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Malala Yousafzai slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to take action
Malala urged world leaders to hold Taliban accountable for violating the human rights of Afghan women
'Chak de phatte India', says Harnaaz Sandhu after becoming Miss Universe 2021
The 21-year-old model has previously bagged numerous pageant titles including LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021 and Femina Miss India Punjab 2019
The General I Knew
This piece is a personal tribute to an extraordinary general, gentleman and my battalion commanding officer
Tendulkar among 50 most influential people on Twitter, according to brand research
American singer Taylor Swift is at number 1 spot and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is placed at number two in the list
World
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At least 1,000 killed in Afghanistan quake, with fear toll will rise
The 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in the grip of a humanitarian crisis
Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci tests COVID positive, has mild symptoms
Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci tests COVID positive, has mild symptoms
China is hardening its position along LAC; US Secretary of Defense
This is the second time this week that a senior US official has commented on the India-China stand-off
Business
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Minimum 10-15% increase in airfares must: SpiceJet CMD
In his statement on Thursday, Ajay Singh said that the ATF prices have increased by more than 120 per cent since June 2021
RBI hikes key rate by 0.5 per cent as it tries to tame inflation
This latest increase in the key rate follows a surprise 40-bps repo rate hike on May 4
RBI hikes policy repo rate by 50 bps, raises inflation forecast to 6.7 per cent
This is the second hike in the policy repo rate since the being of the current financial year
Sports
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This is not a small feat, keep it up: PM Modi to Thomas Cup winners
Modi said that India were able to hoist their flag in the competition after decades and it was not a small achievement
Nikhat Zareen’s historic gold enthuses Indian boxing enthusiasts
Her persistence paid off, says the pugilist’s proud father
Historic title triumph: India stun Indonesia 3-0 to win Thomas Cup
Indian team stuns the 14-time champions to win the prestigious team championship for first time ever
Science
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Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer makes first observations in Exosphere of Moon
These observations provide insight on the dynamics of the lunar exospheric species
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study also found neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in one of the Omicron-infected deer
Astronomers find black hole spins on its side
The black hole's rotation axis is tilted by more than 40 degrees with respect to the axis of the star's orbit
Life
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The waist of the matter
Doctors have often sounded a word of caution about blindly following the workout and slimming routines of celebrities
Experts for study on bee population
Pesticides and other agrochemicals such as herbicides and weedicides are killing bees and other pollinators in intensively farmed areas
Relationship
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Knowing your colleagues better can avoid workplace conflict
Know your work partner more to avoid conflict.
Daddy diaries
Fathers around the country cherish the family time they’re getting with their kids, courtesy the lockdown
Metros
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Heavy rain, thunderstorm hit Delhi, flight operations affected
Strong winds and heavy rain uprooted trees in parts of Delhi which resulted in roads getting blocked
Mundka fire tragedy: Building had single entry-exit point, no fire NOC
Toll may go beyond 27 as 19 people are still missing and remains are being found
Delhi's R-value 2.1 this week, every COVID infected person infecting two others
The preliminary analysis by computational modelling was done by IIT-Madras
Editors' Picks
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Columns
Corporate controversies in distant developing countries do not make waves in the Indian media
Thackeray must be ruing the day he agreed to gift the home ministry to the Nationalist Congress party two years ago
Social media has recently emerged as 'Villain No. 1' in the eyes of governments all over the world
The middle class knows instinctively when things are beginning to unravel
