Month: October 2025

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over India-Afghanistan joint statement

October 12, 2025 admin

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with his Afghani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Pakistan on Saturday (October 11, 2025) summoned the Afghan ambassador to convey its “strong reservations” over the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi a day earlier. Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi,…

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October 12, 2025 admin

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Trump was keen on ‘copying’ India’s 2020 TikTok ban, new book says

October 12, 2025 admin

Banning TikTok did become a national security priority on a bipartisan basis even if such a ban did not materialise in the U.S. during Donald Trump’s first term as President. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump was eager on “copying” India’s 2020 ban on the Chinese social media platform TikTok, a new…

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Opposition leader Patrick Herminie wins presidential runoff election in Seychelles

October 11, 2025 admin

Seychelles opposition leader of the United Seychelles (US) party Patrick Herminie poses for a photograph after a Reuters interview ahead of the upcoming general elections in Victoria, Seychelles, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Gabriel Robert-Gironcelle | Photo Credit: Gabriel Robert-Gironcelle Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in Saturday’s…

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ICC Women’s World Cup: Vizag stadium decked up for marquee match between India and Australia on October 12

October 11, 2025 admin

India’s Jemimah Rodrigues and Pratika Rawal during a practice session at the ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK The City of Destiny is decked up to host a marquee match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, between India and Australia, at Dr. YSR ACA VDCA International Cricket…

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Iran says it is open to ‘fair, balanced’ U.S. nuclear proposal

October 11, 2025 admin

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran welcomes a potential “fair and balanced” U.S. nuclear proposal, but Tehran has not received any proposal for negotiations, the country’s top diplomat said on Saturday (October 11, 2025). “If we receive a reasonable, balanced, and fair proposal from the Americans for negotiations, we will…

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National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now

October 11, 2025 admin

National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois. File | Photo Credit: Reuters National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now,…

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Have to work hard on slow turners: Jadeja

October 11, 2025 admin

Workhorse: At the end of day two, Jadeja was India’s successful bowler delivering 14 overs with three scalps on a pitch where the bounce was slow. | Photo Credit: R. V. MOORTHY Certainly in comparison to the low yardstick of the opening Test when the West Indies batters lasted a mere 44.1 and 45.1 overs…

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How is the immune system kept in check? | Explained

October 11, 2025 admin

The story so far: The Nobel Prize season for 2025 began with the announcement of the Physiology or Medicine Prize on October 6. The three awardees — U.S.-based researchers, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi — were chosen for their “discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” Their discovery enabled a fundamental understanding…

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Sanae Takaichi | Madam conservative

October 11, 2025 admin

Sanae Takaichi | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar When the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader on October 4, it marked a watershed moment in Japanese politics. For the first time, the ruling party entrusted its helm to a woman, and in doing so made her the frontrunner to…

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