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Makarand Paranjape has argued in The Indian Express that Sheldon Pollock, the editor of the Murty Classical Library generously funded by Rohan Murty, ought to be removed

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Something needs cleansing, though not Indian culture, because there is no such thing

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Ananya Vajpeyi&rsquo;s award-winning book chronicles how M K Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, the painter Abanindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru and B R Ambedkar engaged with tradition to forge a &ldquo;self&rdquo; for modern India.

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The Mi-17 crash that killed General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 others was caused by pilot error due to spatial disorientation amid bad weather, a defence report revealed

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The finding effectively bars widespread sales of cheaper copies of the drugs that many patients use, but the FDA said it would not take any action against the compounding pharmacies

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After listing, the Hamps Bio shares gained an additional 5 per cent, surging 99.49 per cent from the issue price to reach the upper circuit of Rs 101.74 apiece on the BSE SME

Equity markets around the world continue to be on a tear. The MSCI Global Equity Index is close to its lifetime highs, up a staggering 30 per cent over the last year. But it is not just equities; all asset classes have thrived in recent months.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla bans protests at Parliament gates after NDA-Congress clash at Makar Dwar turns violent, leaving two BJP MPs injured; cross-complaints filed by both sides

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The Banning of Unregulated Lending Activities Bill calls for the CBI to handle probes in cases spanning multiple states or UTs

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Aditya Birla Money shares hit a record high of Rs 289, as they surged 17 per cent on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade amid heavy volumes in otherwise a weak market.

The number of active investors on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have jumped 44 per cent over the past one year to 47.9 million at the end of September 2024. The surge in active clients is underpinned by the rally in the markets, with the Nifty 50

Parliament winter session news updates: The BJP has claimed that Rahul Gandhi pushed Pratap Sarangi during a melee, a charge rejected by the Congress leader

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Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) -- the nation's top oil firm -- will invest over Rs 21,000 crore to expand the Barauni refinery in Bihar as well as in setting up a city gas distribution network across the state, a senior executive said on Thursday.
IOC is expanding its Barauni refinery to 9 million tonnes per annum from current 6 million tonnes together with a petrochemical plant at a cost of about Rs 16,000 crore and invest another Rs 5,600 crore in setting up network to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households and industries in 27 cities of Bihar, company Executive Director Suman Kumar said while speaking at the Bihar Business Connect 2024 investor summit here.
"IOC is the oldest investor in Bihar, setting up the Barauni refinery in 1964. The initial capacity was 3 million tonnes per annum which was later expanded to 6 million tonnes. Now we are expanding the capacity from 6 million tonnes to 9 million tonnes per annum. Alongside, a 200,000 tonnes polypropylene is

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According to reports from Australia's Channel 7, Kohli seemed visibly upset by the presence of cameras aimed at his family, particularly his wife, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.

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The company has approved the allotment of 1.37 million fully convertible warrants at an issue price of Rs 730 per warrant, for cash, for an aggregate amount of Rs 100 crore on a preferential basis

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Canada Express Entry draw required candidates to have a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 727

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The rise in the Texmaco Rail share price came after the company announced that it has secured an order of approximately Rs 187.41 crore from Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Limited

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Cipla's extensive portfolio includes over 1,500 products spanning multiple therapeutic areas, such as respiratory, oncology, cardiology, and more.

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The new BJP president, who will succeed incumbent J
P Nadda, is likely to be elected by the end of February, according to a senior party functionary.
Party sources said the ongoing organisational election is on track to complete the polling process in more than half of its state units by mid-January, an exercise that will unveil the process of electing its new national president.
A senior leader said the tenure of nearly 60 per cent of the BJP's state unit presidents is over, and their replacements are likely to be in place by the middle of the next month.
The BJP's constitution stipulates that organisational polls should be completed in at least half of its state units before the process to elect the national president is started.
"We expect that a new BJP president will assume the charge by the end of February," the functionary said.
Asked whether the new BJP president may be someone who is currently serving as a Union minister, he said it could be either from the government or

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On Vijay Diwas, PM Modi honoured Indian soldiers whose sacrifices secured victory against Pakistan in the 1971 war, leading to the liberation of Bangladesh

1971 Surrender pic India Pakistan

Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who purportedly gave controversial statements at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad function, appeared before the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday, sources said.
According to the sources, Yadav appeared before the collegium headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and was asked to put forth his version on the statements made.
The top court on December 10 took note of news reports over the statements and sought a report from the Allahabad High Court on the issue.
"The Supreme Court has taken note of newspaper reports of a speech given by Mr Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The details and particulars have been called from the high court and the matter is under consideration," an official statement had said.
According to the established norm, a judge, against whom a report is sought by the apex court collegium on any controversial issue from the high court concerned, is given opportunity to 

Supreme Court, SC

The Centre has described 'One Nation, One Election' as a transformative shift to improve governance, cut costs, minimise disruptions, and streamline the country's electoral process

'One Nation, One Election' proposal likely to have German blueprint

India cannot stay out of global technological race and should build capabilities that will keep it at the top while remaining vigilant against its misuse, said Jeet Adani, Director, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.
Speaking at IIT Bombay's Techfest 2024, Adani, the 27-year old younger son of infrastructure magnate Gautam Adani, said the future of technology is both scary and exciting.
"But be it scary or exciting, we cannot afford to ignore technology or even go slow in our use of technology -- either as a nation or as its citizens. India cannot stay out of this global race," he said.
"Our generation needs to build capabilities to lead India into this new technological era if we want to stay at the top of our game and realise our dream of Viksit Bharat -- to become a USD 26-trillion economy by 2047," he said.
While technology has helped mankind progress, it is also being applied to wrong causes -- fake news, fake photos, fake videos, fake money, online scams, spoofing, phishing, and ...

Jeet Adani, director of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL)

TAC InfoSec share price hit a new high of Rs 1,112.45, locked in an upper circuit for the 9th straight day, and surged 46 per cent during the period

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