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Snakebite Is Now Notifiable in Maharashtra. But Will That Save Lives?

Vivek Bhavsar -
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s decision to treat snakebite as a notifiable disease is an important public-health step. But the deaths of three tribal girl students at a...
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Three Deaths, a ₹200-Crore Legacy, and One Question: Why Are Tribal Children Still Sleeping on Floors?

Vivek Bhavsar -
Gadchiroli snakebite tragedy brings Maharashtra’s ashram school safety system under scrutiny years after Kayapalat sought to ensure no tribal child would sleep, eat or...

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Mumbai: Man Posing as Transgender Person Allegedly Rapes Air Hostess in Powai, Arrested

TheNews21 Bureau -
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Mumbai after allegedly entering the home of a 25-year-old air hostess in Powai while dressed in a...
Nation

Why Is Sugar Price Soaring? Ethanol Diversion, Low Stocks Push Rates Towards ₹71 Per Kg

TheNews21 Bureau -
Sugar prices are rising sharply across India, with wholesale rates in some markets climbing to around ₹7,100 per 100 kg, or ₹71 per kg....

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The News21 Pulse

JPSC Exam Scam: CID Arrests Abhay Tiwari’s Wife And Brother As Probe Into Recruitment Fraud Expands

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The Jharkhand CID has arrested the wife and brother of alleged exam scam mastermind Abhay Tiwari in connection with a wider investigation into suspected...
The News21 Pulse

The Last Saffron Generation? Who Will Grow Kashmir’s Saffron?

Parsa Tariq -
PAMPORE: By mid-August, the elevated tablelands of Pampore look like dry, sun-baked stretches of pale earth. To anyone driving down the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the...

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‘Vande Mataram’ Is Beyond Hindu-Muslim Debate”: Kangana Ranaut Responds to Sharmila Tagore

Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has responded to veteran actress Sharmila Tagore’s recent remarks on Vande Mataram, urging people to look beyond what...
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What to Watch on OTT This Week (August 17–23)

This week’s home-entertainment lineup moves from Toy Story 5 finally landing on digital platforms to Thalapathy Vijay’s political send-off, a tennis legend’s most unguarded documentary yet,...
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MTV VMAs 2026 Nominations: Madonna Leads With 11, Taylor Swift Follows With 9 — Full List

Madonna is back at the front of the MTV Video Music Awards race. More than four decades after her now-iconic Like a Virgin performance helped define the...
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Zaira Wasim Criticises J&K Waqf Board Over Girls’ Dance at School Event — Here’s What Happened

A clip from an Independence Day programme at a school in Kashmir has pulled former actor Zaira Wasim into a public debate with the...
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Shweta Tiwari Finds Cockroach After Cold Drink Delivery, Tags FDA Chief Tukaram Munde: ‘Please Dhyaan Dijiye’

Television actor Shweta Tiwari has raised a hygiene concern on social media after she allegedly found a cockroach in her home following a cold...
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Why Jharkhand’s Recruitment Exam Protest Drew Kunickaa Sadanand — and What Happened Next

For twenty-four days, thousands of job aspirants camped at Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium, refusing to leave until the Jharkhand government addressed questions over...
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