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India asks citizens to leave Syria at the earliest as rebel groups continue to seize more cities

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India issues a travel advisory for Syria amid escalating violence. Rebel offensives led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have seized key cities, raising regional stability concerns.
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“If you can’t take action, dissolve UN”: Spiritual leader Devkinandan urges UN to act on Bangladesh violence

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Spiritual leader Devkinandan Thakur on Thursday urged the United Nations to take immediate action against the recent violence in Bangladesh and said that if the international peacekeeping organisation fails to act, it should dissolve.
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News Reports

Walmart sells underwear and slippers featuring Lord Ganesha, takes down derogatory collection only after Hindus outrage

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Walmart is selling at least 70 variants of boxers, thongs, briefs and panties with the print of Lord Ganesha
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News Reports

Two British Indian community leaders stripped of honours by King Charles; One had shown support for Bangladeshi Hindus, the other “accused” of supporting PM...

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British Indian leaders Lord Ranger and Anil Bhanot lose honours, sparking a debate on free speech as they were accused of Islamophobia and political bias.
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World

Canada: Motion to label 1984 anti-Sikh riots as a genocide blocked by MP Chandra Arya, calls it Khalistani driven narrative

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The Canadian MP also highlighted the ongoing threats and pressure he faces for voicing concerns of the Hindu-Canadian community and warned that the "politically powerful Khalistani lobby" would likely attempt to push the motion again.
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves 28 new Navodaya Vidyalayas and 85 new Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country, allocates ₹8,232 crore

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The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the establishment of 28 new Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVs) and 85 new Kendriya Vidyalayas
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News Reports

Bangladesh’s Border Guards snuck into India to stop the renovation of a Hindu temple in Assam claiming it would “offend Bangladeshi Muslims”

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A team of Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) intruded in the Indian territory in Assam and tried to stop renovation of a Hindu temple claiming the site of a temple would offend Bangladeshi Muslims across the border.
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News Reports

Kerala: ‘Jinn’ Shameema and her gang killed NRI businessman Gafoor for 4.768 kg gold during Ramazan, had lured him claiming to double the gold...

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Over a year after an NRI businessman was killed in Kerala, investigation revealed that an occult gang led by ‘Jinn’ Shameema had killed him for 4,768 grams of gold
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News Reports

JNU scientist Anand Ranganathan and team make pathbreaking discovery for Covid-19 and Malaria treatment

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Published in the prestigious International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, the study, led by Dr Anand Ranganathan and Shailja Singh of JNU's Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, reveals that targeting Hsp70 could help prevent drug resistance, which is becoming a major issue in infection treatment.
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News Reports

MoS Bhagirath Choudhary invites protesting farmers for talks, says government is open for dialogue

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Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Bhagirath Choudhary, on Friday invited protesting farmers for talks
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‘Hindus demanding temple are ‘dictators-tyrants’, always against the law’: Retired SC judge cries foul over SC verdict on Ram Mandir

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On Thursday, 6th December, former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman criticized the 5 judge bench that delivered the Ayodhya verdict 5 years ago and said that the verdict was nothing but a 'mockery of justice' that violated the basic principle of secularism.
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News Reports

NGO launches Hinduphobia Tracker: Here’s what it is, how it works and how you can submit hate crimes against Hindus

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To document the incidents of hate crimes against Hindus in India and abroad, a Hinduphobia tracker has been launched by Gavishti Foundation
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News Reports

Father of two, Mohammad Saheb, rapes a 12-year-old girl for a month: Kidnapped from Bihar and subjected to atrocities in Kolkata, Vizag, and Ranchi

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To keep the victim unconscious during a month of perpetual rape and torture, Mohammed Saheb gave her intoxicants several times and finally on December 3, he abandoned the girl at Sadbhavna Chowk and fled.
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News Reports

HDFC relationship manager accused of defrauding a customer of Rs 3 crores, Bombay HC pulls up police, sends notices to RBI and HDFC

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The petitioner expressed that other HDFC bank officials also seemed to be involved in the case.
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News Reports

Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak passed in Rajya Sabha replacing Aircraft Act, Aviation Minister K Naidu schools INDI Alliance for opposing the Hindi name

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Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu said that the name was changed to Hindi to showcase India's heritage and culture and that there was no violation of the Constitutional rule.
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News Reports

Farmers protest: Protesters gather at Shambhu border to march towards Delhi seeking implementation of 12 demand charter

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At the Shambhu border, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that there would be a group of 100 farmers who would be marching towards Delhi peacefully and have no intention of breaking the barricades present.
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News Reports

