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Donald Trump’s bizarre tariffs push India and China closer, the neighbours are now improving bilateral ties five years after the Galwan Valley face-off

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured EAM Jaishankar that China is addressing India's three main concerns relating to rare earths, fertilisers and tunnel boring machines.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Islamists are re-classifying Hindu pilgrimage site of Chandranath Hill as ‘tourist spot’, planning to encroach upon sacred land and build mosque

Dibakar Dutta -
Islamists have taken up the cause of encoraching Chandranath Hill and build a mosque atop it on a mission-mode. With appeasement from the Muhammad Yunus regime, their nefarious campaign is likely to intensify in the coming days.
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News Reports

Meerut: NHAI takes action against toll booth staff for assault on army jawan, terminates company contract and imposes penalty

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The NHAI stated that it is dedicated to guaranteeing smooth and safe travel on national highways and denounced the assault.
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Opinions

Did you know: Jawaharlal Nehru signed the controversial Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan without parliament approval, and despite protests by some Congress MPs

Shraddha Pandey -
Nehru defended his decision of not consulting the parliament or taking the MPs into confidence before signing the Indus Waters Treaty, let alone expressing any remorse over the blunder.
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News Reports

Gauhati HC’s ‘extraordinary’ remark for 3,000-bigha land in Assam, fake Adani spin by CPIM, and more: Exposing gap between judicial perception and economic reality

Jinit Jain -
The Gauhati HC’s remark calling Assam’s 3,000-bigha lease to Mahabal Cement “extraordinary” stems from misplaced perceptions, overlooking industry norms and the project’s vital role in Assam’s development.
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Media

Gujarat Samachar redefines journalism by translating and republishing editorial of a Hindi newspaper without giving any credit

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A recent editorial in Gujarat Samachar has raised eyebrows after being found nearly identical to one published earlier in Business Standard’s Hindi edition.
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Opinions

Blaming EVMs to claims of “vote chori” and campaign against Bihar SIR drive: Congress-led opposition’s relentless assault on electoral process for over a decade

Rukma Rathore -
Congress and its allies, led by Rahul Gandhi, have consistently spread falsehoods about Election Commission since PM Modi assumed office, in an effort to displace him.
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: Self-styled ‘dog lovers’ attack MCD officials, damage van during Supreme Court-ordered stray dog removal drive in Delhi’s Rohini

Anurag -
Videos reveal self-styled dog lovers obstructing MCD’s court-directed stray dog removal in Rohini, damaging vans and intimidating staff. The Supreme Court has warned that obstructing such actions amounts to contempt, raising safety concerns for officials.
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News Reports

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s Navy ran away and hid its ships in commercial docks and near Iran border

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Satellite images have exposed Pakistan’s naval retreat during India’s Operation Sindoor in May. Warships were shifted from Karachi to Gwadar after Indian missile strikes.
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World

US brings bizarre excuse for China to justify tariff on India, White House adviser accuses India of ‘funding Putin’s war machine’, 2 days after...

Shraddha Pandey -
Who would have thought that even a ‘dead economy’, as Trump calls India’s, can fuel another country’s ‘war machine’?
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News Reports

“There is no god but Allah, and none is worthy of worship except Him”: Ghaziabad cop Sohail Khan’s video inside a temple sparks outrage,...

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A Ghaziabad police constable has been benched after his WhatsApp status from Janmashtami celebrations triggered protests from Hindu groups.
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News Reports

Alwar shocker: Woman and her lover slit her husband’s throat, stash body in a blue drum, flee with 3 children

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Jitendra befriended Hansram by offering him alcohol and began an affair with his wife. He then rented his house to the couple.
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News Reports

Indian Oil Corporation to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel from used cooking oil: All you need to know

Shraddha Pandey -
By December 2025, IOC will have the capacity to produce 35,000 tonnes per year of SAF from used cooking oil.
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News Reports

Unable to relocate, or remove stray dogs from streets, Shimla Municipal Corporation gives them QR and GPS based collars ‘to monitor their location’

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Collars allow residents to scan details on sterilisation, vaccination and behaviour, creating a centralised database. Despite over 2,500 bite cases in 20 months, civic authorities cannot relocate strays due to ABC Rules 2023 restrictions.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh woman says her in-laws didn’t allow treatment for child ‘because she was a girl’, doctors had asked family multiple times to bring...

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A 15-month-old girl from Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, died weighing only 3.7 kg, highlighting the state’s persistent malnutrition crisis.
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News Reports

Who is Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan, the NDA candidate from Tamil Nadu for Vice-Presidential election

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MNDA’s Vice-Presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan is a seasoned political leader with decades of experience in parliamentary politics, state leadership, and constitutional offices.
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News Reports

Security ramped up around Fatehpur tomb after Hindu organisations claim it was built on an ancient Hindu temple, police officials submit report to administration

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The Hindu organisations said that the lotus patterns and trident motifs inside the building were proof that the structure was an ancient Hindu temple.
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News Reports

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to meet PM Modi during his 3-day India visit, to hold 24th round of Special Representatives’ talks with NSA...

