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India's Start-Ups Go Big, 12-Satellite Earth Observation Constellation Soon
- Aug 29, 2025 17:00 pm IST
- Reported by: Pallava Bagla
In a defining moment for India's space ambitions, four private companies -- Pixxel, Piersight, Satsure, and Dhruva Space -- have joined forces to build a 12-satellite Earth observation constellation, nick-named 'Prithvi Drishti'.
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Top Court To Hear Plea For Bihar Poll Revision Claim Deadline Extension On Monday
- Aug 29, 2025 17:00 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
The Supreme Court will hear a plea on Monday seeking the extension of the deadline to submit claims by deleted voters from September 1 to 15.
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PM Modi Holds Talks With Japanese Counterpart Shigeru Ishiba In Tokyo
- Aug 29, 2025 16:30 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held summit talks with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba, with an aim to further expand overall bilateral ties, including in areas of trade, investment and emerging technologies.
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Provide The SOP Followed To Deport Illegal Immigrants: Supreme Court To Centre
- Aug 29, 2025 16:28 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the double whammy faced by authorities when it comes to deporting illegal immigrants.
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India's GDP Grows 7.8% In Q1 Compared To 6.5% Last Year
- Aug 29, 2025 16:22 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
In some economic good news for India amid the US tariff conundrum, the GDP has grown by 7.8% in the first quarter of this financial year against an estimate of 6.7%.
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Opposition States Seek Compensation For Revenue Loss Due To GST Reform Proposal
- Aug 29, 2025 16:08 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Opposition-ruled states on Friday said the Centre's proposal for GST rate reforms could result in a revenue loss of about Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 2 lakh crore and demanded compensation for the losses incurred by them.
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Mukesh Ambani Announces Jio Listing In First Half Of 2026
- Aug 29, 2025 15:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Reliance Jio, India's biggest telecom operator, is planning to launch an initial public offering (IPO) and listing on bourses in the first half of 2026, billionaire Mukesh Ambani said on Friday.
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Rahul Gandhi's 'Sticks And Stones' Reply After Violence In PM Abuse Row
- Aug 29, 2025 15:30 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Rahul Gandhi has responded sharply after Congress and BJP workers clashed in Patna Friday, in violence triggered by a video of foot soldiers from the former using 'extremely abusive language' to refer to PM Modi and his mother, Heeraben.
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"Wrote To Sonia Gandhi": Jamiat Chief's Himanta Sarma Claim Gets BJP Reply
- Aug 29, 2025 15:14 pm IST
- Edited by: Samiran Mishra
The row over eviction drives in Assam escalated this week after remarks from Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (A) chief Arshad Madani claimed that he once wrote a letter to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over giving election tickets to Chief Minister Himanta Sarma.
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Pawan Kalyan Visits Andhra's Rushikonda Hill, Inspects Controversial Structures
- Aug 29, 2025 15:02 pm IST
- Written by: Uma Sudhir
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Janasena Party chief Pawan Kalyan today inspected the controversial structures on Rushikonda Hill, a site that has been at the centre of a major political and environmental debate.
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IAS Body Slams BJP MLA For Clashing With District Collector In Madhya Pradesh's Bhind
- Aug 29, 2025 14:55 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
BJP's Narendra Singh Kushwaha and his supporters entered the official bungalow of Bhind Collector Sanjeev Srivastava, hurled abuses, and nearly assaulted him during a heated confrontation.
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What Is The Sendai Semiconductor Facility, PM Modi Will Visit During Japan Trip
- Aug 29, 2025 14:10 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day official visit to Japan for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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Gujarat Man Rapes Sister Twice, Was Furious Over Her Relationship
- Aug 29, 2025 14:08 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A man in Gujarat was against his adult sister's consensual relationship with another man. So he raped her twice and burned her with cigarettes. The incident took place in Bhavnagar, police said.
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"Defeated By Fraud In 1991": Siddaramaiah's 'Vote Chori' Check For Congress
- Aug 29, 2025 13:50 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The Congress - which has accused the BJP and Election Commission of 'collusion' to commit voter fraud before the Bihar election - faced an internal check on those protests Friday after Siddaramaiah said 'fraud' lost him the 1991 Lok Sabha poll.
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Google Maps Team Goes To Survey UP Village, Gets Thrashed Over Theft Suspicion
- Aug 29, 2025 13:35 pm IST
- Edited by: Manjiri Chitre
A Google Maps team, which went to survey a village in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Thursday night, was thrashed by the locals after being mistaken for thieves.
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Cloudbursts, Flash Floods, Deficits: India's Extreme Climate This Monsoon
- Aug 29, 2025 13:19 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon covered the entire country by 29 June, nine days ahead of its average date.
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UP Man's Wife Dies, He Marries Her Sister. Then Climbs Tower To Marry 3rd Sister
- Aug 29, 2025 13:19 pm IST
- Reported by: Ranveer Singh
Raj Saxena first got married to a woman in 2021. She, however, died due to a disease a year later, following which he married her sister.
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A "Secret" Xi Jinping Letter Was Key To Improved India-China Ties: Report
- Aug 29, 2025 13:14 pm IST
- Edited by: Samiran Mishra
When US President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with China earlier this year, Beijing began an outreach to India with a private letter from President Xi Jinping to President Droupadi Murmu, a Bloomberg report claims.
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Opinion | Trump Has Miscalculated That India Is A Softer Target Than China
- Aug 29, 2025 12:40 pm IST
- Harsh V. Pant, Vivek Mishra
True, India's trade volume with the United States is far smaller than China's, leading Washington to perhaps assume that New Delhi could be pressured easily. But the consequences are proving to be far more political in nature than economic.
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Indian-Origin Woman Gets 5 Years Jail For Offering Bribe To Singapore Cops
- Aug 29, 2025 12:22 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
An Indian-origin Singaporean drug abuser, out on bail and remission, was sentenced to an over five years jail for offering a bribe of SGD 1,000 to police officers for allowing her to smoke a cigarette in 2022.