Maoists kill of two former sarpanches in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, leave pamphlet on BJP leader’s body with the threat ‘leave BJP or get killed’

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Maoists killed two former sarpanchs in the insurgency-affected district of Bijapur after kidnapping them, one of them was a BJP worker
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News Reports

Mumbai: Irani gang attack police with stones after they arrest chain snatcher, 3 severely injured

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The gang members collected the stones from the nearby railway track and attacked the Mumbai police personnel.
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News Reports

Modi govt is empowering women, data shows massive increase in female labour force participation in 5 years: Details

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Female LFPR is a key indicator of economic empowerment of women and economic inclusiveness.
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News Reports

Muslim family bought a house in front of a temple in Moradabad, people of the locality came out on the streets in protest

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The locals further claim that when this colony was founded, it was decided that members of other communities would not be allowed to buy houses here. The colony residents have promised to gather donations and repay the registry money to Ikra Chaudhary.
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News Reports

Nepali PM KP Sharma Oli defends signing Belt and Road Initiative agreement with China, claims there is no loan agreement

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Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reiterated that no loan agreement has been made with northern neighbour China while signing the revised Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) pact.
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News Reports

Indore: Samir Qureshi arrested over charges of love jihad, found to have 4 Aadhaar Cards including in Hindu name, photos of Hindu girls in...

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He was reportedly getting direction from Pakistan and Muslim countries to indulge in love jihad with Hindu girls.
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News Reports

Muhammad becomes the most popular name given to baby boys in the UK for 2023, Mohammed and Mohammad also in top 100

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Top 100 most popular names for baby boys in the UK was released recently, and it shows that the most popular first name is Muhammad
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News Reports

PM Modi sends a high-level delegation to Vatican to witness ordination of Kerala’s Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad as cardinal by the Pope

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PM Narendra Modi is sending a high-level Indian delegation to participate in the ordination of Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad as a cardinal by the Pope in Vatican
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News Reports

Gujarat: Kutch Police arrests a gang of 12 people looting businessmen by posing as ED officials

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Kutch Police came into action after the businessman filed a complaint. The police said that the gang included individuals from Ahmedabad, Gandhidham, and Bhuj, and was targeting key businessmen. 
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News Reports

Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as new CM of Maharashtra with deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar

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Ending the long-drawn suspense over who would get the top job, Fadnavis, Shinde, and Pawar met Governor CP Radhakrishnan to stake their claim to form the Mahayuti government on Wednesday.
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News Reports

AAP shares doctored video showing actor Pankaj Tripathi campaigning against BJP ahead of Delhi elections, deletes after slammed by netizens

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In the video shared by AAP, it is clear that on the phone held by Pankaj Tripathi, an image saying 'Vote for BJP' on a saffron background and with BJP logo was superimposed on the original video
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News Reports

Telangana: Locals raise Rs 3.75 crore to restore 1000-year-old Shiva temple after govt officials repeatedly deny their requests

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According to locals, couples who wish to have children are granted their wish after visiting the temple.
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News Reports

Children found living in toilets in Chhattisgarh’s residential school for tribals, minister angry over ‘allowing camera’

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A team led by the Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development Branch has been dispatched to probe the matter.
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News Reports

Kerala BJP Vice President criticises Assam govt for banning beef in public places, claims beef comes from buffaloes and bulls, not cows

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BJP Kerala Vice President Major Ravi took a jibe at the Assam CM for the beef ban in public places saying that beef is not cow
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News Reports

Former IAS Anil Swarup publishes flawed analysis comparing GDP per capita with personal wealth, Sucheta Dalal amplifies the same, deletes post after backlash

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The flawed ‘analysis’ by Anil Swarup was amplified by veteran business journalist Sucheta Dalal who in an X post published on 4th December said, “Some perspective for those wearing saffron tinted glasses. Try thinking when you cheer a govt that kills faith in institutions/regulators (SEBI), makes it hard to reclaim your own money (@authorityiepf @socialepfo @RBI), extracts 18% GST on essentials!”
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As Muhammad Yunus and his govt accuse India of spreading propaganda, read how the interim govt is encouraging violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh interim govt led by Md Yunus has been hell-bent on targeting India instead of controlling the anti-Hindu violence in the country.
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Crime

Bihar: Inspector Balal Khan demands sexual favors from a woman in need of help, threatens to send her to jail, video viral

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Patori Police DSP BK Medhavi meanwhile took cognizance of the event and said that a detailed investigation into the case would be conducted. She said that the office was unaware of the incident until the video appeared on social media.
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News Reports

BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi raises the issue of OCCRP targeting India in parliament, chairman Dhankhar says we can’t allow deep state to make us...

