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Eighteen-year-old girl from Chennai presents first documented record of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail sighting in Tamil Nadu

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

Along with a video and a picture, Mahathi Narayanaswamy has presented a sonogram of the bird’s call that has helped distinguish it from a closely-related species — eBird has approved and recognised the record..

‘Paava Kadhaigal’ teaser: Netflix anthology to release on December 18

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The four films in the anthology are directed by Sudha Kongara, Vignesh Shivan, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Vetrimaaran..

LPG subsidy for BPCL consumers to continue post-privatisation: Pradhan

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News / The Hindu/ Economy

The subsidy is paid in advance and consumers use this to buy LPG refills...

PM Modi to visit Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad on November 28

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News / The Hindu/ Hyderabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to visit the vaccine manufacturing facility of Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) which is engaged in..

Hetero signs deal with Russia to make COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India

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News / The Hindu/ Health

The vaccine, announced earlier this week by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, claims an “interim efficacy” of 91.4%, from its ongoing phase-3 trials..

Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari quits Cabinet

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

He has been charting a different course for himself for the past several months...

2 soldiers killed in Pak. firing in Rajouri

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘Army responded immediately to the enemy fire’..

India sees itself as Nepal’s foremost friend and development partner: Shringla

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News / The Hindu/ National

Mr. Shringla is on a two-day maiden visit to Nepal at the invitation of Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal...

So what if a Muslim man and a Hindu girl willingly lock lips?

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

An adult woman and man consensually kiss in the precincts of a temple in A Suitable Boy..

Check out the ‘Maradona museum’ at this Kerala hotel

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News / The Hindu/ Football

How Hotel Blue Nile in Kerala has converted its room 309 into a “museum” ever since Argentine football legend Diego Maradona’s stay in 2012..

MVA govt can’t be intimidated by ED, CBI probes: Uddhav Thackeray

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News / The Hindu/ Mumbai

The Maharashtra CM’s statement comes 3 days after the the probe agency conducted raids at the premises linked to Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in Mumbai and Thane in connection with a money-laundering case...

Former Sudan Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of COVID-19

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News / The Hindu/ News

Sadiq al-Mahdi was the country's last democratically elected leader..

L’Oréal Paris launches its global campaign to train people against harassment in public spaces, in India

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The brand has partnered with Breakthrough, a ngo that works for women welfare, to conduct virtual and in-person training sessions..

Navy’s MiG-29K trainer crashes into Arabian Sea; one pilot missing

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News / The Hindu/ National

Efforts are on to locate the missing pilot...

Delhi Chalo protest | Farmers from Punjab, Haryana reach Delhi border

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News / The Hindu/ News

Delhi Police use tear gas and water cannons to prevent their entry into city..

Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules

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News / The Hindu/ News

Google and Facebook dominate digital advertising, accounting for around 80% of 14 billion pounds spent in 2019, Britain's competition regulator the CMA said...

Mehbooba Mufti placed under house arrest, claims daughter

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News / The Hindu/ National

There has been no statement by the authorities on whether Ms. Mufti has been detained or not...

LVB writes off bonds worth ₹318 crore ahead of merger with DBS Bank

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

LVB will lose its identity on November 27 as it amalgamates with DBS Bank India Ltd...

Woman Inspector held on graft charge in Madurai

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

She was reportedly caught red-handed while receiving a bribe for removing the names of two persons from a case..

Rohit Sharma didn’t travel to Australia due to his father’s illness, says BCCI

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The Board’s ‘clarification’ comes hours after after captain Virat Kohli complained of “lack of clarity” on the issue...

Cyclone Nivar | Puducherry escapes largely unscathed

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News / The Hindu/ Puducherry

Heavy waterlogging caused traffic disruption in Indira Gandhi Square and a few other areas..

Two farmers rescued from Rallavagu

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News / The Hindu/ Vijayawada

Braving thundershowers, three farmers had reportedly gone to their field downstream of Mallemadugu reservoir to check their agricultural motors early in the day...

Demand for water for second crop under KC Canal mounts

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News / The Hindu/ Vijayawada

Government can release water as Srisailam has abundant water, say farmers..

Morning Digest: First phase of COVID-19 vaccination to cover 30 crore Indians, 3 coronavirus patients killed in Rajkot hospital fire, and more

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News / The Hindu/ National

A select list of stories to read before you start your day...

SEC tells channels to stop spreading hate speeches

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News / The Hindu/ Hyderabad

It asks parties, contestants to follow Covid norms..

