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Entry in the Garba Venues to be Restricted for Hindus Only

September 23, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 23: The auspicious “Navratri” festival has kicked off amidst controversy over restricted entry to the venues holding “Garba” dance to pray to Goddess Shakti while many Durga puja pandals in Kolkata were washed away in an unprecedented rainfall on the night between Monday and Tuesday. Signboards, posters and warnings, dos […]

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Weather: China evacuates half-a-million as “King of Storms” Ragasa arrives

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A panicked China on Tuesday evacuated an estimated 500,000 people and ordered at least 10 cities to close schools and some businesses as the strongest storm of the year, Ragasa, approached its southern coast. Hong Kong has upgraded its typhoon warning to eight, just two levels below the maximum, ahead […]

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Health: WHO, health bodies, reject Trump’s claims on paracetamol, autism

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As is his wont, US President Donald Trump on Monday sought to hog world headlines with his “historic” announcement on children’s health, only to find the World Health Organization (WHO) and global experts rubbishing his unproven claims. In an extraordinary press conference at the White House, he linked autism to […]

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Torrent Group’s UNM Foundation takes a big leap in Ecological Renewal; Signs 6 MoUs for maintenance of 69 Lakes

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Ahmedabad : Torrent Group’s philanthropic arm, UNM Foundation on  Tuesday set a new milestone under its PRATITI initiative with a commitment to maintain 69 Lakes  covering an area of over 2 million square meters in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts.  The Foundation signed MoUs with six civic authorities – Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation  (AMC), Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation […]

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Economy: S&P retains 6.5% growth in FY26, says IT, GST rate changes to spur domestic demand

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government promoting swadeshi products and the Make-in-India movement for self-reliance, coupled with recent changes in income tax and GST rates, India is poised to register a 6.5 percent growth this financial year. Rating agency S&P Global on Tuesday maintained India’s economic forecast at 6.5 […]

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Roving Periscope: In the US, Jaishankar sets the tone for Goyal’s trade talks

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday met his US counterpart Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the 80th Summit of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, in what is seen as setting the tone for resumed bilateral trade and tariffs negotiations being led […]

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Modi Urges People to Celebrate “Bachat Utsav” as GST Rate Cuts Come into Force

September 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wrote an open letter to the citizens and said the country must celebrate the “GST Bachat Utsav” during the festival season. He said lower GST rates would bring more savings to every household and ensure greater ease of doing business. In the letter on the […]

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Suspicion of Foul Play: Second Post-Mortem on Zubeen Garg’s Body on Tuesday

September 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 22: A second post-mortem examination of the body of noted Bollywood and Assam singer Zubeen Garg will be conducted on Tuesday at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), the Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. A cultural icon for Assam, Zubeen Garg, 52, died in Singapore on September 19 […]

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Shashi Tharoor Breaks Party Line to Suggest H-1B Visa Hike Good for India “in the Long Run”

September 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 22: Once again going out of the party’s line, the Congress leader and former global diplomat Shashi Tharoor believes the huge fee imposed by President Donald Trump on H-1B visa affecting the high-skilled Indians, may actually turn out to be a good thing for India “in the long run.” “Let’s […]

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SC Judge Underlines Need to Decriminalise Criminal Defamation Law

September 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 22: A Supreme Court judge voiced his exasperation at the increasing use of criminal defamation law by private individuals and political parties to get even, highlighting the need “to decriminalise” slur. “I think time has come to decriminalise this,” Justice M.M. Sundresh remarked on Monday orally while hearing a plea […]

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