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India hails progress in US trade talks, but no deal yet
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India hails progress in US trade talks, but no deal yet

India hails progress in US trade talks after talks with Jamieson Greer, but key tariff and market access gaps remain unresolved

India tightens FCRA rules for NGOs, bars foreign nationals as key functionaries
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India tightens FCRA rules for NGOs, bars foreign nationals as key functionaries

India has amended FCRA rules, requiring NGOs to declare activities, disclose social media accounts, and bar foreign nationals as key functionaries from receiving overseas funds

India monsoon sweeps north but brings less rain than usual
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India monsoon sweeps north but brings less rain than usual

India's monsoon has swept north and reached Mumbai, but rainfall remains well below the seasonal average due to El Nino

Tata Electronics confirms cyber breach, data on Apple and Tesla supplier files leaked
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Tata Electronics confirms cyber breach, data on Apple and Tesla supplier files leaked

Tata Electronics confirmed a cybersecurity incident after hackers claimed to leak over 630GB of data including Apple supplier specifications and Tesla documents

Kunal Shah, CRED founder, named new WhatsApp head as Meta leads $900M funding round
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Kunal Shah, CRED founder, named new WhatsApp head as Meta leads $900M funding round

CRED founder Kunal Shah has been named the new global head of WhatsApp, succeeding Will Cathcart, as Meta also leads a $900 million investment in Shah's fintech firm

Modi reports significant progress in US-India trade talks after Trump meeting
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Modi reports significant progress in US-India trade talks after Trump meeting

Modi and Trump met at the G7 in France, reporting significant progress on a US-India trade deal and discussing Gulf sailor safety

The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs
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The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs

Indian workers earn $2.60 an hour filming chores so AI robots learn to move like humans, a job that may erase their own

India turns to biofertilizers as Mideast war threatens fertilizer supply
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India turns to biofertilizers as Mideast war threatens fertilizer supply

India sees rising biofertilizer demand as Mideast conflict disrupts chemical fertilizer imports ahead of the monsoon planting season

Military transport plane crashes in India, casualties unknown: air force
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Military transport plane crashes in India, casualties unknown: air force

An IAF AN-32 transport plane crashed while landing at Jorhat Air Force Station in Assam on Saturday. Casualties remain unknown as an inquiry is under way

India demands end to US attacks on ships after three sailors killed
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India demands end to US attacks on ships after three sailors killed

India has summoned the US envoy and demanded a halt to attacks on shipping after three Indian sailors were killed in a US strike on the tanker Settebello

Three Indian crew missing after US strikes tanker in Gulf of Oman
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Three Indian crew missing after US strikes tanker in Gulf of Oman

Three Indian sailors are missing and 21 rescued after the US military fired on the tanker Settebello in the Gulf of Oman. India summoned Washington's envoy

Meta taps Reliance for first AI-enabled data center in India
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Meta taps Reliance for first AI-enabled data center in India

Meta and Reliance Industries will build a 168-megawatt AI data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, as global tech firms race to capture India's booming digital economy

India breaks through Himalayan tunnel to China border zone
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India breaks through Himalayan tunnel to China border zone

Indian engineers completed the Zojila tunnel breakthrough on Tuesday, creating all-weather access to Ladakh near the China border

India says its sailors rescued off tanker ablaze off Oman
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India says its sailors rescued off tanker ablaze off Oman

Omani authorities airlifted 24 Indian sailors from the burning MT Marivex off Oman on Monday. All crew are safe, India's government confirmed.

India detains and deports 5,000 Bangladeshis
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India detains and deports 5,000 Bangladeshis

India has deported nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals since the BJP took power in West Bengal, pledging to "detect, delete and deport" undocumented migrants

Mumbai's flyover school offers lifeline to street children
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Mumbai's flyover school offers lifeline to street children

Beneath a Mumbai flyover, shipping containers house a free school for street children left out of India's formal education system, where robotics and meals await

India's 'Cockroach' youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi
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India's 'Cockroach' youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to lead the viral youth movement's first street protest against Modi's government

India's 'Cockroach Janta Party' founder flies to New Delhi for protest
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India's 'Cockroach Janta Party' founder flies to New Delhi for protest

Abhijeet Dipke, the Boston University graduate behind the viral Cockroach Janta Party, is heading to India to seek police permission for a protest demanding the education minister's resignation

Delhi hotel fire: owner arrested after blaze kills 21, including foreigners
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Delhi hotel fire: owner arrested after blaze kills 21, including foreigners

Hotel owner Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested after a fire killed 21 people at the Flourish Stay in New Delhi, exposing serious fire safety violations at the building

India removes CBSE chief over marking fiasco
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India removes CBSE chief over marking fiasco

India's top exam board chief and secretary have been removed after a new digital marking system produced wrong grades for nearly 2 million students, sparking nationwide protests