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Zero-duty market access, push for services and labour-intensive sectors and more: How the trade deal with UK will benefit India

Shraddha Pandey -
The India-UK FTA has also been designed to make trade more inclusive. Now, women and youth entrepreneurs, farmers, fishermen, startups, and MSMEs will gain new access to global value chains.
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Centre refutes claims that Operation Sindoor was announced under international pressure, reiterates it was in response to terror attack

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In a reply to a question by Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said that Operation Sindoor was launched to respond to a barbaric cross-border terror attack in Pahalgam.
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Law

Private hospitals and nursing homes treat patients like ATMs: Allahabad HC dismisses the plea of a doctor seeking quashing of medical negligence case against...

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A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar of Allahabad High Court dismissed the doctor's plea, saying that a prima facie offence was made out against him.
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News Reports

Over a lakh civilians displaced, F-16 jets deployed, missiles used, Buddhist monastries targeted: Tensions spike on Thailand-Cambodia border

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Cambodian officials stated that bombs were dropped near the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear Temple, a site already involved in historic tension between the two nations
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2011 Soumya rape and murder case: Convict Govindachamy alias Charley Thomas breaks out of Kerala’s high-security Kannur central jail

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Govindachamy, from Tamil Nadu is a habitual offender. He has only one arm. Officials are now under fire after his jailbreak.
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World

From ‘India Out’ to ‘Modi In’: The changing dynamics of India-Maldives relations

Divyansh Tiwari -
Notwithstanding early tensions, the Muizzu government understood the strategic and economic importance of keeping close relations with India.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force plans to acquire 40 to 60 fifth-generation fighter jets from foreign sources to strengthen its combat capabilities until indigenous AMCA is...

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to acquire two to three squadrons of fifth-generation fighter jets from foreign sources to strengthen its combat capabilities until the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project becomes operational.
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Crime

2020 Bengaluru riots case: Ikramuddin, Atif and Mohammed plead guilty, sentenced to 7 years in jail by NIA court

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Three people have been sentenced to seven years of hard imprisonment by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Bengaluru
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Adani Enterprises and MetTube forge strategic alliance to boost India’s copper tube manufacturing

OpIndia Staff -
Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) has announced a strategic partnership with MetTube, a subsidiary of the Metdist Group, to jointly manufacture high-performance copper tubes for critical sectors like HVAC, renewable energy, and smart infrastructure.
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ED raids 35 premises linked to Anil Ambani’s RAAGA firms: Here’s what the probe agency found in its investigation

Shraddha Pandey -
The Reliance Anil Ambani Group is reported to have said that the ongoing raids and investigation will have "no impact on the business operations, financial performance, shareholders, employees, or any other stakeholders" of Reliance Power and Reliance Infrastructure.
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Bangladesh: ‘Pro-democracy’ Yunus issues ordinance to stop govt employees from protesting against his regime, had earlier intimidated students in a similar manner

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Besides the looming threat of forced dismissal from service, government employees could also be demoted to a lower rank or pay grade for agitating against the government.
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News Reports

Duty-free access for around 99% Indian exports will unlock nearly $23 billion in opportunities for labour-intensive sectors, says minister Piyush Goyal after signing the...

OpIndia Staff -
The accord will unlock the duty-free access for about 99% of Indian exports, which will open the gate for $23 billion in opportunities for labour-intensive sectors, marking a new era for inclusive and gender-equitable growth.
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News Reports

Air India warned of action over crew fatigue and training failures

Shriti Sagar -
Air India is under fire from the DGCA for 29 safety violations, including pilot fatigue and poor training. The warning comes soon after a deadly crash in Ahmedabad.
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News Reports

No arrest for 2 months in 498A cases: Supreme Court upholds Allahabad HC’s cooling-off period and Family Welfare Committee safeguards

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In a landmark move, the Supreme Court approved Allahabad HC's guidelines to prevent misuse of 498A IPC and directed pre-arrest scrutiny by Family Welfare Committees, along with barring future litigation between estranged spouses.
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News Reports

Agra man recounts how his 2 daughters were converted by ISIS-style conversion gang with ties to Pakistan, says Saima took PhD scholar Deepali to...

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The two sisters reached West Bengal through Delhi and Bihar with the help of Mohammad Ibrahim alias Reet Banik.
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News Reports

Madurai Adheenam’s anticipatory bail challenged at HC: Tamil Nadu BJP condemns DMK, says the party wants to harass Hindu religious leaders

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BJP president Nainar Nagenthiran questioned what issue the DMK regime wished to divert by focusing on the pontiff.
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News Reports

Bombay HC refuses to stop demolition of illegal dargah in Thane, says mere claims of popularity doesn’t prove its legality and Gazi Salaunddin Trust...

