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Nearly 18 acres of illegal poppy cultivation destroyed in Manipur

The State government had previously issued warnings against people engaged in widespread poppy planting

22 Nov 2025 11:26 am
Chennai police arrest murder suspect after shooting him in the leg near Indira Nagar MRTS station

The suspect, Vijayakumar, 21, was tracked down by a special team while they were searching for suspects involved in the murder of Mouli, another history-sheeter

22 Nov 2025 11:25 am
Powerful groups trying to divert attention from issue of illegal immigrants in Manipur: Biren Singh

Former Manipur CM Biren Singh also said anti-nationals and anti-State elements must not be allowed to distract from the real issue of infiltrators

22 Nov 2025 11:23 am
Bangladesh insists on its sovereignty: Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain

The Foreign Affairs Advisor to the interim government described the Bay of Bengal region as a strategic fulcrum and that Bangladesh intends to be a confident actor and not a passive corridor only.

22 Nov 2025 11:22 am
Norris on pole in Las Vegas with Piastri fifth

Red Bull's reigning world champion Max Verstappen, third in the standings after 21 of 24 races but 49 points off the lead, joined the Briton on the front row.

22 Nov 2025 11:17 am
No hasty implementation oflabourcodes in Karnataka, will discuss with unions: Santosh Lad

CITU Karnataka state committee called for a spontaneous protest at factory gates, taluk and district centres on Saturday and an organised protest on November 26, Constitution Day, at all district centres.

22 Nov 2025 11:13 am
Crew evacuated safely from burning ship in San Pedro, says Los Angeles Fire Department

Hazardous materials have been identified in several bays at the port, and firefighters are wearing protective gear and using self-contained breathing equipment

22 Nov 2025 10:54 am
Canara Marathon 2025 to be held in Bengaluru on November 23

The marathon will be flagged off from Sree Kanteerava Stadium, with different race categories scheduled throughout the morning.

22 Nov 2025 10:54 am
Mulayam Singh birth anniversary: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, other leaders pay tributes

Mulayam Singh Yadav, called 'Netaji' by his supporters, was born on November 22, 1939, in Saifai village in Etawah district

22 Nov 2025 10:54 am
Maharashtra local body elections: BJP claims 100 councillors won unopposed days ahead of polling

Elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats are scheduled for December 2, and votes will be counted on December 3, 2025

22 Nov 2025 10:52 am
Supreme Court panel bans climbing stairs, offering darshan at Jagmohan hall of Banke Bihari temple

According to local customs and traditions, devotees are not allowed to enter the area, where only the priests on duty can facilitate worship offered by them

22 Nov 2025 10:51 am
Why do infant deaths persist in the tribal-dominated region of Melghat in Maharashtra?

The issue of infant deaths due to malnutrition and maternal deaths due to lack of maternal healthcare has always persisted in Melghat, home to Korku tribal communities, despite the three decades of government interventions.

22 Nov 2025 10:45 am
Can't skip duty to catch flight: Jagdeep Dhankhar makes first speech after resigning as V-P, attends RSS leader's book launch

No BJP leaders at airport to receive Dhankhar; Digvijaya Singh calls it use and throw policy

22 Nov 2025 10:45 am
White House pauses executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on AI

The draft order, which Reuters reported on earlier this week, would have likely faced significant pushback from states

22 Nov 2025 10:33 am
U.S. considering letting Nvidia sell H200 chips to China

The Commerce Department, which oversees U.S. export controls, is reviewing the policy of barring sales of such chips to China, the sources said, stressing that plans could change

22 Nov 2025 10:22 am
FIFA bans Panama soccer leader again in fallout over inappropriate remark

FIFA said its disciplinary judges also imposed a fine of 20,000 Swiss francs ($25,000) on the Panamanian official for not complying with its ethics committee's previous ruling that banned him for six months into July

22 Nov 2025 10:20 am
Washington State man believed to be first to die from rare strain of H5N5 bird flu in U.S.

The man, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for H5N5 bird flu called after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain

22 Nov 2025 10:19 am
Musk's X recovers for most U.S. users after brief outage, Downdetector shows

There were less than 500 reports of issues with the platform as of 11:47 a.m. ET, down from a peak of more than 20,500 incidents earlier in the day, according to the website that tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources

22 Nov 2025 10:17 am
Bitcoin and other crypto assets sink in flight from risk

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, fell 5.5% to a seven-month low of $81,668

22 Nov 2025 10:10 am
Centre raises MGNREGA work limit to 150 days for J&K for FY 25-26; L-G welcomes move

Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare had recommended extending the benefit of additional employment of 50 days over and above the 100 days per household under MGNREGA in the flood, cloud burst, and landslide-affected areas

22 Nov 2025 10:05 am
The Lichess story: the cool, open-source site helping power the chess boom

What started as a personal coding project for French programmer Thibault Duplessis has grown into a free destination for millions of chess lovers, ranging from amateurs to World champions. Run by just three full-time workers and an army of volunteers, Lichess is both one of the worlds leading gaming websites and an inspirational community enterprise

22 Nov 2025 9:54 am
Tejas fighter jet crash: Deeply saddened by loss of courageous IAF pilot during at Dubai Air Show, says HAL