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to arrive in India on Monday for an official visit. During his three-day visit, Wang Yi will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19th August
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News Reports

Make in India: Samsung starts making laptops at its Greater Noida plant, months after MSI began manufacturing laptops in Chennai

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South Korean electronics giant Samsung has started laptop production at its Greater Noida factory in India, marking a significant expansion of its manufacturing portfolio in the country
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News Reports

Next-generation GST reforms set to bring double benefits for citizens: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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"For us, reform means the expansion of good governance," said the Prime Minister, emphasising that continuous focus is being placed on reforms. He made the marks during the inauguration ceremony of two major National Highway projects worth a combined cost of nearly Rs.11,000 crore in the national capital.
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News Reports

ECI counters Opposition on voter fraud claims, says correct time to raise concerns about electoral rolls is during the ‘Claims and Objections’ period

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The Election Commission of India dismissed allegations of voter fraud raised by Opposition leaders, saying the correct time to raise concerns about electoral rolls is during the “claims and objections” period.
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News Reports

‘Those who dance with the Constitution on their heads had trampled it’: PM Modi lashes out at Congress for betraying Ambedkar, says they treated...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that "those who dance with the Constitution on their heads" had "trampled" the Constitution and "betraying" the sentiments of BR Ambedkar by retaining oppressive laws for decades
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World

After a failed meeting with Russian President Putin over Ukraine war, Donald Trump once again says he ended India-Pakistan war in a bid to...

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Donald Trump also claimed that he played a key role in ending conflicts between Thailand and Cambodia, Iran and Israel, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Serbia and Kosovo, and Egypt and Ethiopia.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand cabinet approves bill to give minority status to non-Muslim educational institutions, Madrasa Act to be repealed

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Uttarakhand Cabinet took a historic decision by deciding to introduce the Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institutions Bill, 2025
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News Reports

The Wire ropes in Bangladeshi writer to distort Partition of India as ‘social justice’ for Muslims: Read how Islamic bigots justify 1921 Moplah genocide...

Shriti Sagar -
The dangerous outcome of such narratives is that they rehabilitate the very justifications once used to legitimise massacres like the Moplah riots of 1921, Direct Action Day, and the Noakhali genocide.
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News Reports

Putin asks for entire Donetsk region in meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy refuses the demand: Read why both Russia and Ukraine stake claim to it...

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Putin offered to freeze fighting in southern regions if Ukraine ceded Donetsk. Zelensky refused while Trump pushed for a peace agreement, leaving European capitals anxious over Moscow’s growing leverage in the war’s next phase.
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News Reports

Massive cloudburst in Kathua claims the lives of 4 people, rescue operations underway: Here is what we know so far

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According to officials, many houses were buried under the debris and floodwater in the village. The Jammu-Pathankot National Highway is also reported to have sustained some damage.
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News Reports

Dharmasthala ‘Mass Burial’ allegations turn out to be a big hoax as nothing found after digging 17 places, politics heats up on the issue...

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As the so-called mass burial at Dharmasthala in Karnataka is turning out to be a big hoax, politics have heated up on the issue in the state
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News Reports

American hypocrisy exposed: Putin reveals US-Russia bilateral trade expanded by 20 per cent even as Trump imposes tariffs on India for Russian oil imports

Jinit Jain -
The Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska was telling. It exposed the American President's hypocrisy as Putin revealed US-Russia bilateral trade expanded by over 20 per cent.
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News Reports

The role of political Islam, use of violence by Muslim League, responsibility of the Congress and more: NCERT releases special module on Partition Horrors

Dibakar Dutta -
NCERT noted, "Even though a separate country was created for Muslims, about 3.5 crores Muslims did not shift and continued to stay in India."
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Opinions

Partition’s forgotten truth: How ‘secular progressives’ were hunted down in Pakistan

Anurag Mishra -
The Hindus, who chose Pakistan over India, were brutally killed in front of their houses for being 'Kafirs'. And, the handful of Muslims who supported progressive ideas were either forced to leave Pakistan or were left to die in isolation.
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News Reports

The Bengal Files trailer launch cancelled in Kolkata as TMC alleges the movie to be ‘Propaganda’, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri calls it dictatorship

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The trailer launch of Vivek Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files was abruptly cancelled at a Kolkata hotel, sparking a heated political row. TMC leaders called the film propaganda.
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News Reports

Noida to Delhi Airport in 20 minutes: Read all about the UER II project that will ease travel in the National Capital Region

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) and two phases of the Dwarka Expressway on August 17.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Prayagraj woman says, “I am a Hindu, I don’t want to become Muslim,” accuses brother of forcing the family to convert after...

