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BY Md Asghar Khan

| Illustration: Saahil : Doorva Bahuguna

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PTI : Members of All India Students' Association (AISA) raise slogans during a protest demanding the implementation of the UGC Equity Regulations 2026 on preventing caste-based discrimination on campuses, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. The Supreme Court stayed the UGC regulations on Thursday, saying the framework is "prima facie vague".

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Saahil : Radhakrishnan spoke to Vineetha Mokkil about how the Union Budget gives the impression that the State thinks climate action can wait, growth cannot.

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IMAGO/ANI News : Employees of DC office verify the voter list ahead of the Council elections on 23rd February 2026, in Ranchi

Urban Polls Return To Jharkhand After 34 Months—OBC Quota And Women At The Centre

BY Md Asghar Khan

Vikram Sharma : Aradhana Seth at the Aranyani Pavilion, Sunder Nursery

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Fozia Yasin : A woman coping with anxiety sits inside the Dastgeer Sahib Shrine in Khanyar, Srinagar.

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India's Vanishing Picture Palaces: An Artist's Ode To Single-Screen Theatres

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IMAGO / Hindustan Times
: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and other officials outside the Finance Ministry ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27 at Ministry of Finance, Kartavya Bhavan, on February 1, 2026 in New Delhi, India.

Why We End Up Talking About The Finance Minister's Saree Instead of the Budget

IMAGO / AAP : In this handout photo supplied by the Indian Army, a team carries out rescue operations for trapped construction workers who were swept away by an avalanche near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state in Chamoli district, India, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.

Warming Planet Triggers Avalanches Across Western Himalayas

BY Ashwani Sharma

| Photo: PTI : Literary Legacies: Authors Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai at the Exide Kolkata Literary Meet on January 16, 2026

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BY Sreemanti Sengupta

Source: IMAGO / Dreamstime : Two engineers at an iron ore mine

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BY Shubhranshu Choudhary

| Photo: Special Arrangement : All for the Game: Meher is keen to join a good academy, play for Rajasthan, and then for India

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BY Mrinalini Dhyani

File photo : Benchmark indices surged after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that Washington would cut tariffs on Indian imports to 18 percent from the earlier 50 percent

Indian Markets Take The Bull Ride As US–India Sign Trade Deal, Slash Tariffs

BY Jinit Parmar

Imago : Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

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BY Priyanka Tupe

shutterstocK : US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi |

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| IMAGO / ANI News : Ranchi police rescue missing siblings Ranchi, Jan 14 (ANI): Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Tadasha Mishra during a press conference with the two missing children, found after twelve days, in Ranch

Missing Children: Jharkhand’s Increasing Trafficking Crisis

BY Md Asghar Khan

IMAGO / Anadolu Agency

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BY Pritha Vashisth

|Representational : Ahead Of Omar's Presentation, Calls Grow For Governance Reforms

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BY Ishfaq Naseem

Wikimedia Commons : Protests in Tehran, Iran on International Women's Day 1979

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| Photo: Special Arrangement : The Unstoppables: K.M. Elsamma flanked by Wayanad’s international players—Minnu Mani

Spice Girls: The Cricket Revolution In Kerala's Tribal Heartland

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| Photo: Dinesh Parab : Onward March: Pratiskha Powar at home with her trophies

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BY Jinit Parmar

Photo by Kunal Sharma : The cast of 'Jo Dooba So Paar'

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The White Owl Literature Festival and Book Fair. : Now in its third edition, the festival has steadily grown into a key fixture on the region’s cultural calendar.

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The Way The White Owl Flies: A Lit Fest In Nagaland Celebrates Stories

BY Vineetha Mokkil

| Photo: Suresh K. Pandey : Fierce Intent: When she started out, Gautam used to wonder if a Women’s Premier League would ever become a reality

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BY Mrinalini Dhyani

| Photo: Narendra Bisht : Mark Tully

Mark Tully: The Foreigner India Came To Trust

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| Photo: Imago/Sports Press Photo : The Spirit of Winning: Players lift the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup trophy in Navi Mumbai on November 2, 2025

Racing Ahead: From Empty Stands To World Champs, Women’s Cricket Comes Of Age

BY Karunya Keshav

Facebook : Radhakrishna Kishore

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Rep. Photo - Yasir Iqbal : Union Budget 2026: J&K Central Grants Rise, Mixed Reactions

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BY Ishfaq Naseem

Shutterstock : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the construction of mountain trails in Himachal Pradesh to promote hiking and adventure tourism, a move expected to strengthen tourism, one of the state’s key growth drivers and a major source of employment.

Budget 2026: Himachal's Hopes For Green Fund Dashed, Punjab CM Mann Slams Centre

BY Ashwani Sharma

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