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Hyundai Motor consolidated Q2 net skids on weak sentiments

Revenue from operations declined by 7.5% to ₹17,260 crore due to Red Sea crisis, while operational and cost efficiencies provided some positive support, the carmaker said in a statement




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SDG goals at risk in nations such as India due to declining health spending: Data

Pre-pandemic gains are eroding. In India, the share of health in the budget dropped below the 2% mark after the pandemic




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Will demolish all obstacles preventing people from all castes from becoming priests: CM




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Development lenders set $120 billion climate finance goal for poorer countries

The new figure is a more than 60% increase on what the group of 10 multilateral development banks (MDBs) had funnelled to poorer nations last year




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Congress-led alliance conspiring with divisive elements in Muslim communities for electoral gains, alleges BJP

BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Muslim NGOs of raising support for Congress and its allies in Maharashtra, Jharkhand; says BJP will oppose any efforts to extend OBC, SC quota benefits to Muslims




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Severe turbulence jolts Buenos Aires-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight, 11 injured

The Boeing 747-8 had been carrying 329 passengers and 19 crew members. The turbulence was brief and occurred in an intertropical convergence zone




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Chronicling a lifetime in service of law




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Star hotels, resorts likely to come up near Bhogapuram international airport

A Tata group company seeks allocation of land, another company recently completes a beach resort in Srikakulam




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Jaipur-based South Western Command establishes think tank Gyan Shakti

The think tank aims to create a combined pool of talent of all stakeholders, which would be ideally suited to advise the industry and the government on the way forward




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When the Centre carried out a drive to ‘cleanse public life’ in Tamil Nadu

Immediately after the Karunanidhi government was dismissed on corruption charges, Governor K.K. Shah convened a meeting of Collectors and police officers to underscore the importance of a “clean, impartial, efficient, upright and just administration”. He said months later that he would restore Tamil Nadu’s image as the best-administered State




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Suryanarkoil Saivite mutt locked as pontiff leaves following public protest




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Nilakanta Sastri’s take on Dravidian-Aryan divide and the claims on the Indus Valley Civilisation

In his lectures at Patna University in 1964, Sastri quotes J. Burrow, Professor of Oxford University, who had suggested that “Vedic speech was influenced not by the Dravidian languages of history as we know them, but by an earlier form, a sort of proto-Dravidian, which has long preceded them as well as Aryan advent into India”




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Taliban appoint ‘Acting Consul’ at the Afghan Consulate General in Mumbai

Ikramuddin Kamil has been appointed as the ‘Acting Consul’ at the Afghan mission in Mumbai, Bakhtar News Agency said.




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Remembering Suryakumari, the woman who immortalised ‘Ma Telugu Thalli ki’ with her voice

The neice of Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu brought much popularity to the song written by Sankarambadi Sundarachari




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Lokayukta police conduct raids across the State, book 8 officials




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Chaavadikota hill, the newest destination in Maredumilli forests beckons tourists 

With its breathtaking sunrise and sunset views, and pristine waterfalls, the emerging destination offers a treat to nature lovers, and a possibility to experience the hospitality of the aboriginal tribes




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EC asks police to register case against Anvar 




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It pains me to debate with Edappadi Palaniswami, who speaks like leaders who lack decency and civility, says Stalin




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UAS-B’s Krishi Mela on theme ‘climate-smart digital farming’ to feature drones for coconut-plucking, AI-based farm machinery

The Krishi Mela will be held on the GKVK campus of UAS-B from November 14 to 17




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EPS hits out at DMK for ‘stifling’ voice of government workers




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BJP leaders slam Congress, accuse it of delivering false promises to garner votes

Former Union Minister Anurag Thakur takes a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi




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Delhi Police arrests five for gang-raping minor, aunt in Lajpat Nagar

The accused picked up 17-year-old girl, her aunt from outside a south Delhi club, offered to take them to other clubs, gave them alcoholic drinks, and assaulted them, say police




