Cataclysmic upheavals would shatter the fragile social fabric that held the country together.

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How, exactly, does the Pakistan army manage to convince the United States to keep on issuing cheques to it for its fight against terror? This is the possibility that India's leading political satirist prefers: General Raheel Sharif had reached the last of the slides from his PowerPoint presentation (Title: "Operation 'Enough is Enough': The Heroic and Secular Pakistan Army's Latest Attempt at Pulverising N Waziristan"). The slide showed a Pakistani F-16 strafing a rubble-strewn village somewhere in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas."Final figures: Over 900 members of the TTP - sorry, I mean 'bad guys' - neutered by our brave forces, 10 top Al-Qaeda leaders captured alive to be dispatched to Guantanamo Bay, 15 settlements bombed into the stone age, over 20,000 civilians displaced," General Sharif concluded, in the manner of a consultant finishing his final client presentation. A few moments of uncomfortable silence ensued. The corps commanders, sitting in the back row, held their

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India's leading political satirist imagines what it would be like if the two parties were to agree on a "constructive collaboration in a spirit of bonhomie"

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Recently, Home Minister Rajnath Singh caused something of a furore when he said that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle was based on the Vedas

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Indian pre-poll surveys have had a mixed track record in forecasting seat shares of parties in the general elections. While those conducted prior to the 1998 and 1999 general elections were fairly accurate, the polls commissioned by media houses in the run-up to the 2004 and 2009 General Elections were widely off the mark and systemically underestimated the performance of the Congress and its allies. And that has been the case in estimating seat shares in Assembly elections in recent years, as well.The 2014 elections may prove to be no different, and psephologists will list the usual suspects - highly fluid voter preferences, false responses, and of course, sampling error - by way of rationalising the discrepancies. But one reason for the sometimes embarrassingly way-off-the-mark estimates of seat shares will never be proffered: that most of these national surveys, comprising 5,000 to 15,000 randomly selected voters, are designed to estimate party-wise national vote shares, not nationa

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New Delhi [India], December 12: President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on December 6, 2021.The outcome of the 21st Russian-Indian summit was the adoption of the Joint Statement "Russia-India: Partnership for Peace, Progress and Prosperity", which defined the main points of contact and ways of further development of relations between the two countries in the field of politics and strategic planning, space, economics, energy, agriculture, tourism, education, military-technical cooperation, and security, science, culture and humanitarian interaction.

Rector of Mari State University gave a lecture on Russian-Indian relations for foreign and Russian students

Dubai [UAE], December 12: The Real Kabaddi League (RKL), known for redefining grassroots sports in India, is set to captivate the Gulf region with an exhilarating Kabaddi exhibition match at Al Ahli Sports Club, Dubai, at 6 PM onwards. This highly anticipated event will feature two specially created dummy teams--Indian Warriors and Gulf Gladiators, showcasing raw and emerging talent on an international platform.

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New Delhi [India], December 12: New Era Cleantech Solutions Private Limited is thrilled to receive a letter of award for a Financial Incentive from the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, under Category III of the Financial Incentive Scheme for its groundbreaking Coal Gasification and Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) project. This transformative initiative will be India's first and largest commercial-scale gasification and CCU project, targeting net-zero emissions by capturing 100% of CO2 emissions generated during the gasification process. The Ministry of Coal launched the Rs8,500 crore Financial Incentive Scheme, approved by the Cabinet, to promote Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects. This is a crucial step towards India's target of gasifying 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030.

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ISRO chairman S Somanath on Thursday said that there was a lack of sufficient aerodynamic testing facilities in India and therefore, huge investments need to be made to create such facilities.
Speaking at the SAROD 2024 event organised here by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Somanath emphasised the importance of scaling up the country's computational capability.
The ISRO chairman said that with the advancements in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), there was an initial line of thought that aerodynamic testing facilities were no longer required as most of the problems could be identified and solved computationally through simulations.
"So, many of the test programs that were required to be done for the future aero vehicles were actually cut down and at one point we were told to do more simulations than testing.
But, as time goes by, we realised that this is not the case. It became clear that the complementary nature of analysis and simulation with testing will continue. I 

