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New NCERT Class 7 textbook links Arthashastra to modern infrastructure, UPI boom

NEW DELHI, Dec. 18 -- A new Class 7 NCERT social science textbook released recently, has linked India's modern economic achievements with ancient thoughts to highlight how ideas first articulated in K... Read More


Crypto ATMs, corporate profits, and broken lives: How convenience stores became gateways for scams

Bangladesh, Dec. 18 -- On a cold December day in 2024, Steve Beckett did something millions of Americans do every week: he stopped at a convenience store. There was nothing unusual about the moment. N... Read More


HDFC Parivartan and PHIA Foundation Launch Two Major Rural Development Projects in Nubra and Khaltsi, Ladakh

Leh, Dec. 18 -- 18 December 2025: HDFC Parivartan, the CSR initiative of HDFC Bank, in partnership with PHIA Foundation, formally launched two flagship rural development projects in Nubra and Khaltsi ... Read More


Jakarta builds 267 micro parks in drive for greener global city

Jakarta, Dec. 18 -- Jakarta has begun developing 267 urban micro parks across neighborhoods to improve air quality, reduce extreme heat and raise living standards, as the capital accelerates efforts t... Read More


Cinema about cinema: Bollywood discovers its most bankable subject- itself

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- A barometer check of India's obsession with its movie stars can be had on weekends outside an unmistakable bungalow in Juhu, central Mumbai. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, when... Read More


Adulteration fears may spur premium dairy boom in urban markets

Bengaluru/New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- A renewed crackdown on adulterated dairy products, combined with a shift among urban consumers towards farm-to-table food, is reshaping the dairy market in the world's ... Read More


$11 trillion bill in food systems' hidden costs, a significant underestimation: Review series

India, Dec. 18 -- Regardless of how much we spend at the supermarket's checkout, society is paying a massive, invisible bill in food systems' hidden costs The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (... Read More


Andhra Pradesh: Jagan to submit one crore signatures to Governor against medical college privatisation

Vijayawada, Dec. 18 -- YSR Congress Party president and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will submit one crore signatures to the Governor today, protesting the Chandrababu Naidu government's... Read More


Invesco cautiously optimistic on India's 2026 growth despite equity market volatility

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Despite equity market underperformance triggered by geopolitical tensions, global investment firm Invesco has expressed cautious optimism on India's economic outlook for 2026, ci... Read More


Court frees Ngige on bail after six-day detention

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Thursday granted bail to a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who is facing N2.2 billion f... Read More