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BJP traps Congress, women bill defeated
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RTC Workers Push for Parity
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Women’s reservation, delimitation, and constitutional tightrope
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Cognizant Launches Technoverse Hackathon 2026
18-04-2026
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced the launch of Cognizant® Technoverse Hackathon 2026. Now in its third edition, the hackathon has grown from a regional initiative into a national platform, bringing together over 20,000 pre-final year engineering students from more than 400 colleges across India to collaborate, innovate, and demonstrate their AI-powered problem-solving skills.
Landmark 8-Hour Surgery to Remove Largest Kidney Tumour
18-04-2026
In a historic milestone in advanced urologic oncology, the Urology surgical team at Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad, successfully performed a complex radical nephrectomy to remove an exceptionally large left kidney tumour measuring 25 × 16 × 18 cm and weighing approximately 4 kg, making it one of the largest kidney cancers ever resected. The high-risk surgery, conducted on April 15, 2026, lasted an intense 8 hours, requiring extraordinary precision, endurance, and seamless multidisciplinary coordination.
Markets rally amid easing geopolitical tensions
18-04-2026
Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied nearly 1% on Friday, driven by optimism surrounding easing geopolitical tensions, falling crude prices, and fresh foreign fund inflows.
Govt to rationalise filing framework under companies law
18-04-2026
The Corporate Affairs Ministry is planning to rationalise the filing framework, including consolidation of forms, under the companies law after gathering stakeholders' inputs.
LPG demand softens, bookings fall to 46-50 lakh, supply normal: Govt
18-04-2026
LPG demand is expected to moderate during the summer season, with bookings already witnessing a decline, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing and Oil Refinery), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said during an inter-ministerial briefing on recent developments in West Asia on Friday.
India slips to 6th-largest economy in 2025: IMF
18-04-2026
India slipped to become the world’s sixth-largest economy in 2025, dropping one rank from the previous year, according to the latest International Monetary Fund data, even as the country continued to post one of the fastest growth rates among major economies, Moneycontrol reported.
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