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As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.14 (+0.95%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +2.50 (+0.59%). Sugar prices are posting moderate gains today as they continue to consolidate below last Wednesday's 1-month highs. Sugar is supported by the recent news that...

State orders investigation into reckless driving

A nationwide effort to clean up India’s voter rolls seems to be spiralling into a crisis for the people meant to carry it out. At least five Booth Level Officers across 12 states and union territories have died by suicide during the second phase of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive…

Dharmendra, a beloved star of Indian cinema, has died at 89

In his recent interview to the Hindustan Times, Justice Surya Kant, who takes oath today as the 53rd Chief Justice of India, talked about an obvious but daunting priority for his nearly 15-month tenure. He identified reducing the Supreme Court’s huge pile-up of backlog cases as his top concern before…

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In March 2025, the Ministry of Railways had stated that most of its divisions maintain “over 90% punctuality”. Behind the headline figure lies the everyday reality of passengers, with the punctuality index actually declining. Reliance on diesel locomotives, signal failures and congestion lead to most delays, data show and experts say.

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