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Trump Repeats his Claim of Halting “Operating Sindoor” after “11 Expensive Jets” Shot Down

February 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 19: The United States President Donald Trump on Thursday repeated his claim of mediating between India and Pakistan during the “Operation Sindoor” in May, last year, but with a twist that the war was becoming expensive with jets being shot down. India has, on multiple occasions, rejected any third-party mediation in the […]

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SIR Exercise of Voters List in 22 States, UTs Expected in April

February 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 19: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday asked the poll authorities in 22 states and union territories to prepare for holding the “Special Intensive Revision” (SIR) of voter lists possibly from April. The 22 remaining States and UTs where the SIR process is yet to start are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal […]

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Massive Tax Evasion by Restaurants Detected Across India

February 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 19: Massive under-billing, may be to the tune of evading tax of over Rs 70,000 crores by the eating houses across the country, has been detected by the police while investigating three popular Hyderabad-based biryani chains. It started as a simple check on biryani restaurants in Hyderabad but it led […]

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Congress Condemns Death Threats to Rahul, MPs, ED Demands CBI Inquiry against Mamata Banerjee

February 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 19: The Congress on Thursday condemned the issuance of death threats to its leader Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and 25 other party MPs by a man claiming himself to be associated with Karni Sena. In a video the man who identified himself as […]

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India’s Third Nuclear-Powered Submarine set to be Commissioned in April-May

February 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 19: India’s nuclear deterrent has got a big boost with the country’s third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) INS Aridhaman set to enter service in April-May this year. The submarine, fabricated by private sector giant L&T and built at the secretive Ship Building Centre (SBC) in Visakhapatnam, has been on sea trials […]

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SC Comes down Hard on States Offering “Freebies” before Elections

February 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticised the state governments indulging in distributing “freebies” on the eve of the Assembly elections and wanted to how such governments would fund the actual developmental projects and said it was high time to revisit such policies that hamper the country’s economic development. […]

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The Epstein Files: Andrew ‘arrested;’ Bill Gates skips India AI Impact Summit address

February 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The alleged involvement of two high-profile individuals in the controversial Epstein Files episode tarnished their reputations on Thursday, when, on his 66th birthday, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew of Britain, was reportedly arrested on suspicion of “misconduct in public office.” And, Bill Gates skipped his keynote address at […]

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India AI Impact Summit: Tata Group, TCS, and Open AI partner to develop infra

February 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and OpenAI have agreed to form a multi-year partnership to develop artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in India, the media reported on Thursday. The Tata Group is in the process of adopting AI across the stack while also looking to produce chips for multiple […]

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India AI Impact Summit: PM Modi unveils “MANAV” vision

February 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Emphasizing the significance of democratization in all walks of life, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it is important to democratize artificial intelligence (AI) as well so that humans don’t become just a data point or limited to raw material only. “We need to democratise AI. We need to make […]

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India AI Impact Summit: Reliance to invest Rs. 10 lakh crores in 7 years, says Ambani

February 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that Jio Platforms, with Reliance, will invest Rs. 10 lakh crores over the next seven years towards AI transformation and connect India to the ‘intelligence era.’ In a keynote address during the ongoing India AI Impact Summit 2026, […]