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    TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle

    Agencies
    19 Dec 2025 7:11 AM IST

    The deal is expected to close on January 22, according to an internal memo seen

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    Business
    SHANTI Bill 2025 opens India’s nuclear sector to private participation
    India

    SHANTI Bill 2025: Who pays in case of a nuclear disaster?

    19 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The Social Life of Indian Trains review: Amitava Kumar’s portrait of a Republic in motion
    Features

    The Social Life of Indian Trains review: Amitava Kumar’s portrait of a Republic in motion

    19 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Insurance Bill 2025: FDI cap doesn’t matter for deepening cover, income levels do
    Analysis

    Sabka Bima Bill: Why 100 pc FDI push may not fix India's insurance woes

    19 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    CPI(M)

    After LSG debacle, Left front to launch mass protests against Centre's new Bills

    19 Dec 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sourav Ganguly

    Sourav Ganguly moves police against Argentina fan club head over remarks

    18 Dec 2025 8:33 PM IST
    Omar Abdullah

    Omar Abdullah says Nitish Kumar should apologise for pulling woman doctor’s veil

    18 Dec 2025 8:18 PM IST
    Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha

    Bangladesh crisis biggest strategic challenge for India since 1971: Panel

    18 Dec 2025 7:57 PM IST
    UDF slams Kerala police FIR over Ayyappa parody: Left walking Sangh Parivar path

    UDF slams Kerala police FIR over Ayyappa parody: Left walking Sangh Parivar path

    18 Dec 2025 7:56 PM IST
    Lok Sabha adjourned after VB-G RAM G Bill, air pollution debate deferred

    Why isn’t Delhi’s air pollution a Lok Sabha priority?

    18 Dec 2025 7:47 PM IST
    BrahMos missile

    Rajnath Singh asks IAF to draw lessons from Operation Sindoor

    18 Dec 2025 7:08 PM IST
    Delhi Pollution

    Delhi air quality worsens, 'very poor' conditions likely to persist

    18 Dec 2025 7:07 PM IST
    US student visa rejection rate zooms to 10-year high, Indians hit

    US visa delays push H-1B, H-4 interviews to late 2026, leaving Indians in limbo: Reports

    18 Dec 2025 6:58 PM IST
    Union min Giriraj Singh courts controversy, says he doesnt need votes of namak haraams

    Giriraj Singh’s ‘can go to hell’ remark on hijab incident involving Nitish sparks row

    18 Dec 2025 6:44 PM IST
    Economist Jean Dreze explains the new VB-G RAM G Bill

    VB-G RAM G Bill repeals job guarantee, warns economist Jean Dreze

    Ubeer Naqushbandi
    18 Dec 2025 5:59 PM IST

    MGNREGA faces a major overhaul as a new bill shifts power to Centre. Economist Jean Dreze explains why states and workers should worry about what...

    India-Bangladesh ties

    India shuts two visa centres in Bangladesh over security concerns

    18 Dec 2025 5:45 PM IST
    IUML open to India Bloc arrangement in Palakkad against BJP

    IUML open to India Bloc 'arrangement' in Palakkad against BJP

    18 Dec 2025 5:33 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    Supreme Court to meet parents in 12-year coma passive euthanasia case

    18 Dec 2025 4:58 PM IST
    Stock market down

    Corporate deals and IPOs push ahead despite volatility in Indian equities

    18 Dec 2025 4:47 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata hits Centre on G RAM G Bill, to rename Bengal job scheme after Mahatma

    18 Dec 2025 4:33 PM IST
    Cancer cases in India

    'India ranks 3rd in cancer cases, may see 2 million patients by 2040': Union minister

    18 Dec 2025 4:29 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    Supreme Court flags trend of judges passing orders just before retirement

    18 Dec 2025 4:22 PM IST
    Shehbaz Sharif, Donald Trump, Asim Munir

    Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir in a spot as US seeks troops for Gaza: Report

    18 Dec 2025 3:46 PM IST
    Kochi court orders release of actor Dileep’s passport after acquittal

    Kochi court releases actor Dileep’s passport after acquittal in actress assault case

    18 Dec 2025 3:34 PM IST
    PM Modi in Muscat: Indians respect, celebrate diversity wherever they go

    Indians respect diversity wherever they go: PM Modi in Muscat

    18 Dec 2025 3:24 PM IST
    Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

    VB-G-RAM-G Bill will end MGNREGA in months, says Priyanka Gandhi

    18 Dec 2025 3:02 PM IST
    Thiruparankundram residents reject ‘Ayodhya of the South’ pitch

    TN: Thiruparankundram residents reject ‘Ayodhya of the South’ pitch

    18 Dec 2025 3:00 PM IST
    Beijing pollution

    After years of expensive pollution clean-up, rare heavy smog hits Beijing

    18 Dec 2025 2:55 PM IST
    Kerala Congress denies Tharoors claim on Nilambur bypoll campaign

    Shashi Tharoor urges BCCI to shift winter cricket matches to south India due to fog

    18 Dec 2025 2:48 PM IST
    We still don’t know who the rich are in India; here

    We still don’t know who the rich are in India; here's why that matters

    18 Dec 2025 2:48 PM IST
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