance Artificial General Intelligence will not succeed’ 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:03AM
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:03AM
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Expert Explains | ‘75 per cent chance Artificial General Intelligence will not succeed’
In the second part of the conversation with Amitabh Sinha, Stuart Russell, one of the world’s leading researchers on artificial intelligence, speaks about artificial general intelligence (AGI), and the state of AI research in India
Why passing the baton is a major challenge for India’s business families 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:19AM
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:19AM
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Why passing the baton is a major challenge for India’s business families
From media accusations, gender bias to courtroom drama, Indian family businesses have seen it all when it comes to succession disputes
Amid growing calls for restitution, why the Smithsonian will return three bronzes to India 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:29AM
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:29AM
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Amid growing calls for restitution, why the Smithsonian will return three bronzes to India
The three bronzes, which have been part of the NMAA’s “existing collections” for decades, came on the provenance team’s radar after an ongoing systematic review raised discrepancies in their respective paper trails
Why India-US digital services deal potentially intrudes into New Delhi’s sovereign policy space 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 11:01AM
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Why India-US digital services deal potentially intrudes into New Delhi’s sovereign policy space
A White House fact sheet said India has agreed to remove its digital services taxes and committed to negotiating digital trade rules. This assumes significance as India had already removed the ‘Google tax’ before the trade negotiations began.
Days after trade deal, how India placed a significant non-tariff barrier on US tech firms 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 12:10PM
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Days after trade deal, how India placed a significant non-tariff barrier on US tech firms
Under the new rules, social media platforms must remove flagged content within two-three hours, possibly the shortest takedown window in the world. This has set alarm bells ringing within tech firms.
Explained: The US revisions to the trade deal factsheet, and how they affect India 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 01:23PM
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📆February 11, 2026 at 01:23PM
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Explained: The US revisions to the trade deal factsheet, and how they affect India
The US has softened its claims about the gains it had secured from India as part of the trade deal. The updated factsheet tempers the wording in one section from 'committed' to 'intends', removes the mention of 'certain pulses' from another section, and drops…
Tulbul Navigation Project: As J&K CM confirms revival efforts, will work finally resume after four decades? 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 02:42PM
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📆February 11, 2026 at 02:42PM
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Tulbul Navigation Project: As J&K CM confirms revival efforts, will work finally resume after four decades?
Also known as the “Wular Barrage”, the project began in 1984 but was halted after Pakistan’s objections under the Indus Waters Treaty and the eruption of militancy in the Valley in 1989
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Why a Budget proposal to roll back a century-old tax exemption has sparked anger among military veterans 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 06:27PM
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Why a Budget proposal to roll back a century-old tax exemption has sparked anger among military veterans
Disability pensions for armed forces personnel have been fully exempt from income tax since 1922. The Budget, however, proposes to do away with the exemption for a certain category of retired personnel — those who did not have to leave the forces owing to…
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Can an MP and party spokesperson also be a special public prosecutor representing the State? 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 06:46PM
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Can an MP and party spokesperson also be a special public prosecutor representing the State?
A Mumbai sessions court ruled that Ujjwal Nikam’s appointment as SPP was contractual and temporary in nature and did not constitute an “office of profit” under Article 102 of the Constitution
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Starmer is not in Epstein files, Trump is. Here’s why the UK leader almost lost his chair, while US President gets support 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:08PM
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Starmer is not in Epstein files, Trump is. Here’s why the UK leader almost lost his chair, while US President gets support
The answer to the asymmetry of Epstein outrage lies in the nature of British polity, Starmer and Mandelson's reputations, and in the American political landscape.
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What to know about India’s pioneering national biobank for rare Lysosomal Storage Disorders 🔍
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📆February 11, 2026 at 07:11PM
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What to know about India’s pioneering national biobank for rare Lysosomal Storage Disorders
With the data of 530 patients from 28 institutions across 15 states, access to researchers to develop treatments adds to the existing knowledge base for the rarest of diseases
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What can you do if your name is deleted from the final SIR electoral roll? 🔍
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📆February 12, 2026 at 07:03AM
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📆February 12, 2026 at 07:03AM
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What can you do if your name is deleted from the final SIR electoral roll?
Final SIR Voter List 2026 Released: Starting Saturday, the final electoral rolls of the Special Intensive Revision in 12 states and Union Territories will be published over the next few weeks
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Renewables to dominate India’s grid by 2070, but ‘structural challenges’ are slowing the pace 🔍
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📆February 12, 2026 at 07:20AM
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Renewables to dominate India’s grid by 2070, but ‘structural challenges’ are slowing the pace
As coal’s role shrinks, nuclear power is expected to expand gradually, increasing its share from about 3% at present to 5-8% by 2070 under CPS, reflecting its growing role in displacing coal-based generation while providing carbon-free base-load power.
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‘Too Harvard-oriented’: Why Supreme Court is revisiting its guide on gender stereotypes 🔍
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📆February 12, 2026 at 08:17AM
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‘Too Harvard-oriented’: Why Supreme Court is revisiting its guide on gender stereotypes
While the 2023 document was designed to help judges identify and avoid patriarchal language, CJI Surya Kant has found it to be overly academic and disconnected from ground realities
Memory loss, deportation, death: Why an expat’s death in Kochi has turned glare on police 🔍
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📆February 12, 2026 at 11:51AM
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Memory loss, deportation, death: Why an expat’s death in Kochi has turned glare on police
In the 4 months since he first went missing, the High Court has heard the matter 25 times and issued 18 interim orders in the pending missing persons case related to his initial disappearance, with the role of police and other authorities coming under the…
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RBI plans to compensate victims of cyber fraud: What we know of the scheme so far 🔍
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📆February 12, 2026 at 12:08PM
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RBI plans to compensate victims of fraud transactions: What we know of the scheme so far
How much money will the victims of cyber transactions get? Which victims are eligible? Where will the money come from? We explain.
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Why Bangladesh elections are being accompanied by a national referendum 🔍
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📆February 12, 2026 at 12:57PM
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📆February 12, 2026 at 12:57PM
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Why Bangladesh elections are being accompanied by a national referendum
This referendum is essentially a yes-or-no vote on the National Charter that was unveiled by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government. Here is why it was introduced, and the reforms it proposes to bring.
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