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Australia Tightens Checks on Indian Student Applicants

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Australia has tightened checks for student visa applications from India even as it moved the country into the “highest-risk” category, along with several others, following the recent uncovering by the Kerala police of fraudulent documents of student applicants to international universities. The changes, that came into effect from January 8, has […]

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India Takes over BRICS Chair

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 13: With India taking over the mantle of BRICS 2026 presidency, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday launched the official website, theme and logo for this year, highlighting that the country’s chairmanship “will adopt a ‘humanity-first’ and ‘people-centric’ approach.” At a ceremony in New Delhi to mark the unveiling, Mr Jaishankar […]

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Ajit Pawar Claims BJP – Shiv Sena Attempted to Collect Party Funds by Inflating Irrigation Project Costs

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Even while claiming that his party’s relations with the BJP was not strained and contesting the on-going civic elections in Maharashtra separately was only an one-off situation, the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday launched a veiled attack on his Mahayuti alliance partner with an allegation of corruption […]

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T20 World Cup: ICC Reluctant to Shift Bangladesh Matches, BCB Adamant

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Even as the International Cricket Council (ICC) has shown reluctance to concede Bangladesh Cricket Board’s request to shift its matches in the coming T20 World Cup from India, the BCB on Tuesday reiterated its decision not to travel to India citing security concerns during a video conference. The BCB […]

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Setback for BJP in Thiruvananthapuram as it Fails to Win a Byelection

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 13: The BJP which for the first time had secured a historic victory in Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, Kerala’s capital city, in a triangular contest during the recently held civic body elections in the southern state, suffered a major setback on Tuesday when its candidate failed to clinch Vizhinjam seat in […]

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Rahul Gandhi’s Support to Vijay’s Film give Twist to Tamil Nadu Political Alliances

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Even as the Supreme Court is slated to hear on January 13 a plea by the producer of the actor-turned-politician Vijay-starrer Tamil film “Jana Nayagan,” the support extended by the senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the release of the film has added a new twist to the future […]

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Quick commerce: No more deliveries ‘within 10-minutes,’ now!

January 13, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: There will no longer be any delivery of grocery etc “within 10 minutes” to the customer’s doorstep. With several gig workers’ unions’ requests and after an intervention by Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, delivery platforms Blinkit, Zepto, Zomato, and Swiggy have decided to remove the 10-minute delivery promise from their […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump mounts pressure as turbulent Iran may descend into a civil war

January 13, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Mounting pressure on the theocratic regime of Iran, President Donald Trump said the US will impose 25 percent tariff with immediate effect on countries trading with the Islamic Republic whose violent crackdown on anti-government protestors has reportedly left more than 600 people dead since December 28, 2025 when the ongoing […]

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DRDO Successfully Flight-Test Indigenously Developed MPATGM

January 12, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 12: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed third-generation fire-and-forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top-attack capability against a moving target at the KK Ranges in Ahilya Nagar, Maharashtra. According to Ministry of Defence, the flight test was conducted by DRDO’s Defence Research & […]

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Railways Restricts Non-Aadhaar Authenticated Passengers from Online Ticket Booking on First Day of ARP

January 12, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 12: Indian Railways has introduced a new restriction on online ticket bookings from Monday limiting access on the opening day of the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) to Aadhaar-authenticated IRCTC users only. Under the revised system, passengers whose IRCTC accounts are not linked and verified with Aadhaar will no longer be able to […]