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Guwahati: AIIMS-Guwahati is set to provide specialised healthcare services to former defence personnel and their families under the ECHS initiative of the government, officials said. An agreement in this regard was signed by AIIMS-Guwahati on Friday.The collaboration is expected to provide comprehensive healthcare services to former servicemen and their families across the northeastern region, an official statement said.”The agreement aims to facilitate access to quality medical care for veterans and their dependents, thereby strengthening healthcare support mechanisms for ex-servicemen in the region,” it said.Through this partnership, eligible beneficiaries under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) will be able to avail…

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According to the police complaint, the victim is a Class 7 student who was serving as the monitorAhmedabad, A government-run Seventh Day Adventist School in Ahmedabad has once again come under scrutiny after a Class 7 student was allegedly assaulted by three of his classmates inside the premises.Police have registered a complaint in the matter, while the Ahmedabad city District Education Officer (DEO) Rohit Chaudhary has ordered a departmental inquiry and issued notices to the school management over alleged negligence in ensuring student safety.According to the police complaint, the victim is a Class 7 student who was serving as the…

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These days, Hollywood is buzzing about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, even though they’ve been apart for years. Why? Turns out, there might have been some new and interesting developments in their lives.For starters, Kim K’s rumored fling with Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton has people buzzing, scratching their heads. On the other hand, Kanye’s wife, Bianca Censori, just dropped a raw and brutally honest interview, where she said that being married to Ye felt like “doing CPR for months.”Now, it’s wild and somewhat hard to fathom how much has changed for Kim and Kanye and their equation. The once-upon-a-time…

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A file image of Union Minister Piyush Goyal. Photo: X/@PiyushGoyal via ANI The India-U.S. trade pact will open a $30 trillion market for Indian exporters, especially MSMEs, farmers and fishermen, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday (February 7, 2026).He said the increase in exports will create lakhs of new job opportunities for the country’s women and youth.”Under the decisive leadership of PM @NarendraModi ji, India has reached a framework for an Interim Agreement with the US. This will open a $30 trillion market for Indian exporters, especially MSMEs, farmers and fishermen,” Mr.Goyal said in a social media…

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The UAE will see misty mornings, humidity, intermittent cloud cover and possible rain through midweek/Representative Image Residents across the UAE can expect a shift in weather patterns over the coming days, with humid mornings, increasing cloud cover, and a chance of rainfall in several regions as conditions fluctuate between Saturday and Wednesday, according to the National Centre of Meteorology.The forecast points to rising humidity levels during the early hours, with mist likely to form at times, particularly across coastal, western, and internal areas. These conditions are expected on several mornings during the period and could affect visibility, especially around sunrise.…

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In a milestone, India and the European Union (EU) have hailed the conclusion of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) while launching a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Agenda’ for 2030. Among other measures, the pact moves beyond supply chains to operationalise joint R&D in advanced semiconductor “heterogeneous integration” and chip design.It also formally links the European AI Office with India’s National AI Mission to jointly develop safe, human-centric AI and take advantage of what the agreement called India’s vast “multilingual datasets” and Europe’s research infrastructure to secure strategic autonomy in critical technologies.Three phasesThe AI and semiconductor aspects represent the maturation of three…

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India and the United States have unveiled a framework for an interim trade agreement, cutting US reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent from 50 per cent. As per the joint statement India’s agriculture market has been ring-fenced. India has granted no duty concessions on what it calls “sensitive” farm and dairy products.Also read: US tariffs on India cut to 18%; $30 trillion market access – trade deal explained in 10 points“The agreement reflects India’s commitment to safeguarding farmers’ interests and sustaining rural livelihoods by completely protecting sensitive agricultural and dairy products, including maize, wheat, rice, soya, poultry,…

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Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian government on Friday has cautioned X’s (formerly Twitter) artificial intelligence (Al)-based application ‘Grok’, to ensure it does not generate, promote or facilitate content which contains nudity, sexualisation, sexually explicit or otherwise unlawful content in any form whatsoever.In a directive to Chief Compliance Offrcer, X, India Operations, the Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has told the company to immediately undertake a comprehensive technical, procedural and governance-level review of Grok, including its prompt-processing, output-generation (responses generated using Large Language Models (LLMs), image handling and safety guardrails, so as to…

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Kolkata: Election Commission of India has said revision of voters’ list under the supervision of 11 ‘illegally’ appointed officials at Basirhat in North 24 Parganas would be overruled after an on-the-ground probe against gross lapses. ECI would appoint new officials to ensure hearings are conducted to create an error-proof and up-to-date list of electors, it said.A detailed probe report to ECI over “serious lapses” by Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) – or the BDO of Basirhat-II – said he had allegedly appointed 11 officials as “Additional AEROs” and conducted hearings. ET reported that on January 25, ECI has directed the…

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