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The High Court said that a party coming to a Court must come with clean hands. He must state and produce all facts and documents on record to prove his ownership.
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News Reports

Is Bangladesh turning into Afghanistan? Yunus regime facilitates restriction on women’s clothing, appeasement of Islamists, finds new love for Taliban and Sharia-compliant society

Dibakar Dutta -
In July this year, an Islamic outfit named 'Jamaat-Char Monai' announced its plans to turn Bangladesh into a Sharia-compliant nation like Afghanistan. It also vowed to follow the model implemented by the Taliban regime.
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Supreme Court slams Karnataka HC for granting bail to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa in kidnap and murder case, calls it ‘perverse exercise of judicial power’

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The Supreme Court has strongly criticised the Karnataka High Court for granting bail to actor Darshan in the Renukaswamy murder case, calling it a “perverse exercise of judicial power.” The court also questioned why the case was getting special treatment.
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Landmark India-UK Free Trade Agreement signed in presence of Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer in London

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The much-awaited landmark India-UK Free Trade Agreement was signed on Thursday, in the presence of Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer, providing greater access to goods and services between the two countries.
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Trump tells tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta and others to not hire from India and other foreign countries, not to build factories overseas

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US President Donald Trump has called for eschewing "radical globalism" pursued by some of the country's firms, including tech giants like Google, Meta and Microsoft, among others, to "stop building factories" and "hiring workers" from countries including India.
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News Reports

India’s IB launches crackdown on Rohingya infiltration: 5,000 recruits sought with local, Rohingya language skills

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The IB is recruiting 5,000 Security Assistants across India, with a special focus on youth fluent in Rohingya for postings in Kolkata for tackling the menace of illegal immigration from Bangladesh.
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World

Thailand launches strikes against Cambodia using F-16s as tensions between the neighbours reach a boiling point

OpIndia Staff -
Thailand and Cambodia's bilateral ties are at their lowest point in almost ten years after repeated skirmishes at the border.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court order acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blast case

OpIndia Staff -
On July 11, 2006, seven bombs exploded in different compartments of Western Railway trains during the evening rush hour. Around 189 people were killed and more than 800 were injured.
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News Reports

The US Justice Department told Trump that his name emerged in the Epstein files, claims Wall Street Journal after Trump sued the publication

OpIndia Staff -
About a week ago, Trump sued the WSJ for publishing a report claiming that Trump sent birthday letter to Epstein containing a portrait of a nude woman.
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News Reports

CBI unearths massive bribery and inspection scam in private medical colleges, senior officials from Health Ministry, NMC, UGC under lens: Read what the FIR...

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Colleges faked compliance using leaked NMC inspection schedules, dummy patients, and forged documents. Bribes funded temple construction, with officials from the Health Ministry and regulatory boards directly implicated in the organised corruption racket.
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Crime

Calcutta HC commutes death sentence of two men convicted of raping and murdering 5-year-old girl after TMC govt said they are from socially backward...

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Notably, the TMC government in West Bengal submitted that the perpetrators were from ‘socially backward’ background and ‘slow learners’ at school with little to no education.
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World

Lead poisoning scandal in China: 230 children hospitalised after school used industrial paint in cafeteria food, authorities tried their best to cover-up the incident

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In an attempt to boost admissions, the principal of the kindergarten had ordered to cook the food be made more attractive by using poisonous bright colours
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News Reports

Varanasi: Temple-gurudwara site sealed since Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984 opens after 42 years with a historic Hindu-Sikh truce

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A 42-year-old dispute over a religious site in Varanasi was peacefully resolved, with Hindu and Sikh committees agreeing to divide the land. The site, sealed after Indira Gandhi's assassination, will now host both a temple and a gurudwara.
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Uttar Pradesh: Six decades after they fled persecution in East Pakistan, Yogi Adityanath govt to grant land-ownership right to thousands of Bangladeshi Hindu refugees

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The 62-year-long wait is finally going to end after a recent directive by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The decision came after a high-level meeting regarding the same was chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath.
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Arunachal Pradesh, India’s orchid capital: Read how its unique climate sustains over 600 orchid species, and how govt has been working on preservation, research...

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The significance of orchids is not limited to their aesthetic value, their use in bioremediation, which is a process of removing pollutants from the environment, is also being studied.
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News Reports

Legal sanction to desecration of temples? Karnataka HC quashes FIR against Muslims preaching Islam in Hindu temple because it ‘doesn’t amount to conversion’ —...

Jinit Jain -
Karnataka HC’s ruling that preaching Islam inside a Hindu temple is not an offence raises grave concerns over judicial apathy towards temple sanctity and the growing threat to communal harmony.
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Naga organisations in Manipur object to India-Myanmar border fencing, demand restoration of FMR: Read how this open border has been fuelling violence and narcotics...

Chandrani Das -
For the effective management of the India-Myanmar border, as well as ensuring the fencing in the north-east region, over 1,500 km of fencing, which includes 300 km of electric fencing, will be deployed
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News Reports

Jharkhand’s 400-year-old twin Palamu forts to be restored, built by tribal Chero kings who fought against Mughals and destroyed by the British to crush...

