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"Disability Of Cadets During Training Can't Be Deterrent, Provide Insurance Cover": Top Court To Centre
- Aug 18, 2025 17:10 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court said it wants defence forces to have "braveheart cadets" who should not be deterred by injuries suffered during training and directed the Centre to explore the possibility of providing them with insurance coverage
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Opinion | Bomb And The Button: Time To Call Pakistan's Nuclear Blackmail By Its Name
- Aug 18, 2025 16:42 pm IST
- Shashi Tharoor
For decades, Pakistan's military has wielded its nuclear arsenal not as a deterrent, but as a diplomatic cudgel - a tool to intimidate India, extract concessions, and shield itself from accountability.
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"Weapons Today Are Algorithms, Not Guns": Gautam Adani At IIT Kharagpur
- Aug 18, 2025 16:23 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The wars nowadays are often invisible and technology-driven, industrialist Gautam Adani said at IIT Kharagpur on Monday evening, asserting that algorithms are today's weapons and not guns.
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3 Arrested After Minor Girl Gang-Raped In Odisha, 2 Others On The Run
- Aug 18, 2025 16:16 pm IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by five men in Odisha's Sambalpur yesterday, adding to a rise in crime against women and children in the eastern state. Three men have been arrested while two are still at large, said police.
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3 Arrested After Minor Girl Gang-Raped In Odisha, 2 Others On The Run
- Aug 18, 2025 16:16 pm IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by five men in Odisha's Sambalpur yesterday, adding to a rise in crime against women and children in the eastern state. Three men have been arrested while two are still at large, said police.
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"Disappointing": Rajnath Singh As Opposition Skips Shubhanshu Shukla Discussion
- Aug 18, 2025 15:55 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
"Extremely Disappointing Behaviour": Rajnath Singh After Opposition Skips Shubhanshu Shukla Discussion
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Podcaster Calls Team Uddhav MP "Shashi Tharoor In Saree". He Responds
- Aug 18, 2025 15:30 pm IST
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
A prominent podcaster's "Shashi Tharoor in a saree" comment on Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has drawn a witty response from the senior Congress MP. Mr Tharoor has said he considers himself "flattered" with this comparison with the fellow MP.
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"Matter Of Social Justice": Supreme Court Flags Struggles Of Disabled Army Cadets
- Aug 18, 2025 15:16 pm IST
- Written by: Nupur Dogra
The bench of Justices BV Nagarathana and R Mahadevan called the issue "unfortunate" and said that even if they don't get ex-serviceman status, measures should be taken to ensure their rehabilitation.
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DMK MP Opposition's Favourite For Veep Polls, But Trinamool Has A Problem
- Aug 18, 2025 15:09 pm IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
The Opposition is likely to pick the DMK's Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva as its Vice-Presidential candidate, in a strategic move that would pit the Tamil Nadu politician against another from his state in the upcoming election.
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Mamata Banerjee Likely To Skip PM Modi's Kolkata Metro Inauguration On August 22
- Aug 18, 2025 14:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to skip the inauguration of three Kolkata metro projects by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 22, a top state government official said on Monday.
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Opinion | In Musk vs Altman, The Winner Might Just Be A Third Guy - Of Indian Roots
- Aug 18, 2025 14:31 pm IST
- Madhavan Narayanan
Is the tail trying to wag the dog to build Aravind Srinivas's Perplexity? Or is it because the "other giants" in this tech race like to lift a David on their shoulders to fight a Goliath like ChatGPT?
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Srinagar-Jammu Highway Closed, Schools Shut Due To Heavy Rain, Landslides
- Aug 18, 2025 14:30 pm IST
- Reported by: Nazir Masoodi
The Srinagar-Jammu highway was closed for traffic after heavy rain triggered landslides and shooting stones in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the highway.
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Shashi Tharoor's Jab Over Lok Sabha's Shubhanshu Shukla Discussion
- Aug 18, 2025 14:27 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Shashi Tharoor - at a potential crossroads in his relationship with the Congress - seemed to take a jab at his party Monday for skipping a special discussion in Parliament on Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and the impact of his spaceflight.
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Over 100 Film Crew Members Hospitalised For Food Poisoning In Leh
- Aug 18, 2025 14:19 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
More than 100 workers of a film unit have been hospitalised here due to food poisoning, an official said on Monday, describing their condition as stable.
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Supreme Court's "2-Hour Rain Paralyses Delhi" Remark In Kerala Highway Case
- Aug 18, 2025 14:04 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashish Kumar Bhargava
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Delhi becomes paralysed if it rains for two hours, remarked Chief Justice BR Gavai, while a colleague commented on a Kerala instance that travellers must be compensated if they are stuck in a jam for 12 hours on a national highway.
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Telangana Cops Carry Man's Body On Pushcart As Ambulance Fails To Arrive
- Aug 18, 2025 13:56 pm IST
- Edited by: Manjiri Chitre
The incident took place on Sunday when Mogulayya, who was riding his two-wheeler towards a bus stand, was hit by a tipper lorry at Shivaji Chowk - a busy one-way stretch. He died on the spot, officials said.