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April 18, 2026 4:21 PM
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The Election Commission has enhanced the technologically superior surveillance process ahead of the polls in West Bengal. According to Commission sources, several new measures are being introduced to keep the voting process transparent and free of any untoward incidents. It has been decided to provi...
April 18, 2026 4:17 PM
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The Union Cabinet today gave approval for the creation of a domestic insurance pool, named Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool, with a sovereign guarantee of 12,980 crore rupees to facilitate continuous maritime insurance coverage. Briefing media in New Delhi after the Cabinet meeting, Information and Br...
April 18, 2026 4:06 PM
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Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan will be on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka from tomorrow. This will be his first bilateral visit to the neighbouring country. He will call on the Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka. Mr Radhakrishnan will meet the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasur...
April 18, 2026 3:23 PM
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8.30 tonight. The address comes a day after the Constitution Amendment Bill linked to the Women’s Reservation failed to get a two-thirds majority for its passage in the Lok Sabha after Opposition parties did not back it. The proposed legislatio...
April 18, 2026 3:17 PM
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The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, has said that India is turning uncertainty into opportunity and data into discovery to power the country’s energy future. In a social media post, Mr Puri said that a conference on Data Driven Exploration, which was held today, reaffirmed...
April 18, 2026 2:47 PM
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Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die today. With this, the Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced on 28 January this year, has come to an end. In his valedictory address in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla highlighted that the House registered 93% productivity during the Budget Se...
April 18, 2026 2:33 PM
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In Tamil Nadu, poll campaigning will end in three days as single-phase voting is scheduled to be held on the 23rd of this month. Today, Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will campaign in Coimbatore, seeking votes for NDA candidates. He will also hold a roadshow from the airport to C...
April 18, 2026 2:28 PM
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The Chairperson of the National Commission for Women, Vijaya Rahatkar, presided over a high-level review meeting to assess the progress of the Paratwada case in Amravati, Maharashtra. The case involves the alleged creation and circulation of obscene videos and images of young girls. In a statement, ...
April 18, 2026 2:22 PM
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Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to collaborate in the areas of advanced technologies, digital transformation, and capacity building. The Ministry of Information and Br...
April 18, 2026 2:16 PM
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A fragile but significant calm is settling over parts of West Asia after a US-brokered ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect Thursday, marking what President Donald Trump called a potentially historic moment for the region. The truce, which follows six weeks of fighting betwe...
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