Month: September 2026

Operation Toofan to trace drug money through UPI, crypto wallets

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Operation Toofan to trace drug money through UPI, crypto wallets

Cryptocurrency concepts. 3D render | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Three months after the formal launch of the anti-drug enforcement drive, the Keralam government has framed guidelines for Operation Toofan, which has already achieved considerable success in the State. Besides cracking down on drug rackets, the Kerala Police aims to trail narcotics money through bank accounts,…

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Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched 26 strikes in Yemen over 24 hours

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Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched 26 strikes in Yemen over 24 hours

Houthis say that the number of Saudi strikes on its positions had reached 300 over the last week. File | Photo Credit: AP Yemen’s Houthis said on Friday (September 18, 2026) that Saudi Arabia had launched 26 strikes against areas under their control in the past 24 hours, as the pro-Iran group and Yemen’s Riyadh-backed…

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Trump extends push for $100,000 H-1B visas by another year

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Trump extends push for 0,000 H-1B visas by another year

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President ​Donald Trump has extended an executive order that would impose ‌a fee of $100,000 for H-1B non-immigrant visas by ​another year, the White House said on ⁠Friday (September 18, 2026). U.S. employers seeking to hire skilled foreign workers can use the federal government’s H-1B visa…

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Odisha government plans 870-Acre Silicon Valley hub in Cuttack’s Naraj for semiconductor, IT projects

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Odisha government plans 870-Acre Silicon Valley hub in Cuttack’s Naraj for semiconductor, IT projects

Semiconductor chip. File | Photo Credit: AP The Mohan Majhi Government has announced plans to develop Odisha Silicon Valley over an area of 870 acres near Naraj, in Cuttack district, which will host all major semiconductor, electronics, and IT projects. “The area for Odisha Silicon Valley in Naraj offers a highly favourable strategic location from…

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Bihar announces OTS scheme for brick kilns, waives ₹90 crore interest on outstanding dues

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Bihar announces OTS scheme for brick kilns, waives ₹90 crore interest on outstanding dues

Brick kiln owners owe a total of ₹316.66 crore, comprising ₹226.40 crore in outstanding royalty and ₹90.26 crore in interest. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bihar government on Friday (September 18, 2026) came out with a One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for the settlement of outstanding dues of brick kilns for brick kiln season 2024-25….

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North Korea says nuclear status ‘irreversible’ after UN atomic agency rebuke

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North Korea says nuclear status ‘irreversible’ after UN atomic agency rebuke

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, ​Kim Yo Jong, accused the International Atomic Energy ‌Agency on Saturday (September 19, 2026) of double standards ​after it adopted a resolution ⁠criticising Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The IAEA’s “biased viewpoint and…

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Bombay High Court permits BMC to cut over 1,200 mangroves for Versova-Madh Island bridge

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Bombay High Court permits BMC to cut over 1,200 mangroves for Versova-Madh Island bridge

The bridge is expected to reduce the distance of travel between Versova and Madh Island from 22 km to 1.5 km. File photo | Photo Credit: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury The Bombay High Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to cut 1,237 mangroves to build a bridge that connects Versova and Madh Island in…

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U.S. appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries

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U.S. appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries

The ruling came in a class-action ‌lawsuit filed by migrants subject to deportation orders that has become a key test ‌of ⁠what due process protections the government must provide before removing people to countries with which ⁠they have no connection. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. federal appeals court rejected on ​Friday (September 18,…

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Trump to meet with Venezuela’s interim President Rodriguez in New York on Sept. 22

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Trump to meet with Venezuela’s interim President Rodriguez in New York on Sept. 22

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will have a meeting with ‌Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez in New York ​on Tuesday (September 22, 2026), a senior U.S. official said, in what will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Washington ousted ‌former Venezuelan President…

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U.S. troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four: report

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U.S. troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four: report

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: Reuters More U.S. troops have died ​during the U.S.-Israeli war ⁠with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, the Washington ‌Post reported on Friday (September 18, 2026). Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ‌denied the report. The Post, ‌citing ⁠five unidentified officials, ⁠reported that there had been at…

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