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    India Budget 2025: Tax relief for middle class, interest-free loans to states

    Union Budget 2025 Announcements, Budget 2025 Highlights: Find all the key highlights of the India Union Budget 2025 with all the updates on Income tax slab rates, railways, economic policies, taxation, telecom, infrast

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    Wife sells husband’s kidney, flees with lover and ₹10 lakh

    A woman allegedly coaxed her husband to sell his kidney for Rs 10 lakh to raise money for their daughter’s education, only to flee with another man taking away the entire cash in Indian state of West Bengal

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    Indian Rupee hits record low as Trump tariffs trigger fear of trade war

    Donald Trump slapped Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent duties and China with a 10 per cent duty. The move was the first strike in what could usher a destructive global trade war, forex traders said.

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    Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73

    In his career spanning six decades, the musician worked with several renowned international and Indian artistes, but it was his 1973 musical project with English guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar

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    Air emergency in Delhi: smog halts life, schools closed

    India’s capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes on Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organisation’s recommended daily maximum.

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    Indian students being put off applying to UK universities: Report

     Indian students are being put off applying to UK universities, adding to their financial woes at a time when education institutions are already coping with constrained budgets, a new report into the stability

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    Indian Economy In 'Sweet Spot', Says Moody's, Forecasts 7.2% Growth In 2024

    Indian economy is in a sweet spot, with a mix of solid growth and moderating inflation, Moody's Ratings said, forecasting a 7.2 per cent GDP growth in the 2024 calendar year and 6.6 per cent in the next.

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    Vistara Bids Goodbye, Ends 9 Year Long Flight

    Vistara — a joint venture between​ Tatas and​ Singapore Airlines— has now merged with​ Air India, creating an enlarged entity that is now the country’s largest international carrier.

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    Pakistan wants ICC explanation after India's Champions Trophy snub

    The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought clarification from the sport's governing International Cricket Council (ICC) following India's refusal to travel across the border for next year's Champions Trophy

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    Delhi Man Kills Mother For Not Allowing Him To Shift To Canada

    When Singh reached home, Krishan Kant said "sorry" to him and asked him to go upstairs and see for himself what he had done, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Ravi Kumar Singh said.

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    India & Canada expel envoys in Sikh separatist killing row

    India on Monday asked Canadian diplomats in Delhi to leave country by Saturday after Ottawa said it was investigating its Indian ambassador and other diplomats as "persons of interest", after killing of a Sikh leader

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    All 11 Life Imprisonment Convicts In Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Case Released

    All the eleven convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder of seven members of her family on Monday walked out of Godhra sub-jail.

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    India to buy Israeli anti-tank missiles

    India, in a bid to shore-up its anti-tank capabilities, is expected to place an order for Israeli manufactured ‘Spike’ missiles to enhance its anti-armour capabilities against Pakistan.

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    How to make peace in Kashmir and with Pakistan: Lessons from the battle of Flanders

    In the annals of modern warfare, the Battle of Flanders during the First World War stands out as one of the most tragic examples of a stalemate. The battlefield was a long, linear series of trenches.

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    India to Intensify Scrutiny of Citizens' Social Media, Emails

    India’s government is looking for a company to analyze social media posts to help boost nationalism and neutralize any media blitzkrieg by India’s adversaries.

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    Mattis, Modi in Singapore for security summit

    When US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a security summit in Singapore this weekend, he hopes to assure allies of America’s commitment to the region and its aim of checking China.

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    India’s Modi calls for rules-based order amid sea disputes

    India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed calls Friday for a maritime agreement that would make international waters more secure amid increasingly tense territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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    Indonesia, India to develop strategic Indian Ocean port

    Indonesia and India pledged on Wednesday to step up a defence and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port in the Indian Ocean.

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    Russia to supply India with S-400 missile system worth $6 billion

    Talks have completed on the Russian supply to India of S-400 air defense missile systems worth 400 billion Indian rupees (5.93 billion U.S. dollars), the RIA Novosti news agency reported Wednesday.

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    India, China agree to start talks on bilateral social security agreement

    Beijing/ New Delhi: India and China have agreed to start formal negotiations on a bilateral social security agreement aimed at protecting Indian professionals and skilled workers abroad.

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    Pakistan, India agree to restore LoC ceasefire

    In a rare positive development, Pakistan and India agreed on Tuesday to restore cease­fire on the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary (WB) whose violation has left over 100 dead.

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    Row Over Book: Pakistan Bans Ex-Spy Chief From Traveling Abroad

    Former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd.) Asad Durrani has been banned from leaving the country and will face a Court of Inquiry over a controversial book he recently co-authored with India’s former intelligence head.

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    India closes British-owned Vedanta copper smelter permanently after bloody protest

    An Indian state on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a copper smelter controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources after 13 people protesting to demand its shutdown.

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    India rejects US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela

    India will keep trading with Iran and Venezuela despite the threat of fallout from U.S. sanctions against the two countries, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said Monday.

    West Asia

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