Donald Trump says he will leave the White House if Electoral College votes for Joe Biden

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The Electoral College is due to meet on December 14...

Is the real estate sector on the road to recovery?

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News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Webinar to be held at 11 a.m. today..

Delta region drenched as Cyclone Nivar makes landfall

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

The Collector also visited cyclone relief centres established in government schools and handed over food material...

Protest staged against gas pipeline project

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News / The Hindu/ Madurai

The villagers said they were opposed to laying underground gas pipeline in their farmlands...

Wait-listed SC medical aspirant takes up job in catering service in Pollachi

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News / The Hindu/ Coimbatore

With his father having passed away earlier this year and his mother working in a garment company, the family will not be able to afford the expenses...

Medicinal herb garden set up in Gudalur

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News / The Hindu/ Coimbatore

District Forest Officer (Gudalur division), Sumesh Soman, said it was planned to sell the medicinal herbs to visitors of EDC once it was opened...

102 head of cattle dead, crops ruined in cyclone

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News / The Hindu/ News

The initial official assessment of the damage caused due to Cyclone Nivar has revealed that at least 331 acres of groundnut crop, 245.23 hectares of p..

Cyclone Nivar | Flights, Metro and buses resume service

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News / The Hindu/ News

Govt. gives nod hours after landfall..

No lesson learnt from 2015: Stalin

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News / The Hindu/ News

No lesson learnt from 2015, he says..

Ishant ruled out of Australia Tests, Rohit to be assessed on December 11

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Natarajan added to ODI squad as back-up ahead of Friday’s series-opener...

Strike hits life in Kochi

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

The 24-hour nationwide strike by workers’ unions against the Centre’s policies resulted in most shops, including eateries, remaining closed in Kochi a..

Three months after Dalit gram pradhan murder, police shoot down an accused in Azamgarh

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

Two pistols and cartridges were recovered from him, said the officer...

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is my second Cinderella moment: Dimple Kapadia

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Dimple Kapadia talks about working with Christopher Nolan on his time-bending thriller, and why she almost ran away from the role..

COVID-19: India says meeting Nepal’s vaccine requirement would be priority

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News / The Hindu/ International

“Given our genetic profiles, what works for India is likely to work for Nepal as well.”..

A.P. BJP president tells party cadre to engage in cyclone-relief works

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News / The Hindu/ Andhra Pradesh

He asked the party workers to engage actively in the task of supplying food and drinking water to people in the affected areas but in strict adherence to the COVID-19 guidelines..

From milkweed to wool in Auroville

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Gowri Shankar is taking the vegan cashmere substitute Weganool to brands like Louis Vuitton and Hugo Boss. And he is roping in farmers for its production..

Business Live: Shares flat ahead of GDP data; SBI says GDP likely contracted 10.7% in Q2

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News / The Hindu/ Business

Updates from the world of economy, markets, and finance..

OTTs wrong with you?

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News / The Hindu/ Opinion

When you can’t build any more bathrooms to watch your shows in, make the content fit for family viewing..

Rina Singh of Eka on bringing 2020’s upcyling trend to menswear

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Making a case for a trans-seasonal wardrobe for men at a time when ethical design is key..

Architect Kuldip Singh worked with ground realities to push for change

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Brutalist, minimal, and functional, the designs created by Delhi-based architect Kuldip Singh have defined many of the country’s civic arenas..

Fists and pig guts fly in Taiwan Parliament during debate on U.S. pork

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News / The Hindu/ International

President Tsai Ing-wen announced in August that the government would, from Jan. 1, allow imports of U.S. pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhances leanness but is banned in the European Union and China..

SC extends Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Perarivalan’s parole by a week

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News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

An interlocutory application was filed by the petitioner seeking extension of parole by 90 days on ground of ailment and need for surgical intervention...

Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas to debut in Bollywood with ‘Chatrapathi’ remake

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The new movie will be helmed by filmmaker V V Vinayak and produced by Jayantilal Gada’s Pen Studios..

Bombay High Court allows Malegaon victim to intervene in plea by Prasad Purohit

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News / The Hindu/ Mumbai

A Dvision Bench allowed the intervention on hearing the criminal interim application filed by Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayyed Bilal, a victim and father of a man who died in the blast along with five others..

2 staff suspended after video of dog licking blood from girl’s body at U.P. govt. hospital goes viral

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

Explanation sought, inquiry ordered into incident: Chief Medical Officer..

