Top News Headlines of September 27, 2025 | ‘Archiving’ Mumbai: CSMVS plans a ‘digital library’ on Mumbai’s built heritage
Top News Headlines of September 27, 2025 | What the library seeks to do besides leveraging technology to recognise urban loss, the CSMVS team says, is also perhaps initiate dialogue to upgrade the existing heritage laws
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Top News Headlines of September 27, 2025 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched Bihar’s Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana via video conferencing, transferring the first instalment of Rs 10,000 each into the bank accounts of 75 lakh beneficiaries of the scheme to promote women’s self-employment and livelihood. “In the auspicious time of Navratri, I have had the opportunity to be part of the happiness of the women in Bihar. So far, 75 lakh sisters have joined this scheme. Rs 10,000 each has been sent into the bank accounts of all these sisters at once,” Modi said.
Telling the Hamas to “lay down arms,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, said that “Israel must finish the job in Gaza as fast as possible” and told the hostages still held by the Palestinian militants they were not forgotten. “Let my people go” and “free the hostages,” he said, adding, “If you do you will live, if you don’t, Israel will hunt you down.”
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Disagreeing with US President Donald Trump’s move to impose high tariffs on allies, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy — a top leader of the rival Democratic Party — said here Wednesday that when it comes to the India-US bilateral trade deal, there will be a “landing place” on the 50% tariffs but there could be a “grand bargain” including on oil. The 25% penalty tariff was slapped on India last month for importing Russian oil.
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13:50 (IST) 27 Sep 2025
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13:33 (IST) 27 Sep 2025
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