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As the opposition parties are stalling the parliament over an US court’s indictment of the Adani group, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi in Rajya Sabha raise the matter of foreign govt funded organisations like OCCRP repeatedly targeting India
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old girl, says ‘convict belongs to backward community, reformation can’t be...

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hhattisgarh High Court overturned a man's death sentence for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering a seven-year-old child saying he can be reformed as he is from backward community
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News Reports

‘Samajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq himself was driving the Scorpio that killed a man’: On victim family’s complain, Sambhal SP launches probe

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The deceased victim's father, Samar Pal, stated on Tuesday that the vehicle that hit his son had the "Samajwadi Party MP" symbol. Pal claimed that Zia ur Rehman Barq was driving this vehicle. He further alleged that the police did not probe Gaurav’s case properly.
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Brian Thompson, CEO of USA’s biggest health insurance company UnitedHealth assasinated outside New York hotel

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The deceased had been staying at The Luxury Collection Hotel Manhattan Midtown, a Marriott facility on 54th Street. The police stated that the gunman arrived at the scene around five minutes before Thompson arrived outside the Hilton.
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Editor's picks

Sambhal temple-mosque dispute: Advocate Commission to submit survey report in sealed envelope by 8th December

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Advocate Commissioner Ramesh Singh Raghav said that the report is being prepared, it will be submitted in a sealed envelope in the court before time.
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Delhi police arrest AAP MLA Naresh Balyan in MCOCA case after he was granted bail in extortion case

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Delhi police on Wednesday arrested Delhi police in MCOCA case after he was granted bail in extortion case by the Rouse Avenue court.
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Reserve Bank of India raises UPI Lite wallet limit from ₹2,000 to ₹5,000, per transaction limit increased to ₹1,000

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The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday revised the wallet limit for the UPI Lite from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000.
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Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from training to become midwives and nurses in latest diktat amid deteriorating health crisis

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In its latest dictate against women, the Taliban govt in Afghanistan has banned women from pursuing courses to become midwives and nurses
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News Reports

Assam govt extends beef ban to hotels, restaurants and all other public places

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The Assam government on Wednesday expanded beef ban in the state, and imposed a ban on service beef in hotels, restaurants, public functions and other public places
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Two Moradabad jail officials suspended for allowing Samajwadi Party leaders to meet Sambhal violence accused

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The SP delegation, which included former Parliament member ST Hasan, Nawab Jaan Khan, and Chaudhary Samarpal Singh, visited the Moradabad jail to meet Sambhal violence accused
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JeM chief Masood Azhar cites ‘dream’ by Taliban’s Haqqani to rally support for jihad in Kashmir, Haqqani dismisses it saying ‘no knowledge of any...

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Afghan Taliban's Sirajuddin Haqqani categorically denied having shared any 'dream' with Masood Azhar after latter's sensational claims made during a public event.
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Economy and Finance

Google to set up its fifth Safety Engineering Centre in Hyderabad, signs agreement with Telangana government

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Technology giant Google is all set to establish a Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC) in Hyderabad soon, which will be second in Asia and fifth one globally
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: 33 accused have been sent to jail, 400 identified, says DM Rajendra Pensiya

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Sambhal Superintendent of Police (SP) KK Bishnoi reassured that the situation in the area is currently peaceful.
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Delhi HC dismisses PIL against Navjot Sidhu for saying that Ayurvedic diet helped his wife in recovering from stage-4 cancer, says nobody forced to...

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The Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the claims of Navjot Singh Sidhu that his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu recovered from stage 4 cancer with the help of an Ayurvedic diet plan
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News Reports

2002 Mumbai Serial Blasts convict Saquib Nachan approaches Supreme Court against government declaring ISIS as terrorist organization

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Saquib Nachan was arrested in 2023 following his release from jail in 2017 after he was allegedly "disciplined."
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World

School bullies sneak into ICU to mock 12-year-old victim they pushed to hang herself, share photos

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Later in the year, bullies allegedly splashed water on the girl's clothes before throwing them away. After a series of verbal and physical attacks, things worsened when Kelaia got into an altercation with one of her bullies, prompting school administrators to suspend her rather than the bully.
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Traffic blockage, high drama at Gazipur border as Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka attempt to politicize Sambhal violence under the pretext of meeting victims’ families

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The Congress leaders are attempting to visit Sambhal amid restrictions barring the entry of outsiders to the area until December 10, which were imposed after violence erupted over a survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid.
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