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Shashi Tharoor rejects Veer Savarkar Award, calls organisers irresponsible

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 10 (UNI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today strongly rejected the Veer Savarkar International Impact Award 2025, stating that he had never been informed about the honour announced by the Highrange Rural Development Society (HRDS India).
The NGO had earlier included Tharoor among six personalities selected for the inaugural award ceremony in New Delhi, reportedly in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Tharoor said he learned of the announcement only through media reports while he was in Kerala to cast his vote in the local body elections.
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Sabarimala gold theft: ED raids all accused in multi-state crackdown

20 Jan 2026 | 11:11 AM

Kochi, Jan 20 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched extensive search operations at the residences and offices of all accused in the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case,marking a major escalation in the investigation into the alleged misappropriation of temple assets.

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Telangana: Four killed, two injured as car hits container lorry near Bhainsa

20 Jan 2026 | 9:46 AM

Nirmal, Jan 20 (UNI) Four persons were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling collided with a container lorry near Bhainsa in Nirmal district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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WEF 2026: Telangana steps onto global economic stage at Davos

20 Jan 2026 | 9:43 AM

Davos/Hyderabad, Jan 20 (UNI) Signaling Telangana’s growing ambition on the global stage, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday led a high-level state delegation to Zurich, Switzerland, to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026.

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IBM introduces AI-ready Sovereign Software to address digital sovereignty needs

20 Jan 2026 | 9:11 AM

Kochi, Jan 20 (UNI) IBM has announced the launch of IBM Sovereign Core, the industry’s first AI-ready, sovereign-enabled software designed to help enterprises, governments, and service providers build, deploy, and manage secure and compliant sovereign environments for AI workloads.
The new offering comes amid a growing global emphasis on digital sovereignty, driven by tightening regulatory frameworks, heightened data governance requirements and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence.

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