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The latest raids target key individuals and properties linked to the alleged illicit coal trade, signaling a broader crackdown on corruption in West Bengals mining sector

Hazlewood, arguably the squad's most important bowler, has struggled with hamstring and Achilles injuries and missed the entire five-test Ashes series against England

Visibility dropped to 100 metres at both Palam and Safdarjung, the weather office said

Sikhya is known for producing Academy Award winning films, Period. End of Sentence. and The Elephant Whisperers

India and the U.S. have agreed to a trade deal under which Washington will bring down the reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18% from the current 25%

A major political row erupted on Monday (February 2, 2026) as Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi sought to quote in the Lok Sabha from an unpublished memoir of former Army chief M.M. Naravane on the 2020 India-China conflict

OpenAI said it designed its Codex app to make it easy for users to simultaneously manage multiple artificial-intelligence agents over a long period of time

Forex traders said the 18% tariff changes the story, improving Indias relative position and reopening the door for FII participation

Firefighters in Argentinas Chubut province are battling massive wildfires that have burned an estimated 50,000 hectares across Patagonia. Fueled by strong winds, the fires forced road closures and pushed crews to retreat for safety. While provincial fires are now contained, flames continue to spread in Los Alerces National Park, consuming 24,000 hectares of native vegetation and pine forests.

Vijayawada Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Mohit Sonakiya said the work on Errupalem-Nambur and Kotipalli-Narsapur lines were progressing.

The purpose is to reduce the regional imbalance in terms of development

The proposal was put forth by the Trans-Yamuna Board during a recent meeting with officials of the Public Works Department

Children Festival was held at the Mahatma Gandhi district stadium in Raichur on February 2 as part of Raichur Zilla Utsav 2026

Nvidia and AMD GPU technology relies on external memory, which adds processing time and slows how quickly users can interact with a chatbot

The case relates to the incident on May 19, 2024, when a Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy under the influence of alcohol fatally knocked down two IT professionals in Pune's Kalyani Nagar area

Procurement and operation of three hydrogen fuel cell electric buses at Kochi airport is part of Kerala Hydrogen Valley initiative under National Green Hydrogen Mission of Government of India

Tourism has been identified as a major employment generator. Puducherry could become a high-value coastal, heritage and medical tourism hub by tapping the budget initiatives

Rajagopalan, advocate from the Union Territory of Puducherry Legal Services Authority (UTPLSA) explained the legal rights and legal aid systems provided to women while addressing the topic Womens Safety - Legal Perspectives

The Traffic police, temporarily halted traffic on the stretch on Kamarajar Road from Kannagi statue to Wallajah Road to facilitate DMK leader and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and other Ministers to pay floral tributes in the morning

U.S. President Trump and PM Modi announce U.S. tariff rates have been slashed to 18%, but questions over the broader FTA, Indian investment commitments, Russian oil, Chabahar port remain

Donald Trump, on February 2, claimed the United States was in talks with the highest people in communist Cuba and that he expected to make a deal with its leadership, without saying what a deal might look like

Mexico is the single-largest supplier of oil to Cuba, which regularly suffers from energy shortages and mass blackouts

India and the U.S. agreed to a trade deal under which Washington will bring down the reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18% from the current 25%

Trump said he was cutting tariffs on Indian goods to 18%.

Rodriguez made several key appointments to her presidential cabinet on Monday, including tapping former Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia to lead Venezuelas diplomatic mission in the United States.

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The decision could head off a planned vote in the Republican-led House of Representatives to hold the two prominent Democrats in contempt, which could lead to criminal charges

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko ordered emergency medical crews to affected parts of the city

In a written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu said that the area has old pipelines dating back to 1997, adding that some of it is damaged, so the municipal administration identified the old stretches of pipeline and included them under AMRUT 2.0

The launch team began loading the 98-meter rocket with super-cold hydrogen and oxygen at Kennedy Space Centre; more than 2.6 million litres had to flow into the tanks and remain on board for several hours, mimicking the final stages of an actual countdown; a couple hours into the daylong operation, excessive hydrogen was detected near the bottom of the rocket

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan asked a judge to issue a court order blocking the policy, which took effect on January 21

It blamed the release of sensitive information that drew an outcry from victims and their lawyers on mistakes that were technical or human error

The government of Tshopo province, where Kisangani is located, said in a statement on Sunday (February 1, 2026) that the drones attempted to strike Bangoka International Airport between early Saturday (January 31, 2026) and early Sunday (February 1, 2026) but were shot down before reaching their target

A merger would represent one of the most high-profit corporate pairings in Silicon Valley, blending a space-and-defence contractor with a rapidly evolving AI developer whose costs are dominated by chips, data centres and energy

Delhis students will benefit from it. We want to turn Narela into an education hub and will try to get it included in the initiative under which five university townships will be established near industry and logistics corridors, said CM Rekha Gupta

The test was conducted at the Thrust Chamber Test facility at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri on January 27, 2026

According to the survey, conducted by the Kolkata-based Sabar Institute and the Sarojini Naidu College for Women, 35% of students in the age group 17-24 years read only occasionally while 25% sat with a book daily

The Union Budget will give new strength to all-round development of Rajasthan and support our resolve to achieve the development goals It is a roadmap for a developed India, Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma said

Senior SAD leaders Daljit Singh Cheema and Arshdeep Singh Kler alleged the State government had concocted a false disproportionate assets case against Mr. Majithia

MHA calls meeting with Kuki-Zo insurgent groupsin indication that elected government could be restored in Manipur soon

The BJP is reaching out to SCs and OBCs, hoping to repeat its success in Haryana