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From Rohit Sharma to Alka Yagnik: President Murmu confers Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan – check full list | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: President Drupadi Murmu on Tuesday conferred the Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the second civil investiture ceremony. A total of 65 Padma awards were conferred including two Padma Vibhushan, seven Padma Bhushan and 56 Padma Shri Awardees.The conferred awardees included actor Mammootty, singer Alka Yagnik, cricketer Rohit Sharma and R Madhavan to…
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AI is already rewriting reality, but getting women wrong, says UN Women | Artificial Intelligence News | ACTPnews
From what we do to how we do it, artificial intelligence is now rewriting the realities for billions of people across the globe. However, UN Women has warned, citing multiple studies, about the AI revolution leaving women at higher risk of discrimination and violence. In a media advisory, it cited an analysis by US-based…
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From chats to commerce: Why India is WhatsApp’s most important market | Industry News | ACTPnews
From family groups and school updates to customer support and ecommerce, WhatsApp has become deeply woven into everyday life across India. Since its launch in 2009, WhatsApp’s vast user base has made India central to Meta’s ambitions in business messaging, payments, artificial intelligence-based services and digital commerce. WhatsApp today has more than…
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Govt revises FCRA penalties, tightens rules for foreign-funded NGOs | India News | ACTPnews
The home ministry has revised the compounding penalties for a number of offences under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, involving the receipt and utilisation of foreign contributions by non-governmental organisations, according to a gazette notification. The orders were notified by the ministry on Monday under powers conferred by section 41(1) of…
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Haldia port in Bengal designated as 41st immigration checkpost in India | India News | ACTPnews
Ministry of Home Affairs. (File Photo: ANI) 1 min read Last Updated : Jun 23 2026 | 3:23 PM IST The Union home ministry has designated Haldia seaport in West Bengal as an immigration checkpost making it the 41st such seaport in county, according to a gazette notification on Monday. Last year in…
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Karnataka’s Active Mobility Bill: A Step Towards Safer Streets for Pedestrians | India News | ACTPnews
BENGALURU: “Individuals shall have the right to complete and connected streets and the right to access any place in an urban area by walk or by cycle.” Those words sound like they could have come straight from the Supreme Court’s June 19 ruling declaring that safe walking is part of the fundamental rights guaranteed under…
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In Nemai Ghosh’s photographs, Satyajit Ray is always at work, creating | India News | ACTPnews
A packet from Adi Dhakeswari Bastralaya sits in the corner. Ashtrays crowd a table. Books sit across shelves. In a photograph taken in 1982, Satyajit Ray is at home, surrounded by the unkemptness of everyday life. It is one of the many intimate moments captured in “Faces and Facets: Satyajit Ray in Colour”, an…
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Uday Samant: ‘BMC and MLAs next’: Shinde Sena minister Uday Samant hints at ‘many more explosions’ amid Sena (UBT) rebellion | India News | ACTPnews
Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant warns of more ‘political blasts’ after Shiv Sena (UBT) rebellion (PTI) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Tuesday hinted at fresh defections from Shiv Sena (UBT), saying more political “explosions” were in the offing after six of the party’s Lok Sabha MPs joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. He…
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19-yr-old UP NEET aspirant dies by suicide days after re-exam, family cites stress | India News | ACTPnews
UP NEET aspirant dies by suicide NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh days after appearing for the NEET re-test. Police said she had been struggling with stress related to the examination.The deceased, identified as Chanchal Bharti from Chaupariya Kanchanpura village, had appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)…
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‘India welcomes US-Iran MoU’: NSA Ajit Doval expresses ‘cautious optimism’ at BRICS meet over peace deal | India News | ACTPnews
NSA Ajit Doval expresses ‘cautious optimism’ over US-Iran peace deal (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday said that India welcomed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the US and Iran expressing ‘cautious optimism’ that the agreement could restore regional stability, strengthen energy security and ease global supply chain disruptions.Speaking at…
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