The project to build the Tejas aircraft finally took off in 1984 after years of deliberations, and the jet was formally declared fit to fly in 2011

22 Nov 2025 9:52 am
Why Wikipedia locked the Gaza Genocide page?

Wikipedias co-founder criticised the use of the word genocide to refer to Israels actions in Gaza, further igniting a debate about political neutrality on Wikipedia

22 Nov 2025 9:40 am
Id feel very comfortable living in New York under Mamdani, says Donald Trump

Pressed on whether he still believed Trump had a fascist agenda, Mamdani did not retract past statements but said he and the President were very clear about our positions

22 Nov 2025 9:39 am
Delhi's air remains in 'very poor' category with persistent smog despite slight improvement in AQI

IGI airport area saw some improvement in its AQI at 7 a.m. compared to other areas, recording an AQI of 296, in the 'poor' category

22 Nov 2025 9:08 am
IND vs SA second Test: South Africa elects to bat; Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy in playing XI

South Africa lead the two-match series 1-0 after winning the first Test in Kolkata by 30 runs.

22 Nov 2025 8:59 am
First Ashes Test: England in charge after dismissing Australia for 132

An explosive opening day of searing pace saw an astonishing 19 wickets tumble.

22 Nov 2025 8:49 am
G20 Summit LIVE updates: PM Modi discusses investments in Indias digital ecosystem with South Africa-based Naspers; talks set to open today

Ahead of the summit in South Africa, PM Modi held talks with with Naspers chairman and CEO, and also met Australian PM Anthony Albanese

22 Nov 2025 8:40 am
Takeaways from the Donald Trump-Zohran Mamdani White House meeting

President Donald Trump hosted New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House for a meeting that took place without apparent conflict

22 Nov 2025 8:38 am
Trump says hes terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota

Congress created the program grantingTemporary Protective Statusin 1990. It was meant to prevent deportations of people to countries suffering from natural disasters, civil strife or other dangerous conditions

22 Nov 2025 8:32 am
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress

The Republican Congresswoman from Georgia and the U.S. President have fallen out in a public feud over the Epstein files release among other issues

22 Nov 2025 7:34 am
PM Modi meets Indian origin tech entrepreneurs, community members in Johannesburg

The Prime Minister also met members of the Indian community based in South Africa who are actively working with different community organisations

22 Nov 2025 7:19 am
CJI Gavai bids adieu, says he is leaving Supreme Court as student of justice with full sense of satisfaction

I made an example of how a son of a senior IAS officer studying in Delhi at a premier school can be made to compete with the son of an agriculturist, the CJI said, recalling the creamy layer verdict

22 Nov 2025 7:19 am
Putin says U.S. plan for Ukraine could form basis for final peace settlement

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he wants an answer from Ukraine counterpart Zelenskyy on his 28-point plan by Thursday (November 27), but added that an extension is possible to finalise terms

22 Nov 2025 6:48 am
10 killed after 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangladesh

Officials said four of the victims died in the capital Dhaka, five in Narsingdi, the epicentre of the tremor, and one in suburban river port town of Narayanganj

22 Nov 2025 6:39 am
Why Gen Z is getting their news from podcasts

This generation prefers to engage with different perspectives digitally than via traditional formats, and the market is catching up

22 Nov 2025 6:08 am
In Kerala, a snakebite that sparked a change

Last month, Kerala declared snakebite envenomation a notifiable disease. Though snakebites are common in the State, a 2019 incident triggered a systemic overhaul. A 10-year-old girl had died of a venomous snakebite in a school in Wayanad, and people were outraged. Since then, a digital rescue network has been launched and school infrastructure upgraded.Sarath Babu Georgereports on Keralas quest for zero snakebite mortality

22 Nov 2025 6:06 am
Inside Indias podcast generation

The market is growing with over 100 million listeners. And with vodcasts on the scene, the game is set to change

22 Nov 2025 6:06 am
MTC launches Bus first campaign in Chennai

Corporation hopes people will give priority to buses, and ropes in cricketer Thirush Kamini as brand ambassador for the campaign

22 Nov 2025 4:59 am
22 Nov 2025 4:24 am
Trump says Ukraine's Zelenskyy will have to approve U.S.-backed peace plan

Mr. Trump said the approaching winter, the mounting death toll and repeated attacks on Ukrainian energy plants underscored the urgency of ending the war

22 Nov 2025 3:47 am
U.N. chief Guterres urges G20 to use power to ease global suffering

Mr. Guterres urged G20 members to live up to the commitments made in June in the Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla to unlock more finance for developing countries, triple the lending power of multilateral development banks, and increase their role in leveraging more private finance

22 Nov 2025 2:44 am
Trump says he had a very productive meeting with Mamdani

Weve just had a great... very productive meeting. We have one thing in common. We want this city of ours that we love to do very well, Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office

22 Nov 2025 2:28 am
Demolition a political exercise in Varanasi, should be stopped, says Akhilesh

Mr. Yadav, who met the aggrieved traders of Varanasis Dal Mandi at the Samajwadi State Office in Lucknow, said that the political demolition of Varanasi Dal Mandi should be stopped

22 Nov 2025 1:51 am
Shardul Thakur to lead Mumbais Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title defence

Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube available for the first four games

22 Nov 2025 1:15 am