Nagaland govt. orders geologists to probe ‘diamond discovery’ in Mon district

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News / The Hindu/ News

News of diamonds being found at Wanching village under Wakching circle of Mon district has gone viral in various social media with photographs of small pieces of crystal stone..

Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk

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News / The Hindu/ Business

Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple's iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam's northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021...

Supreme Court extends Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami’s interim bail

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News / The Hindu/ Mumbai

Judiciary should ensure criminal law is not weapon for selective harassment, says the apex court bench headed by Justice Chandrachud..

Farmers march live updates | Police use tear gas, water cannons as farmers reach Delhi's border

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

Despite heavy security deployment, groups of farmers from Punjab managed to reach near two Delhi borders on Friday morning after breaking police barri..

Indian cricketers join Australians in anti-racism gesture before first ODI

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The barefoot circle ceremony was held before the start of the opening One-day International between the two teams..

Sensex, Nifty start on tepid note amid weak global cues

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

PowerGrid, Reliance Industries and TCS were among the laggards...

Two protesters enter field during India-Australia ODI in Sydney

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

They were carrying placards denouncing India’s Adani Group’s coal project in Australia..

India discusses further opportunities to work with UAE in a ‘changing world’

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News / The Hindu/ International

Both sides reviewed their cooperation on various facets of their comprehensive strategic partnership including trade, investment, infrastructure, energy, food security and defence...

Active COVID-19 cases likely to fall below 1,000 soon in Visakhapatnam

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News / The Hindu/ Visakhapatnam

Vizag sees fewer than 100 cases for 18th day in a row..

Elderly couple killed in cylinder explosion in Dharmapuri

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News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

The incident happened in Varadakavundanur village..

3 COVID-19 patients killed as fire breaks out at Rajkot hospital

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

About 30 patients undergoing treatment were rescued..

U.K. asks regulator to assess AZ-Oxford vaccine amid questions

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News / The Hindu/ Health

Some scientists have expressed concerns about gaps in the data and the way the results were reported...

James Wolfensohn, former World Bank president, passes away

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Wolfensohn was a guiding force for a couple of the most well-known cultural institutions in the U.S...

50 shanties gutted in Kirti Nagar fire, none injured

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

The fire department said that no one sustained injuries in the incident...

All Centre’s policies are against common man, says DMK

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News / The Hindu/ Madurai

‘The nationwide strike is a reflection of the anger of people’..

Letters to the Editor — November 27, 2020

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News / The Hindu/ Opinion

‘Nivar’ and afterIt is a case of a job well done by the India Meteorological Department for issuing frequent and detailed bulletins, with precise deta..

Trade Union members stage protest

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News / The Hindu/ Coimbatore

The unions organised protests at Sulur, Valparai, Mettupalayam and Pollachi too...

U.T. logs 22 new cases; no death reported

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

Puducherry logged 22 new COVID-19 cases from 697 tests while no deaths were reported on Thursday.Puducherry accounted for just one case while Mahe had..

BKU decides to join protest

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News / The Hindu/ News

It will lay indefinite siege to national highways in U.P...

Cyclone Nivar | Our steps helped minimise damage: CM

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News / The Hindu/ News

Farmers will be suitably compensated, says Palaniswami as he inspects damage..

T.N. logs 1,464 new cases, 14 deaths

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News / The Hindu/ News

Daily tally of cases in Chennai less than 400; 8 districts record less than 10 cases..

Re-examine decision asking employees to report for duty, Karnataka HC tells govt.

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News / The Hindu/ News

State govt. asked to keep the problems of visually challenged in mind..

SIT formed to probe drug seizures

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News / The Hindu/ Cities

A 15-member special investigation team led by District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) K. Karthik has been formed to probe the recent spate of drug sei..

Thousands in coastal hamlets escape the fury of cyclone

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News / The Hindu/ News

Nivar crosses the areas without causing much destruction to life or property..

Amazon Bestseller: Stocks to Riches: Insights on Investor Behaviour - Parag Parikh

3 years ago

Shopping / Amazon/ Financial Books

Investing in the stock market is challenging, as the market dynamics are unpredictable. Analysts, brokers and retails investors realize to their dismay that "investments do well, but investors don't do well". What could be the reasons behind this? What goes on in an investor's mind? What makes a stock market bubble? How does it burst? How does one find the right strategy of investing? Intrigued by these pertinent questions, Parag Parikh, a seasoned broker and expert, took up this daunting task of understanding and demystifying investing in the stock market. Stocks to Riches is a distillate of his experience. It simplifies investing in stocks and provides key perspectives for a lay investor venturing into the market. At the end of the day, Stocks to Riches helps the retail investor make money by following the time-tested and proven guidelines provided in the book. A must read for brokers, analysts and retail investors...

