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A handout image of the star Betelgeuse, a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The image was released on July 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Famous supergiant star Betelgeuse may not be alone Using the Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found strong evidence that Betelgeuse,…
Malala Yousafzai’s memoir ‘I Am Malala’. File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Gareth Fuller A reading session of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai’s memoir ‘I Am Malala’ turned violent in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city after a group of people identifying as right-wing activists attacked the participants, police said on Friday (August 28,…
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Yedukondalu was detained after the police stopped him from self immolating at the Markapuram Collectorate on August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri A 35-year-old man, a displaced resident of Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project, tried to immolate himself outside Markapuram Collector’s office in Andhra Pradesh Friday morning (August 28, 2026). The man, identified as…
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Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Citing the government’s poor record in implementing an existing free coaching scheme, the Congress on Friday (August 28, 2026) questioned the Centre’s decision to provide free online coaching to students. In a post on X, Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh…
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A preliminary assessment suggested the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal was behind the mudslides and floods along the Nepal-China border, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday (August 28, 2026). “We noted that experts and official institutions of China and Nepal have made preliminary…
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King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen to marry his school sweetheart, died on Friday (August 28, 2026). He was 89. The palace said he died at the National Hospital in Oslo…
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A combination of satellite images shows a site at the border of Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region, China, before (above) and after (below) a barrier lake formed as a result of flash floods and a mudslide, August 24, 2026 and August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal authorities on Friday (August 28, 2026) issued…
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Endowments Minister Konda Surekha met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at his residence on Friday, August 28, 2026, and tied a rakhi to him on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. | Photo Credit: Special arrangements Against the backdrop of the ongoing disciplinary controversy, Endowments Minister Konda Surekha met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at his…
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Peyman Kargar, director and chief executive officer of TVS Motors, effective January 27, 2027. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two- and three-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company, part of TVS VENU, has appointed Peyman Kargar as director and chief executive officer, effective January 27, 2027. Mr. Peyman will succeed K. N. Radhakrishnan, who will continue in…
Screengrab of the Telangana Housing Board website The draw of lots to select beneficiaries of flats at Indiramma Housing towers in Hyderabad (CURE) would begin with the procedure rolled out in four out of 16 Assembly constituencies on Friday (August 28, 2026). The lucky draws are spread over four days, from August 28 to 31,…
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