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Rush Hour: Fresh violence erupts in Manipur, India and Japan sign slew of pacts and more
At least 29 houses were set on fire in separate incidents in Kuki and Tangkhul Naga villages in Manipur near the India-Myanmar border. Four attacks were reported between Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning, with Kuki and Naga organisations blaming each other. The attacks took place in the Kuki villages of Phaimol and Liekot, and…
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India, Japan agree to work closely on AI, energy resilience and boosting supply chains
India and Japan on Thursday agreed to boost their partnership in the fields of artificial intelligence, energy resilience and economic security, reported Reuters. The agreements were signed after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi, who is on a three-day visit to New Delhi. After the talks, Takaichi told reporters that…
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Fiction: A book of interconnected stories spans the past, present and future in Kashmir
Children, who had created a makeshift cricket pitch, were rushing towards a pile of clothes, mostly pherans, which they had taken off and collected to serve as wickets. Some put them on, and some ran off clutching them in their hands. The scene reminded Gul of the days they too used to play cricket in…
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Karnataka: Seven workers killed after boulder collapses at stone quarry near Bengaluru
Seven workers were killed after a boulder collapsed at a stone quarry on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Thursday, said Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. Six others were also injured and have been shifted to a hospital, reported The Indian Express. Several more workers are feared trapped under the debris, and rescue operations are ongoing,…
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VD Savarkar was released due to political pressure, not mercy pleas, grandnephew tells Pune court
Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar was released from prison because of political pressure and not due to the mercy petitions he wrote to the British colonial administration, his grandnephew Satyaki Savarkar claimed before a Pune court on Monday, reported Bar and Bench. Satyaki Savarkar made the statement during his cross-examination before Special Judge Amol Shinde in…
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Uttarakhand abolishes madrasa board, brings all minority institutions under one authority
Uttarakhand on Wednesday abolished its statutory madrasa board and brought educational institutions run by all six notified minority communities under a single regulatory authority, becoming the first state in India to do so, The Indian Express reported. The Uttarakhand Minority Education Act came into force on Wednesday, repealing the 2016 Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board Act…
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AI chatbots might be easier to ‘talk’ to, but they cannot replace mental health professionals
Why does the oracle fail so predictably? Because it was never built to truly care. Modern chatbots are not therapists or doctors, though they sound like them. Their brilliance lies in glib articulacy, not in judgement. They do not understand. When Sophie confided suicidal thoughts, the system reached for mindfulness clichés. When Adam described methods…
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‘Super Subbu’ review: A sex education instructor finds that humour is the best teacher
Subbu is in the running for the title of the world’s most repressed and oppressed son. Subbu (Sundeep Kishan) is still paying the price for an act committed as a teenager. His father Kukkuteshwar (Murali Sharma), a teacher who fond of such utterances as “It is pure unadulterated nonsense, I say!” has punished the boy…
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International Booker Prize doubles cash award to £100,000 after being named for new sponsor
The International Booker Prize, which completed ten years, has announced that Bukhman Philanthropies will be funding the next ten years of the Prize, following its support in 2026. The prize has been subsequently named the Bukhman International Booker Prize. The cash award for the winning title will double in value from £50,000 to £100,000, to…
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India’s fiscal deficit at 9.6% of annual target in April-May: Report
India’s fiscal deficit was Rs 1.6 lakh crore in the first two months of the 2026-’27 financial year, reaching 9.6% of the government’s annual target, the Business Standard cited government data as showing. This was 12 times the percentage of the annual target recorded during the same period last year, when it was 0.8%. A…