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Chennai Floods 2015: Warnings, the Deluge and What the CAG Found
The Chennai floods of 2015 followed weeks of heavy rain and peaked on 1–2 December. This timeline separates the weather, the Chembarambakkam…
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UN Food Aid Cuts in Gaza: A Timeline of the Funding Crisis
Gaza’s hunger crisis is being intensified by conflict, restricted access and funding shortages. This timeline traces how UN food assistance expanded, suffered…
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MGNREGA: Rural Job Guarantee Scheme’s Evolution Since 2005
From a 2005 legal right to rural work to a new 125-day guarantee in 2026: how India's rural jobs programme evolved, what…
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Delhi Air Pollution Measures: What Actually Worked?
Delhi has tried CNG buses, cleaner fuel, the Metro, odd-even, GRAP, smog towers and cloud seeding. This evidence-based timeline from 1998 to…
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26/11 Mumbai Attacks Anniversary: Warnings and Failures
Before 26 November 2008, about 20 intelligence alerts warned of sea-borne, multiple and commando-style attacks on Mumbai. The timeline of the warnings,…
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Grenfell Tower Fire: Failures, Inquiry, and Legacy Timeline
How the Grenfell Tower fire of 14 June 2017 happened and why 72 people died: the ACM cladding, ignored resident warnings, the…
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Press Trust of India (PTI): History and Rise of India’s News Wire
How the Press Trust of India grew from the Reuters-owned Associated Press of India into the newspaper-owned wire behind India's headlines: incorporated…
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Dainik Bhaskar: Journey of India’s Largest Hindi Newspaper
How Dainik Bhaskar grew from a 1958 Bhopal Hindi daily into D. B. Corp: Indore 1983, the survey-led Jaipur launch of 1996…
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The Statesman: India’s Enduring Newspaper Legacy Timeline
How The Statesman grew from Robert Knight's 1875 Calcutta daily and the 1818 Friend of India into a national paper: the Delhi…
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Lokmat Newspaper History: Rise of a Marathi Media Giant
How Lokmat grew from a 1918 freedom-struggle weekly in Yavatmal, revived by Jawaharlal Darda in 1953, into the Nagpur daily of 15…
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Aaj Tak History: From Doordarshan Bulletin to India’s Leading Hindi News Channel
How Aaj Tak grew from roots in India Today magazine, launched during the 1975 Emergency, to a 1995 Hindi bulletin on DD…
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French Teenagers: Education Protests Timeline (1968-2026)
From May 1968 and the Devaquet bill to the CPE, Parcoursup and the 2026 lycée movement that began in Créteil: how French…
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Hindustan Times: A Century of Indian Journalism (1924-Present)
Hindustan Times history from 1924, when Gandhi opened its Delhi press, through Birla ownership, the 1942 shutdown, the Emergency, going online in…
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NDTV History Timeline: From 1988 Television Pioneer to Adani-Owned News Network
How NDTV grew from a 1988 Doordarshan production company into a 24-hour news network: The News Tonight, Star News, NDTV 24x7 and…
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The Times of India History: From the 1838 Bombay Times to India’s Largest English Daily
How The Times of India grew from the twice-weekly Bombay Times of 1838 into India's largest English daily: the 1861 rename, seven…
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Punjab Kesari History: From a 1965 Jalandhar Daily to a North India News Network
The history of Punjab Kesari, the Hindi daily Lala Jagat Narain founded in Jalandhar in 1965: the Emergency, the assassinations of its…
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Navbharat Times Was Born With Independent India. Here’s How It Became a Digital News Giant
The history of Navbharat Times, the Times Group's Hindi daily: founded in 1946, first issue 3 April 1947 in Delhi, Mumbai from…
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Dinamalar at 75: How a Trivandrum Tamil Daily Became a Ten-Edition News Network
The history of Dinamalar from its 6 September 1951 launch in Thiruvananthapuram and the Kanyakumari merger campaign to ten editions from Tirunelveli…
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