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Gold smuggling case: Kannada actor Ranya Rao remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody

By newsportaltoday March 10, 2025

Kannada actor Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao who was arrested in a gold smuggling case was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a special court for economic offences,…

Entrepreneurs from the UK embark on a 1000-kilometre auto rickshaw rally from Chennai to Goa

By newsportaltoday March 10, 2025

This 1,000 km adventure from Chennai to Goa, aims at raising between ₹1–3 crores to empower women and children in India. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rachel Vetch and Katrina…

Trade war: How best to brace for the return of ‘beggar thy neighbour’ policies

By newsportaltoday March 10, 2025

At its most basic, a tariff is a tax or duty on an imported good or service. It can be on a single product, a category of products or applied…

Bengal MLA Tapasi Mondal’s latest switch – Was once in CPI (M), moved to BJP in 2020, now joins TMC ahead of polls

By newsportaltoday March 10, 2025

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: As Assembly election season draws near in the eastern state, so do defections among political leaders. MLA from Haldia constituency Tapasi Mondal has made the…

Jasprit Bumrah recalls first auction in 2013 with wife Sanjana Ganesan, MI pacer tells story about unique celebration

By newsportaltoday March 10, 2025

Jasprit Bumrah rolled back years to his Indian Premier League (IPL) first auction day when Mumbai Indians acquired the then 20-year-old for ₹1.2 crore. Having missed the Champions Trophy 2025…

The end of cheap palm oil? Output stalls as biodiesel demand surges

By newsportaltoday March 10, 2025

Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed up for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia that are making traditionally cheap palm oil costlier, eliminating…