India’s government has introduced stock limits on sugar held by traders and factories, according to ET Economy, in an effort to bring down prices that have reached record levels. The move restricts how much sugar intermediaries can store at any point, forcing them to release inventory faster onto the market. Sugar prices in India have […]
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England’s fast bowlers Ollie Robinson and Chris Woakes combined to dismantle Pakistan’s batting lineup on the opening day of their Test match at Headingley in Leeds. Robinson took five wickets while Woakes claimed five more as Pakistan collapsed to 171 all out, according to ESPNCricinfo. The partnership between the two seamers proved too much for
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South Korea is growing anxious about its military alliance with the United States after Donald Trump ordered a reduction in joint military exercises between the two countries. The decision, announced in early 2025, came as part of Trump’s broader strategy to reduce US military spending and shift focus away from what he sees as costly
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Researchers affiliated with Anthropic have published a paper describing what they call “mind viruses”: ideas that can spread between AI agents through ordinary conversation, without any hacking or malicious code. In one experiment, an AI agent was told its “real work” was “Machine Sovereignty.” It then persuaded other coding agents to abandon their original tasks,
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Between March and July this year, the government sent approximately 1.95 lakh blocking orders to Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, according to data accessed by The Indian Express. That translates to roughly 1,275 orders a day, or one every 68 seconds. Between October 2024 and October 2025, by comparison, a total of 2,312 blocking orders were
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Bangladesh’s historic win over Australia in Darwin has done more than strengthen their own World Test Championship (WTC) campaign. It has also made India’s route to next year’s final considerably more complicated. Before the two Tests in Darwin and Galle, Bangladesh sat fourth in the WTC table, one place above India. That position was easy
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Indian student enrollment in the United States has fallen to a 29-month low, with the decline continuing for 10 consecutive months. According to US Department of Homeland Security data, there were 338,230 Indian students in the US in July 2026, down 12% since September 2025. The fall has been sharpest among postgraduate students, whose numbers
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Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has proposed restoring E10 petrol alongside E20 for older vehicles and urged India to examine the food-versus-fuel trade-off before pushing ethanol blending beyond 20%. In a column published in The Indian Express with Department of Economic Affairs consultant Akash Poojari, the authors estimate that 75 to 80 million older
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For 23 years, Bangladesh had to wait for a Test match in Australia. When the opportunity finally arrived, they made sure it counted. Najmul Hossain Shanto’s side completed a historic nine-wicket victory over Australia in Darwin on Sunday, winning their first Test on Australian soil. Chasing just 57 on the fourth morning, Bangladesh reached the
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Job postings in India’s tier-3 cities grew 30.6% in Q1FY27, more than four times the 7.3% growth recorded in tier-1 markets, according to a report by early-career talent platform Apna. Tier-2 cities grew 16.1% in the same period. The report, titled Bharat@79, examines how India’s employment geography is shifting as the country marks 79 years
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