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Rajasthan’s seven Assembly bypolls present a test of credibility for veteran leaders

The BJP is trying to compensate for the loss of 11 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the State while the Congress-led INDIA bloc has fallen apart barely five months after the polls




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Trump picks John Ratcliffe to be CIA director

John Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence at the end of Donald Trump’s first term




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Jharkhand first phase of polling LIVE updates: Voting begins for 43 seats

Former CM is contesting on a BJP ticket for the first time, while six State Cabinet Ministers are also among 683 candidates in the first phase




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Karnataka HC adjourns hearing on plea against Kambala near Pilikula biological park




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Mangaluru court rejects bail application of two theft accused




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Bypolls LIVE: Voting begins for 31 Assembly seats in 10 States

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut in Wayanad




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Goods train derails in Telangana's Peddapalli; 20 trains cancelled, 10 diverted

Eleven wagons of the goods train carrying iron ore derailed between Raghavapuram and Ramagundam





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The musical brilliance of Basu Chatterjee

'Songs are a commercial compromise.''I had to invent tricks to fit songs into my films.'



  • Basuda
  • Piya Ka Ghar
  • IMAGE
  • Basu Chatterjee
  • Lata Mangeshkar gem Oh Sham Ayee Rangon Bhari
  • Piya Maine Kya Kiya
  • Kabhi Kabhi Sapna Lagta Hai
  • Rajnigandha Phool Tumhare
  • Yeh Jab Se Hui
  • Yeh Din Kya Aaye
  • Rimjhim Gire Sawan
  • Hamari Bahu Alka
  • Balam Ka Karoon Sajni
  • Baaton Baaton Mein
  • Manoj Kumar
  • Amol Palekar


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Only if Sushant had believed his lines from Chhichhore

'Isn't 11.3 million Instagram followers and 1.9 million Twitter followers enough to make you feel wanted and loved as a successful star?' 'Can a huge bank balance, a fleet of fancy cars, and a big house assure you happiness and contentment in life?' 'For Sushant, it did not.'






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Colour Blind Casting or Cultural Appropriation?

'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.''If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all ethnicities and genders -- would be out of a job,' observes Indira Kannan.





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There won't be a James Bond like Sean Connery

As dry as the martini Bond enjoyed, Connery's 007 was a <em>tour de force</em> of comicbook heroism replete with set pieces and choreographed stunts which he carried off with a Scottish virility, notes Subhash K Jha.




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Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.





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What sending Jallikattu to the Oscars means

To an award show that's famous for honouring artists belatedly, we have sent as our official entry one of our major film-makers's weakest work yet, feels Sreehari Nair.




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Oscar nod or not, Jallikattu's selection is a win-win

The Oscars is prestigious and all artists covet it but ultimately, the business of winning is ruthless and political. And India has seldom risen to the challenge, argues Sukanya Verma.





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The Small Big Pictures Of Rajamouli &amp; Co

RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.




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Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.




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Darlings Is Daring!

I cannot think of another Hindi movie that has, without so much as a hint of cynicism or speechifying, brought out that fundamental fact of Muslims being an integral part of the Indian culture while being at the same time a subculture with its own polite niceties, observes Sreehari Nair.




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Pathaan Is About Shah Rukh's Life

More than anything else, Pathaan is a silent and subtle statement of Shah Rukh Khan about his place, his commitment to cinema and, if one can say, his politics, observes Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.




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The Plight Of Food Delivery Boys

<em>Zwigato</em> urges viewers to think critically about the kind of unethical behaviour that food delivery workers have to put up with on a daily basis because of insensitive customers, observes Chintan Girish Modi.




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Jailer And Vikram: Alike Yet Apart

What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.




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Will Thalapathy Vijay Take A Plunge Into Politics?

At the Leo fete, Vijay had this also to tell his fans: 'I know you all are in my heart. But today, I also know that I am also in the hearts of all of you...'A typical politician's line, did you say, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.