Crafts from across the country go online

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

Shilp Route brings together a range of unique products by 15 hand-picked artisans from across the country..

MeT department forecasts more rains for TN, Puducherry next week

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News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

A low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal on November 30 could bring more rains to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from December 1, the regional weather..

Amazon Bestseller: Swing Trading With Technical Analysis - Ravi Patel

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Shopping / Amazon/ Financial Books

Swing Trading With Technical Analysis - Ravi Patel..

Growing up with the graphic novel

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

High school friendships, horror, divorce and fantasy — no topic is off the table in these books for middle-schoolers. They are also a great way to get reluctant readers started..

Amazon Bestseller: The Little Book of Value Investing - Christopher H. Browne

3 years ago

Shopping / Amazon/ Financial Books

There are many ways to make money in today’s market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing, Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world. "If you are a value investor by temperament, you will (or should) find a lot that is persuasive in what Christopher Browne has to say about the craft of value investing in a delightful new book out this autumn...It is nicely written and utterly persuasive if long-term investment success is what you are after and your temperament is equipped to handle the psychological pressures of making non-consensus investments."..

‘Shawn Mendes: In Wonder’ review: Pop idol chronicles

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

The documentary on Netflix gives an intimate look into the Canadian heartthrob’s rise to fame, his relationship with Camila Cabello, and several highs and lows in his life..

Amazon Bestseller: The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham

3 years ago

Shopping / Amazon/ Financial Books

It is a widely acclaimed book by Benjamin Graham on value investing. Written by one of the greatest investment advisers of twentieth century, the book aims at preventing potential investors from substantial errors and also teaches them strategies to achieve long-term investment goals. Over the years, investment market has been following teachings and strategies of Graham for growth and development. In the book, Graham has explained various principles and strategies for investing safely and successfully without taking bigger risks. Modern-day investors still continue to use his proven and well-executed techniques for value investment. The current edition highlights some of the important concepts that are useful for latest financial orders and plans. Keeping Graham's unique text in original form, the book focuses on major principles that can be applied in day-to-day life. All the concepts and principles are explained with the help of examples for better clarity and understanding of the f..

Gauhati High Court stays Nagaland govt. ban on dog meat

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

Kohima Bench issues order after licensed dog meat traders challenge State’s move..

Adivi Sesh in and as Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

‘Major’ team unveils the look test, coinciding with Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s anniversary in the aftermath of 26/11 attacks..

Mizoram MLA who was Indira Gandhi’s security chief disqualified

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News / The Hindu/ Other States

Lalduhoma, a retired IPS officer, was the leader of the opposition representing the Zoram People’s Movement..

Six-year-old boy in Chennai drowns in pit dug for septic tank

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News / The Hindu/ Chennai

The pit, on a construction site, was filled with rain water and the child accidentally fell into it, police said..

Water level touches 100 feet again at Mettur dam, fourth time this year

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News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

The inflow of water to Mettur Dam increased on Friday, and the water level was at 100 feet for fourth time this year.According to officials from the P..

Pakistan Cabinet approves chemical castration of rapists; Special Courts for rape trials

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News / The Hindu/ International

According to Law Minister Farogh Naseem, it is mandatory under the international law to take consent of the convict before castrating him..

HC quashes BMC’s order of demolishing Kangana Ranaut's bungalow

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News / The Hindu/ Mumbai

“The State cannot take mala fide action against a citizen however distasteful her views are.”..

Karnataka has seen seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: Expert

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News / The Hindu/ News

‘The lineages came directly from other countries or through other States’..

Memorial plaque for Jewish victims of 26/11 Mumbai attacks unveiled at Israel synagogue

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News / The Hindu/ Mumbai

Rav Hecht and First Secretary at the Embassy of India in Israel Rohit Mishra unveiled the plaque mounted on a wall inside the synagogue..

Matthew Perry announces engagement to girlfriend Molly Hurwitz

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News / The Hindu/ Front Page

On the work front, Perry and his former co-stars are set to get back together for the long-awaited ‘Friends’ reunion..

U.N. decries police use of racial profiling derived from Big Data

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News / The Hindu/ News

Many police use “predictive” profiling systems that lead to identity checks, traffic stops and searches, based on previous arrest data about a neighbourhood...

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