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Delhi to Agra, Almost as Fast as a Flight Check-In Imagine covering the 200 km between Delhi and Agra home of the Taj Mahal in just 58 minutes. That’s the headline number from Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s announcement of India’s next major bullet train project: the Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail Corridor, which will also extend onward…
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A Record India Hasn’t Seen Since 1996 On September 9, 2026, India’s primary market hit a milestone: six mainboard IPOs opened for subscription on the very same day a feat last seen roughly three decades ago. According to Prime Database, the last time exactly six IPOs launched on a single day was October 14, 1996;…
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What Is the Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2026? Bengaluru :-The Swachh Vayu Survekshan (Clean Air Survey), released annually by India’s Union Environment Ministry, evaluates cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). Unlike a simple air-quality ranking, this survey measures how effectively cities are implementing pollution control measures including road dust control, solid waste management, construction…
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The discovery of five young orangutans in a forest in Odisha has left villagers, wildlife officials and investigators facing an extraordinary question: How did animals native to Southeast Asia end up thousands of kilometres away in eastern India? The five juvenile orangutans were found in the Bichitrapur area near Badapai village in Bhograi block of…
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Introduction The decades-old Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has flared up again. On September 8, 2026, the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days, starting September 9. Karnataka has strongly objected to the order, with the state’s Water Resources…
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Introduction In a major development for India’s education sector, the Supreme Court of India has come down heavily on the Assam government for appointing teachers who do not meet the minimum qualifications required by law. On September 8, 2026, the apex court barred Assam from making any fresh appointments or absorbing teachers into schools and…
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More than two centuries ago, a German boy achieved something that would be almost unimaginable today: he earned a doctorate at just 13 years old. His name was Karl Witte, and his extraordinary academic journey was not simply the result of natural intelligence. Behind it was an unusually ambitious educational experiment conducted by his father,…
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China has taken a fresh step in its increasingly complicated trade relationship with Japan, imposing provisional anti-dumping measures on a key Japanese chemical used in semiconductor manufacturing. Starting September 8, 2026, Chinese importers of dichlorosilane, a specialised chemical used in the production of semiconductor wafers, must pay a security deposit when bringing the material into…
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PARIS, September 7 — French government ministers on Monday expressed deep concern over the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s decisive win in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, a result that has sent ripples of anxiety across European capitals. AfD Scores Its Biggest-Ever Win Final results from Sunday’s vote show the AfD taking 43.9 percent of…
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Düsseldorf, Germany | August 2026 For four days last week, 169 ultra-endurance athletes gathered at a secret former military base outside Düsseldorf, Germany, to take part in one of the most punishing endurance formats in existence: the backyard ultra. When the dust settled early Tuesday morning, only one runner was still standing 29-year-old American Mark…