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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over protests by opposition members in Parliament complex and termed him "comedy king" who is trying to stay relevant.
Leaders of some INDIA bloc parties on Monday protested in Parliament complex over the Adani row, with Gandhi conducting a mock 'interview' over the issue with Congress members wearing masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani
"Rahul Gandhi is indulging in what he does best  Stand-up comedy! His malicious claims and rants have crumbled under the weight of comprehensive investigation every time. Playing the role of a pawn to perfection, he yet again attempts to mislead despite his misinformation campaigns failing to cut ice with the people of India," Pradhan wrote on X tagging a video of the protest.
"Electoral verdicts since 2014 are a thundering testament that there are absolutely no takers for his stale, recycled propaganda. Such a clumsily crafted hit job i

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Over 77 per cent of Earth's land experienced a drier climate during the three decades leading up to 2020, compared to the previous 30-year period, according to a report released by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Monday.
During the same period, global drylands expanded by approximately 4.3 million square kilometres  an area nearly a third larger than India  now covering more than 40 per cent of the Earth's land.
The report, launched at the 16th conference of the UNCCD in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, warned that if efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions fail, another 3 per cent of the world's humid areas are projected to transform into drylands by the end of this century.
Meanwhile, the number of people living in drylands has doubled to 2.3 billion over the past three decades. Models suggest that as many as 5 billion could inhabit drylands by 2100 in a worst-case climate change scenario.
These billions of people face even greater threats to their lives and liveliho

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The Supreme Court refused to entertain on Monday a plea challenging the results of the CLAT-PG 2025 examination.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, which was hearing the plea that contested the provisional answer key released for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for postgraduate admissions, advised the petitioners to move the Delhi High Court with their grievances.
The bench, while refusing to entertain the plea, underscored the top court cannot act as the court of first instance in such matters and flagged concerns about delays in the release of examination results due to interventions by the apex court.
"We cannot be the court of first instance... We have on enough occasions said this. We have judgments where delays in results due to OMR sheet issues stretched up to eight years. Please go to the high court," the chief justice of India said.
The bench, however, granted the petitioners liberty to approach the high court, stating, "We are not inclin

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Andhra Pradesh power distribution companies have decided to procure about 2,000 mw of power from SECI out of the total 7000 mw in demand for the agricultural sector for the next fiscal, as per the latest filing by these companies with the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The move comes weeks after the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) agreement with Andhra discoms became controversial after the US charged Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani in a years-long scheme to allegedly pay USD 250 million bribe to Indian officials including those from Andhra, in exchange for favourable solar power contracts in 2021 when the YSRCP was in power. The allegation has been refuted by the Indian conglomerate.
The opposition YSRCP has also dismissed the charges.
According to the filings, Aggregate Revenue Requirement and Tariff Proposal for the Retail Supply Business for FY 2025-26 by Southern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd (SPDCL), Eastern Power Distribution Company Of Andhra Pradesh

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Tata Power has announced an investment of Rs 1.2 lakh crore in Rajasthan in various renewable energy related projects including rooftop solar installation and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Speaking at the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit which started on Monday, CEO and MD of the company Praveer Sinha said the company's investment roadmap was aimed at making Rajasthan a power surplus state through a range of initiatives.
"Tata Power's clean energy roadmap for the state would significantly contribute to India's goal of becoming net-zero carbon by 2070 and the state's ambition to emerge as the next clean energy hub in the country," Sinha told reporters after the inauguration ceremony.
The initiatives include renewable energy projects with Rs 75,000 crore investment (comprising solar, wind and hybrid projects across key regions like Bikaner, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur); rooftop solar, transmission and distribution, and EV charging infrastructure.
"The investment is ..

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Highlighting the historical presence of Hindus in Bangladesh, stating, "We are vanished from Afghanistan. We are vanished from Pakistan. This is the high time. If we are not saved now, we will be

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Despite the growth slowdown, a rate cut-cycle is unlikely to start anytime soon

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In the absence of meaningful private investment and job creation, India is slipping back into its pre-Covid-19 rut, and its economic czars are once again publicly refusing to acknowledge the slowdown

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology alleges that the essay, titled 'On Pacifism', could be interpreted as encouraging violent protests on campus

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Sitharaman said that intergenerational debt is mounting on countries, and it is important for the government and industry to work together to manage debt at the national and sub-national levels

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