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BCB Denies ICC has Set January 21 as Deadline to Decide on T20 World Cup Participation

January 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 19: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday refuted a report that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has set January 21 as the deadline by which it must take a decision on participating in the T20 World Cup in India beginning from February 7. A BCB spokesman on Monday claimed […]

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SC Directs ECI to Release List of Names who were Issued Notices for “Logical Discrepancy” under SIR in WB

January 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 19: In a sort of mini victory for the West Bengal ruling party the Trinamool Congress, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to release the names of voters who have received notices under the “logical discrepancy” category under the “Special Intensive Revision” (SIR) of […]

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India’s Economy: Ahead of the FY27 Budget, IMF revises GDP growth to 7.3%

January 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives finishing touches to the General Budget for 2026-27, to be tabled in Parliament on February 1, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday upped India’s growth estimates by 70 basis points to 7.3 percent for 2025. This is […]

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Roving Periscope: Chinese youth shun pregnancy; birth rate hits record low

January 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2022, China was the world’s most populous country with a headcount of more than 1.4 billion people, boasting of a ‘demographic dividend.’ No longer. Media reports on Monday, quoting official numbers, suggested that births in China fell to a record low in 2025 despite subsidies and policy shifts, as […]

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Seven Soldiers Injured in Encounter with Terrorists

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Seven soldiers were injured while engaging terrorists holed up in harsh terrain in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar, police said. An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Singhpora area of Kishtwar district in J&K on Sunday, police said. Intermittent firing is going on as three terrorists of the […]

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Modi Launches over Rs 14,000 Crore Projects in West Bengal, Assam, Flags off 5 Amrit Bharat Trains

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 18: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched development projects worth over ₹830 crore in West Bengal and flagged off three Amrit Bharat trains connecting Kolkata with other parts of the country. In Assam, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Rs 6,957-crore Kaziranga Elevated Corridor, and virtually flagged […]

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Congress to Stay with DMK in Tamil Nadu

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Amidst speculations of the Congress shifting to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) camp launched by the actor-turned-politician Vijay, the party high command taking a long-term view on Sunday has decisively shut down all talks about exiting the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and directing the state leaders to refrain […]

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Mumbai Mayor: “Game is On:” Raut, “He is Lying Regularly,” Waghmare

January 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 18: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections may have crowned the BJP as the largest party but it is still not the winner and the real contest is just beginning. As Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde keeps his 29 corporators in a five-star hotel, apparently to foil any poaching attempt […]

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DGCA Impose Hefty Fine on IndiGo for Flight Disruptions in December

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of ₹22.2 crore on the IndiGo airline for massive disruption in December, the regulator said in a statement on Saturday. The fine comes over a month after the airline regulator constituted a four-member committee to probe widespread disruption between December 3 […]

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Andaman Nicobar Islands to be Developed as Hub of Blue Economy: Jitendra Singh

January 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 17: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be developed as a hub of India’s Blue Economy. Mr Singh said India’s future economic value addition would increasingly come from untapped marine resources as the […]