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Drinking pee to improve health is an ancient practice – but the risks outweigh the evidence

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr (he lost). Former Indian prime minister Morarji Desai claimed a daily…

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Union budget 2025: ₹99,858.56 cr allocated to health ministry, medical tourism, daycare cancer centres among top highlights

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday is currently presenting the annual budget at the Parliament. Nirmala Sitharaman presented her record 8th consecutive budget today in the Lok Sabha.

The Times of India

Election results: How have India’s past coalition governments fared?

PM Modi faces the test of ruling a coalition government. It won’t be easy, say analysts. But the past holds lessons.

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K. Anbazhagan opposed Gold (Control) Rules, saying it treated only symptoms, not the disease

Gold's significance in Indian culture, past attempts to control its possession, and the eventual abandonment of such regulations.

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Elections that shaped India | Indira Gandhi’s 1971 victory and the Congress shift towards socialism

The 1971 Lok Sabha elections marked a split in the Congress party, leading to Indira Gandhi's victory and Bangladesh's liberation.

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Elections that shaped India | 1967 elections and the rise of Indira Gandhi

Succession battles post Nehru's death led to internal strife, Congress' decline, and Indira Gandhi's rise to power.

The Hindu

Union Budget 2024 live streaming: When and where to watch Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech

Union Budget 2024: When and where to watch Budget live? The Budget session is set to take place on February 1. Here’s a guide on where you can access FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech

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Nirmala Sitharaman to become the second Finance Minister to present the Union Budget six times in a row

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present sixth consecutive budget, focusing on immediate fiscal needs before elections.

The Hindu

Won’t take any step that hurts Samajwadi Party, says Pawar on Mayawati’s induction into INDIA bloc

Sharad Pawar, replying to a query on the induction of Mayawati’s BSP into the INDIA bloc, made it clear that Samajwadi Party was the alliance’s important ally in the Uttar Pradesh and that it would not take any decision that would hurt it.

The Hindu

Independence Day 2023: PM Modi to equal Manmohan Singh’s record of hoisting national flag for 10 times

NEW DELHI: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists the national flag on the 77th Independence Day on Tuesday from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, he will create a record of sorts. He will equal his immediate predecessor Manmohan Singh’s record of hoisting the tricolour for 10 consecutive times.

The Times of India

Amit Shah: Four Gujaratis made significant contribution to modern history of India

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said four Gujaratis — Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji Desai and Narendra Modi — have made significant contribution in the modern history of India.

The Times of India

1977 air crash survivor former PM Morarji Desai's letter now at Jorhat museum in Assam

GUWAHATI: Forty-five years after former Prime Minister Morarji Desai had a miraculous escape from an air crash at the Tekelagaon village in upper Assam’s Jorhat district, his handwritten letter, drafted in praise of the medical staff of the Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, is now available for public viewing at the…

The Times of India

Mother's Day: Remembering the mothers of the Prime Ministers of the country

A mother's blessings have the greatest potential than every blessing put together. While on one hand motherhood is the biggest responsibility of the world, it has the highest power to shape a human being.

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