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In Prayagraj, 21-year-old Ritika Kushwaha accused her brother Rahul of forcing her into religious conversion under a woman’s influence.
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Crime

Delhi: 18, including data thieves and crypto converters, held after a 6 month long police operation as crackdown on cybercrime continues

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In a six-month-long operation, the Special Cell's Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of Delhi Police has dismantled a cybercrime syndicate operating on a large scale.
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News Reports

‘Supreme Court cannot amend the Constitution or defeat the intent of the Constitution makers’, Union Govt warns of constitutional chaos over SC fixing time...

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The Solicitor General said that the actions of the President and the Governor fall within the category of proceedings that cannot be called into question in a court of law.
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News Reports

No permission to do Puja, but enough space to offer Namaz: How CPIM has different rules for Hindus and Muslims in Kerala

Dibakar Dutta -
CPIM described the decision to allow a Muslim man to offer Namaz inside its office as an act of 'love and brotherhood.' Coinidentally, such a harmonious outlook, tolerance and accommodating attitude are often missing when it comes to Hindus.
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News Reports

‘Islam ruined our daughters’ minds, both still trapped’: Parents of Hindu sisters targeted by Agra conversion gang share their ordeal with OpIndia

केशव मालान -
Agra Police’s Operation Asmita exposed India’s biggest conversion racket, rescuing two Hindu sisters whose parents say Islam poisoned their minds and left lasting scars.
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News Reports

India’s semiconductor industry starts to take shape, focuses on mature-node fab manufacturing for automotive, telecom, industrial electronics sectors

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Targeting the 28nm-65nm range, India aims to cater to the growing semiconductor demand in sectors such as automotive, telecom, and industrial electronics.
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News Reports

No ceasefire, no deal, no tangible output but ‘productive’: Trump-Putin meeting ends in Alaska with no agreement on Russia-Ukraine war

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Interestingly, while the Russia-US summit was supposed to yield a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the latter was not included in the meeting despite being a direct party to the conflict.
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Crime

Telangana: Pakistani man living in Hyderabad with forged identity tricks Hindu woman, marries her, forcibly gets her converted

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Fahad, originally from Pakistan, living in Hyderabad, has been arrested for deceiving a Hindu woman, forcing her to convert, and marrying her under a false identity.
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News Reports

IIT Gandhinagar professor Ashish Xaxa dismissed from service, was in the spotlight for his controversial social media posts, has called Gujarat a ‘scam society’

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IIT Gandhinagar, which has been in the news for controversies related to its professors , has dismissed one of the professors Ashish Xaxa. This information has been given by the institute itself through an RTI reply.
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News Reports

As PM Modi announces creation of High-Power Demography Mission, read which states are facing demographic changes and how it will impact India

Shraddha Pandey -
The study titled “Change in Religious Composition across Districts in India from 2001 to 2011” stated that at the national level, the Hindu population came down slightly, from 80.46% in 2001 to 79.8% in 2011. But the Muslim population rose from 13.43% to 14.23%. Even Christians saw a marginal rise in their share.
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News Reports

Nuclear bluff won’t be tolerated: As PM Modi reiterates India’s resolve to counter Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, read how “Operation Sindoor” exposed the repeated nuclear threats

Rukma Rathore -
Pakistan has a tendency to issue nuclear threats to India for decades after carrying out several terror attacks on its soil.
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News Reports

Guwahati’s longest flyover to be named after Maharaja Prithu: Read about the unsung king of Kamarupa who defeated Bakhtiyar Khalji and annihilated his army

Raju Das -
On the occasion of Independence Day, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the under-construction Dighalipukhuri–Noonmati flyover in Guwahati, which will be the city’s longest, will be named after Maharaja Prithu
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News Reports

What is India testing? Speculations rife over major missile test after India extends NOTAM to over 4790 km from Odisha coast to Indian Ocean...

Aditi -
The move has fanned speculations that the test might involve the latest variant of the Agni series ballistic missiles. India has successfully tested five nuclear-capable ballistic missiles in the Agni series.
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News Reports

40000 compliances abolished, 1500 obsolete laws repealed and more: How reforms undertaken by the Modi govt are transforming the country

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PM Modi had underlined that his government is committed to structural, regulatory, policy, process, and procedural reforms.
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News Reports

Defend identity of Assam from going extinct due to demographic changes: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urges people on Independence Day

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"I also spoke about our Government's efforts in ensuring all-around development of the State and lauded our forces' bravery. I also implored people to fight for and defend the identity of Assam from going extinct in the coming days due to demographic changes," the Assam CM said.
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Crime

Sharaf Rizvi pretended to be Samrat, Ajay and Vijay to trap Hindu girls, had married 12 girls in 3 states, used to pressure them...

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During interrogation, Sharaf Rizvi told the police that he had created three Facebook accounts with Hindu names, namely Samrat Singh, Ajay Kumar and Vijay Kumar. He befriended many girls through these fake accounts.
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News Reports

Samudra Manthan: PM Modi announces National Deep Water Exploration Mission for energy security – Read details of the project including the ‘Matsya 6000’ submersible...

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During his Independence Day speech from Red Fort today, PM Narendra Modi announced the National Deep Water Exploration Mission, aiming to explore oil and gas reserves in the deep sea
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