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November 2025

‘Embodies transparency and impartiality’: Om Birla lauds UPSC; calls it one of India’s ‘most important institutions’ | India News

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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday hailed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which is celebrating its centenary, as “one of the most important institutions in India’s democratic and administrative framework that has, in its hundred-year journey, embodied transparency, impartiality, confidentiality, and accountability”.Birla, while delivering…

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IMF’s big move: India’s forex framework reclassified; move comes amid rupee weakness

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India’s exchange rate framework came under renewed global scrutiny on Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund reclassified the country’s “de facto” regime as a “crawl-like arrangement”, two years after designating it “stabilised”. The change follows an IMF review conducted earlier this year and could shape how global investors read India’s approach to managing the rupee…

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CBI arrests key accused Abul Hossen Molla in Sandeshkhali attack case | India News

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KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in Kolkata has arrested Abul Hossen Molla, also known as Duronto, from South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. He was taken into custody on Wednesday evening.According to officials, Molla was allegedly involved in the mob attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in the Sandeshkhali area…

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The city that hosted India’s first home ODI might surprise you | Cricket News

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Ask any cricket fan where India’s first One Day International on home ground was, and you’ll likely hear Mumbai, Kolkata or Delhi. The correct answer reveals something essential about how Indian cricket has evolved, not through its traditional power centres, but through unlikely pioneers. On Nov 25, 1981, it was Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium…

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India wants to further strengthen ties with US on joint fight against narcotics: MEA | India News

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NEW DELHI: The operational cooperation between India and the US in the area of counter-narcotics has “surged” in the last several years, and New Delhi wants to further strengthen the joint fight against narcotics, the MEA said on Wednesday. At his weekly media briefing, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in response to a query,…

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‘We’ll continue to fight’: Amid the storm, Test captain Shubman Gill backs Team India | Cricket News

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Shubman Gill, left, and India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir talk during a practice session at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian men’s Test team captain Shubman Gill has called for patience, perspective and unity after India suffered their heaviest-ever defeat in Test cricket, going down by…

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Punjab CM Mann bats for strategic tie up with Japan | India News

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CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday stressed on strategic partnership with Japan across key sectors such as advanced manufacturing, mobility, electronics, food processing, renewable energy, and global services. Mann virtually held a detailed deliberation with a high-level delegation from Japan, comprising representatives of the Embassy of Japan and leading Japanese companies operating across…

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