Rukma Rathore -
The Chero clan governed Palamu for approximately 200 years and defended the region against Mughal invaders.
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News Reports

ED files FEMA case against Myntra alleging ₹1,654 crore FDI violation, says company was doing retail sales while declaring itself as wholesale business

OpIndia Staff -
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a FEMA complaint against Myntra and its related firms for allegedly violating FDI rules worth ₹1,654.35 crore. ED claims Myntra posed as a wholesale business while engaging in multi-brand retail trading.
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World

PM Modi set to visit Maldives: Read how India’s $400 million ‘Sanjeevani Booti’ rescued the island nation’s economy

Divyansh Tiwari -
The pandemic and global economic slowdowns had a significant impact on the Maldives, which relies significantly on tourism.
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News Reports

Bombay HC questions Maharashtra govt’s policy for Visarjan of Ganesh idols, asks why taller idols allowed to be immersed in natural water bodies

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The Bombay High Court raised concerns over Maharashtra's plan to allow over 7,000 large Ganesh idols in natural water bodies. The court asked the state to consider immersing idols up to 8 feet in artificial tanks to reduce environmental harm.
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Agra conversion racket: Goa girl SB Krishna brainwashed by Kashmiri students at Panjab University to become Muslim, she then joined the gang and collected...

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Kaleem Siddiqui who is already behind bars in another case has been discovered to be the mastermind of the conversion gang.
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News Reports

‘Customer is king’: Supreme Court refuses to stay UP and Uttarakhand govt’s orders to display QR codes in restaurants during Kanwar Yatra

Shraddha Pandey -
A division bench of Justice MM Sundaresh and Justice NK Singh dismissed the petition filed against the UP government's order to install QR codes in restaurants .
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News Reports

Trump’s H-1B visa overhaul: long-planned policy shift may hit Indians hardest

Chandrani Das -
This visa program plays a vital role for US tech companies, enabling them to recruit highly skilled foreign professionals, many of whom are from India
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News Reports

Around 51 lakh voters to be removed from Bihar voter list as ECI finds major discrepancies in SIR exercise due to duplicate entries, death...

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission has flagged major issues in Bihar's voter list, identifying 18 lakh deceased voters, 26 lakh who have shifted, and 7 lakh duplicates. The move has triggered political backlash, with the Opposition calling it an attempt to remove genuine voters.
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News Reports

Agra Islamic conversion racket: Rescued Hindu victim tells police how Muslim girls brainwashed her and only those girls who refused to become Muslim were...

OpIndia Staff -
She added that in November 2024, he marriage was fixed and when she informed Junaid about this, the accused allegedly began pressuring her to leave everything for the sake of Allah and come to him.
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News Reports

Indian Ambassador to Ireland slams biased media coverage after an Indian man faces a racist attack: How online hate fuels racism against Indians, especially...

Jinit Jain -
A brutal assault on an Indian man in Dublin and its whitewashing by Irish media exposes a deeper, global pattern of rising Hinduphobia and anti-Indian racism in the West.
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News Reports

Law college rape case: Kolkata court asks state authorities, ‘What were you doing when there were over 12 complaints of molestation against the accused...

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During the hearing, the counsel didn’t plead for bail, instead merging two petitions to allow the presence of the counsels of the accused at the time of interrogation
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves India-UK FTA to be signed by PM Modi in London: Read how the landmark deal will benefit India

Shriti Sagar -
Union cabinet approved the India-UK free trade agreement. It was set to sign on 24th July during PM Modi’s visit to London. The deal aims to double trade to $120 billion by 2030.
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News Reports

Balrampur Islamic conversion racket: Jalaluddin’s arrest, modus operandi, foreign funding, links with politicians, ISI and Christian Missionaries- Here is what all have been revealed...

Shraddha Pandey -
Chhangur Baba had a fixed incentive structure for conversions. Rs 15-16 lakh was fixed for conversions of Brahmin, Sikh or Kshatriya women, Rs 10-12 lakhs for OBCs and Rs 8-10 lakhs for other castes. The accused Chhangur Baba had also published a book, ‘Shijra-e-Tayyaba’, meaning ‘To propagate Islam’.
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News Reports

Truck still stuck on collapsed Gambhira bridge in Gujarat: As media blames officials, Anand district collector shares the real reason with OpIndia

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The Anand District Collector said that the administration was carrying out a rescue operation on priority after the bridge accident.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Rs 30 pav bhaji payment helps police to solve 2 crore gold heist case from jewellery shop in Kalaburgi

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Mastermind Farooq Ahmad Malik, Sohail Shaikh alias Badshah and Ayodhya Prasad Chouhan have been arrested.
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Tamil Nadu: DMK govt renames Waddells Road after Archbishop Erza Sargunam, who called Hinduism ‘artificial’ and urged violence against Hindus

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In a 2018 speech, Sargunam urged radical Islamic group SDPI to “take on Hindus” after the murder of PMK activist Ramalingam who had opposed religious conversions.
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News Reports

Goa CM Pramod Sawant proposes anti-conversion law in the state, multiple states have introduced the legislation till now to tackle the problem of forced...

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The matter was raised in Goa after SB Krishna alias Ayesha was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in illegal conversion racket
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