PulseWire: latest news
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ISRO puts NavIC satellite NVS-03 into orbit, a step towards reviving India’s struggling navigation system
The GSLV-F18 rocket lifted off from Sriharikota just before midnight on Friday. With only three NavIC satellites fully working, NVS-03 is meant to take the network back to the four it needs to function.
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Construction curbs across all of Delhi-NCR from November 5 to 20, with half of office staff told to work from home
The air quality commission’s preventive order covers Diwali and the usual stubble-burning peak, and extends to roads, flyovers and pipelines in Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad,…
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Census 2027: door-to-door headcount from January 25, with self-enumeration open from January 10
A Home Ministry notification fixes the dates for the population count, the second and final big phase of India’s first digital census and the…
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Limpet mines hit tanker with 27 Indian crew in Hormuz; all safe as Iran claims more tankers struck mines
All 29 Indian seafarers on two tankers attacked near the Strait of Hormuz are unhurt, the shipping minister said, as Tehran and Washington trade…
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Four dead, two in hospital after fire at shoe factory in Delhi’s Mangolpuri Industrial Area
Six workers were pulled out unconscious from the Phase-1 unit on Friday night; police say search operations are continuing and legal action will follow…
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Binance hack swells to $6.3 billion, the biggest crypto theft on record, as analysts point to North Korea
The exchange says it has set aside more than $6.34 billion of its own money to make users whole, while the FBI and the…
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All six on board killed in Joshimath helicopter crash; Dhami orders detailed probe as bodies are recovered
An Army team reached the wreckage on a fog-covered slope in the Hathi Parvat area and found no survivors. The dead are a Delhi-based…
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Helicopter with six on board goes down near Joshimath after leaving Badrinath; search hampered by bad weather
The Trans Bharat Aviation chopper lost contact over the Joshimath valley on Friday afternoon. Officials have not confirmed the fate of the pilot and…
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Delhi traders ask Congress to put off November 1 Ramlila Maidan rally as police plan 3,000-strong security cover
The Chamber of Trade and Industry says gridlock in central Delhi days before Dhanteras could hit business worth ₹10,000-12,000 crore across 20 markets, and…
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Glacial lake bursts in Bhutan; over 10,000 moved to safety in north Bengal as Sankosh river put on red alert
The flood from Shintaphu lake in Bhutan’s Gasa district wrecked a hot springs complex and roads. Alipurduar and Dhubri districts are bracing for the…
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Binance halts all deposits and withdrawals as $3 billion is frozen in what its founder calls a hack
The world’s largest crypto exchange says it will cover all losses, while Tether and Circle have locked up billions linked to the incident. If…
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Delhi voters left off SIR draft roll get until November 25 to apply; final list pushed to December 22
The Election Commission has given Delhi 26 more days for claims and objections a day after the Supreme Court questioned the rush, and has…
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Banks must repay digital arrest victims in full if their lapses enabled the fraud, Supreme Court tells RBI
Calling digital arrest the country’s biggest financial fraud, the court said it will vet the RBI’s draft anti-fraud rules before they are notified, and…