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Karnataka signs LoI with European innovation event platform VivaTech

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 07:20
Under the pact, the two sides will work together on startup and delegation exchange, collaboration across priority areas such as AI, ClimateTech, DeepTech, gaming, semiconductors and other emerging technologies, ecosystem promotion and branding
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Reciprocal tariffs are gone, but several other U.S. tariffs are still hitting Indian exporters

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 07:13
The U.S. has over the last year imposed other tariffs, such as on steel, aluminium, and on items below $800 in value that will continue to hit both large and small Indian exporters.
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Five years of DMK rule translated Dravidian ideology into practical governance: Speaker Appavu

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 07:11
Speaking during the final sitting of the Assembly, Mr. Appavu contended that the government had put into practice the principles advocated by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy and former Chief Ministers C.N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi.
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T.N. CM Stalin extends International Mother Language Day greetings

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 07:06
“However many glorious titles we may use to praise it, the joy we feel when we call our language ‘Thamizhae’ [Oh! Tamil] is immeasurable,” Mr. Stalin said in a post on X.
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Nitish Kumar government announces measures for safety of pedestrians in Bihar

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 07:01
The Chief Minister, in an X post, said, "The State Government has taken several important decisions for the dignity (of pedestrians) and convenience of citizens walking on the roads”
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Faculty member assaulted by student during exam at homoeopathic medical college in Kalaburagi

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 06:57
According to college authorities, the student was found allegedly using a mobile phone inside the examination hall, in violation of institutional rules
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India now faces lower tariff rate of 10% with Trump’s proclamation on new levies after U.S. Supreme Court verdict

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 06:51
Indian goods being imported into the U.S. would no longer be subject to the 18% tariff rate that had been decided on following the announcement of a framework for interim India-U.S. trade deal
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India-U.S. trade deal has become an ‘ordeal’, Congress claims; Rahul Gandhi says ‘PM compromised’

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 06:44
Congress says India-U.S. interim trade deal is an “ordeal” the country is being subjected to by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “desperation and surrender”
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Tamil Nadu Assembly election | DMK forms committee for seat-sharing talks

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 06:28
In a press release, general secretary Duraimurugan said former Union Minister and party treasurer T.R. Baalu would head the committee
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The Hindu Group’s coffee-table book on T.N. Assembly launched

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 06:16
CM Stalin received the first copy of the book from Speaker Appavu
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T.N. remains distinct because of policies rooted in social justice: Thangam Thennarasu

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 06:12
The DMK government has ensured the welfare of women, tribal communities, transgender persons, and persons with disabilities, he said
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Militant arrested in Manipur's Imphal West

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 05:37
“Among the recovered items were a .303 rifle with a magazine, a .22 rifle, a 9 mm submachine gun, hand grenades, an MK-1 grenade, and 57 bullets of different calibres,” police said
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Youth Congress workers trespass on Health Minister Veena George’s official residence, lay funeral wreath to protest “increasing medical negligence”

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 05:11
The trespass on Ms George’s residence was the latest incident in the escalating Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) following the startling discovery of an artery forceps in the abdomen of a woman who underwent surgery at the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, in 2021. 
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Allahabad HC quashes case against two students booked for reading namaz at restricted site

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:51
A court in Sant Kabir Nagar had taken cognisance of the alleged offences and issued a summoning order against the two students in May 2019
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'Alpha male' AI world shuts out women, says computing professor Wendy Hall

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:47
A 2024 UNESCO study found that large language models described women in domestic roles more often than men, who were more likely to be linked to words like "salary" and "career"
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Twenty Point Programme chief cautions against populist schemes and freebies

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:21
The Chairman, accompanied by BJP district president Samanchi Srinivas and General Secretary Kadiri Naresh, received petitions from the public on civic and administrative issues
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Businessman held for using fake number plate, 12 challans wrongly issued to another vehicle owner

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 04:21
The accused, Arif Khan, a resident of Ahmed Nagar in Masab Tank, was apprehended by Langar Houz police following inputs from the Hyderabad Traffic Police
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AI summit statement delayed to ‘maximise’ signatories, says India

Sat, 02/21/2026 - 03:48
"There is huge consensus on the declaration. We are just trying to maximise the number," India's IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters
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