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Top News Headlines of September 22, 2025 | News Today Live Updates, 22 September: In five weeks, 47 soldiers will walk out of a special BSF school in Madhya Pradesh as “drone commandos”. This is the first batch of the Drone Warfare School, set up by the force at its training institute in Tekanpur, as part of a wider plan to integrate drones on a large scale in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. The school, inaugurated earlier this month, is training these personnel in flying drones, carrying out surveillance and combat, and countering other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It will next train a batch of senior officers in drone warfare strategy.
Centre panel to weigh clearance for Sawalkote dam on Chenab this week: The stalled Sawalkote dam on the Chenab, a river which is part of the Indus system, in Jammu and Kashmir, is back at the centre of India’s strategy to tap the river’s hydropower potential. With the Indus Waters Treaty now in abeyance, the Environment Ministry’s expert panel will this week appraise NHPC’s 1,865 MW project, one of the largest on a western river, for grant of environmental clearance, according to official documents.
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PM Modi says ‘GST savings festival’ begins, with lower prices, how household budgets are set for boost: Steep discounts, extra grammage, or other deals such as shopping vouchers — companies have tried to entice customers in several ways ahead of the rollout of GST 2.0 effective from midnight, that is, September 22. While several companies announced their price cuts in the run-up to the sweeping rate reduction for over 375 common-use goods after the 56th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting on September 3, others are expected to follow suit Monday onwards, which means lower prices are here to stay.
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18:47 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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18:09 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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17:51 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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17:15 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
India News Live Updates | RSS to rename Hindu Sammelans as Dharam Sammelans or Bodh Sammelans in Himachal’s Buddhist-dominated areas
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17:01 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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17:00 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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16:55 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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16:54 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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16:43 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
India News Live Updates | PM Modi inaugurates redeveloped 524-year-old Tripura Sundari Temple, offers puja
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16:09 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:58 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:40 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:39 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:35 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:29 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:14 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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15:08 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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14:59 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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14:48 (IST) 22 Sep 2025
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