Zoho's Sridhar Vembu explains why Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani's plan to tokenise land is 'seductive, but...'

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Ghibli-Style Images To Memes: White House Embraces Alt-Right Online Culture

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Chinese military conducts large-scale drills around Taiwan

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Having fun while generating Ghibli-inspired AI images? Sam Altman says ChatGPT will be slow after capacity challenges

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Among Ministries, Home Affairs dropped most assurances made in Parliament

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SpaceX Shares First-Ever View Of Earth's Poles From Space, Elon Musk Reacts

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Watch: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan recreate iconic Kajra Re dance with daughter Aaradhya, video goes viral, netizens say 'inka toh divorce...'

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Union Shipping Minister says Coastal Shipping Bill will unlock Indias maritime potential

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World Markets Wait In Fear For Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs

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Trump will address decades of unfair trade with reciprocal tariffs

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Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election in setback for Trump, Musk

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China launches new military drills in Taiwan Strait

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Person shoots himself after killing three near Balehonnur in Chikkamagaluru

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'Those opposing Waqf bill are not Muslims': Uttarakhand Waqf Board Chairman slams opposition, says 'It's 70 saal vs Modi Karyakal'

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Chinese envoy Xu Feihong 'firmly believes' relations to advance on 'sound-stable' track

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Those opposing Waqf bill are not Muslims: Uttarakhand Waqf Board Chairman

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An 'administrative error' sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says

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Uttarakhand Waqf Board chairman says those opposing Waqf bill are 'political Muslims'

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VC funding in Q1 2025 remains flat; Binance on Indian crypto ecosystem

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US judge blocks Trump administration from firing federal employees on probation

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As tariff clock counts down, Trump is still up for 'a good negotiation'

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Chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund to meet Trump envoy in Washington this week, source says

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Democrat Cory Booker Sets Record With 25-Hour Senate Speech, An All-Nighter

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Waqf Amendment Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha today amidst political standoff

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China flexes military might: 76 warplanes, 15 warships encircle Taiwan in Strait Thunder drills

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India, Others Brace For Impact As Trump's Tariff Liberation Day Dawns

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Arti Singh breaks silence on pregnancy rumours after brother Krushna Abhishek's viral statement: 'Let's call it...'

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Republican Jimmy Patronis wins special election in Florida's 1st Congressional District

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US Senator Cory Booker sets new Senate record with over 24-hour speech against Donald Trump

US Senator Cory Booker has made history with the longest Senate floor speech in modern times, speaking for 25 hours and five minutes in a dramati

Waqf Bill To Be Tabled In Lok Sabha Today Amid Political Standoff

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LG attends Odisha Day Utkala Dibasa celebration at Raj Bhawan

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Near 10% boost takes GST kitty to Rs 22 lakh crore

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DyCM launches free bus service for women in Jammu

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India, Chile agree to negotiate new trade deal after talks between PM Modi, President Boric

NEW DELHI, Apr 1: India and Chile agreed to begin negotiations on a mutually beneficial Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and also par

US court rejects Khalistani separatist Pannuns claim that complaint served on NSA Doval during Washington visit

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LG pays obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine

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No capital expenditure cut; claims of capex reduction misleading, flawed: Sitharaman

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HC to Uttarakhand govt: Respond to UCC pleas in 48 hrs

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SC junks plea of Gandhi's kin against Sabarmati revamp

Will consider Allahbadia plea on passport only after probe ends: SC

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Russia, China Discuss Iran's Nuclear Program And Korean Peninsula

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Any settlement in a case of rape & conversion not acceptable: HC

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Raise concerns over FPIs with Sebi, SC tells TMC's Mahua Moitra

The Supreme Court has declined to consider Mahua Moitra's plea to disclose details of alternate investment funds and foreign portfolio investors

Bar & bench spar over SC 'vexatious litigation' order

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Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University

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'Calcutta HC can't be dumping ground': Lawyers strike over Delhi judge shift

Lawyers at Calcutta High Court boycotted court proceedings on Tuesday, protesting the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma from Delhi HC. The

Can't reveal name of father, kin details of sex-abused child: SC

A Kerala YouTube channel exposed a father's scheme to frame his wife by manipulating their son to accuse her. Although the boy's identity was ind

Democratic-led states sue to block Trump from $11 billion health funding cut

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NGOs can't stall every project citing ecological concern: Supreme Court

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Painted lady butterflies dont migrate like birds ask their genes

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'Most affected' Naxal districts down to just six from 12: Amit Shah

India has achieved significant progress in reducing Left-wing extremism, with the number of affected districts decreasing from 38 to 18 across se

Adhocism in Higher Education

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AIMPLB appeals to secular parties, MPs to oppose Waqf bill, vote against it

The AIMPLB president further said in his appeal that these amendments would lead to the abolition of Waqf by-user, removal of exemptions from the

No need of UN office in Srinagar now but the issue falls in EAM domain: LG

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Pak army, terrorists suffer 5 casualties on LoC in KG sector

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Addl DCs, ACs among 48 JKAS officers transferred

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Soros-funded desi company also got Rs 8 crore from USAID: ED

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Bridging Ladakhs Digital Divide

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HM to inaugurate dev projects, review security: Omar

Suhail Bhat Srinagar, Apr 1: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate various developmental pro

Uncertainty continues to loom large over establishment of seven Cultural Centers

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Multiple search operations on to track down 3 remaining terrorists

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LS to take up Waqf bill for passage today, RS tomorrow

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INDIA bloc puts up joint face to oppose bill

NEW DELHI, Mar 1: The Opposition INDIA bloc on Tuesday presented a united face as they discussed their joint strategy to oppose the Waqf (Amendme