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🔍Why land acquisition surrounding the Noida International Airport has been delayed

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Why land acquisition surrounding the Noida International Airport has been delayed

The Noida International Airport, coming up at Jewar, will connect cities including Agra, Mathura and Gautam Buddh Nagar among others.

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25 Dec 2024, 13:34

🔍How Boxing Day became important in the sporting calendar

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How Boxing Day became important in the sporting calendar

The day after Christmas sees a pile-up of sporting fixtures, notably the Boxing Day Test at the MCG and a string of high-profile games in the English Premier League

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🔍No-detention policy scrapped: How Punjab raised concerns over the policy years ago — and re-introduced board exams for class 5, 8 students

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No-detention policy scrapped: How Punjab raised concerns over the policy years ago — and re-introduced board exams for class 5, 8 students

Punjab came up with its own system to evaluate the class 5 and 8 students in 2016. The state introduced the 'Learning Outcome Evaluation System' (LOES)

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25 Dec 2024, 13:14

🔍Explained: Why protesting farmers demand implementation of the Land Acquisition Act 2013

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Explained: Why protesting farmers demand implementation of the Land Acquisition Act 2013

The Land Acquisition Act 2013 came into force on January 1, 2014. If it is already in force, why are farmers protesting to demand its implementation?

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25 Dec 2024, 11:39

🔍With recent militant activity in Punjab, a look at key accused and their link to pro-Khalistan groups

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With recent militant activity in Punjab, a look at key accused and their link to pro-Khalistan groups

Many violent incidents in Punjab between January and October were attributed to gangsters but their nexus with militant groups is now out in the open

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25 Dec 2024, 09:59

🔍PM Modi to lay foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa linking project: What is this plan, significance

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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa linking project: What is this plan, significance

The KBLP envisages transferring water from the Ken river to the Betwa river, both tributaries of the Yamuna.

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25 Dec 2024, 06:49

🔍The curious case of December: Why the 12th month is the roman words for 10

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The curious case of December: Why the 12th month is the roman words for 10

It is not just December, rather all months named after numericals — September (from septem meaning seven), October (octo meaning eight), November (from novem meaning nine) — that are nomenclaturally anachronistic. Why is that?

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25 Dec 2024, 04:29

🔍Looking at 2025, Climate: Bleak forecast, adaptation way forward

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Looking at 2025, Climate: Bleak forecast, adaptation way forward

The hope of keeping global warming under the 1.5 degree Celsius limit is all but dead. The kind of emissions cuts required to keep this goal alive is unlikely to be achieved. But this is not the end of the world.

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24 Dec 2024, 16:34

🔍Explained: 6 Hong Kong activists against whom arrest warrants have been issued

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Explained: 6 Hong Kong activists against whom arrest warrants have been issued

A reward of $1 million Hong Kong dollars (around $130,000) has also been announced for information leading to arrests of activists based in the UK and Canada.

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24 Dec 2024, 15:29

🔍Why Trump wants to buy Greenland, and why he is not alone in this

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Why Trump wants to buy Greenland, and why he is not alone in this

Why is Greenland important for the US? When did the US last buy territories, and what efforts has it made in the past to acquire Greenland? We explain in three points.

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24 Dec 2024, 12:44

🔍How Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25

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How Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25

Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. But early Christians did not celebrate his birth, and no one knows on which date Jesus was actually born

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24 Dec 2024, 12:19

🔍From Bose landing to BelugaXL, looking back at Kolkata airport’s 100-year journey

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From Bose landing to BelugaXL, looking back at Kolkata airport’s 100-year journey

With connections to 64 destinations, including 15 international hubs, the airport serves as a vital gateway, facilitating trade, tourism, and the movement of people.

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24 Dec 2024, 12:19

🔍Why do we have Christmas trees?

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Why do we have Christmas trees?

There is no dearth of legends about the emergence of the Christmas tree. One of the most popular ones is that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, was the first person to decorate a pine tree for the holiday

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24 Dec 2024, 10:29

🔍Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?

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Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?

Taking note of social media posts and a complaint related to suspicious financials and disclosures by Bharat Global Developers Ltd, SEBI started a probe. Here's what happened after.

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24 Dec 2024, 10:14

🔍Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?

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Why has SEBI suspended trading in securities of Bharat Global Developers Ltd?

Taking note of social media posts and a complaint related to suspicious financials and disclosures by Bharat Global Developers Ltd, SEBI started a probe. Here's what happened after.

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24 Dec 2024, 09:29

🔍Explained: Alleged spy scandal in UK and the Chinese state agency involved

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Explained: Alleged spy scandal in UK and the Chinese state agency involved

The Chinese businessman had close ties with Prince Andrew. He is suspected to be working for China’s United Front Work Department, which Xi Jinping has described as one of the “magic weapons” of the Chinese state.

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24 Dec 2024, 05:04

🔍Looking at 2025, The Economy: Some positives, some concerns

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Looking at 2025, The Economy: Some positives, some concerns

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the slowing of Q2 growth is a “temporary blip”. But RBI has downgraded its GDP growth forecast for 2024-25 to 6.6% from 7.2% earlier.

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24 Dec 2024, 04:44

🔍Trudeau’s ally to move no-confidence motion against him: What’s behind the ongoing political crisis in Canada

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Trudeau’s ally to move no-confidence motion against him: What’s behind the ongoing political crisis in Canada

The no-confidence vote is expected to be moved in late January next year after the winter break of the House of Commons

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24 Dec 2024, 01:54

🔍‘Political’ offence to charges ‘not in good faith’: Extradition treaty leaves space for refusal

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‘Political’ offence to charges ‘not in good faith’: Extradition treaty leaves space for refusal

The amendment to Article 10 (3) of the treaty did away with the requirement for the country seeking extradition to provide evidence of the offence committed.

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