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Syria’s ousted President Bashar al-Assad. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted President Bashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture by a U.S. federal jury has been sentenced to 60 years in prison by a U.S. judge, federal prosecutors said. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74,…
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Madras High Court Judge Justice B. Pugalendhi at the mediation awareness programme on Madurai District Court campus on Friday. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY Madras High Court Judge Justice B. Pugalendhi on Friday inaugurated mediation awareness and distribution of pamphlets programme on the Madurai District Court campus. The programme was held in connection with ‘Mediation…
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A Pakistan court blocked on Friday (September 18, 2026) an order by the country’s medical board for dozens of Afghans studying to be doctors to be expelled from colleges and universities and sent home. “The Lahore High Court has extended the stay order preventing the expulsion of over a hundred Afghan medical students from medical…
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Former Reliance Capital Limited Anil Ambani. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a fresh case against Reliance Capital Limited (RCAP), its former chairman Anil Ambani and others, alleging that they caused a loss of ₹2,684.57 crore to the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). The first information report…
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Yemeni refugees wait to receive food aid at Markazi refugee camp in Obock, Djibouti. File | Photo Credit: AP At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country’s west coast amid a renewed conflict, while nearly 3,000 have fled by sea to Djibouti, the…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaks during the ‘Yuva Dharma Sansad’ held in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on September 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday (September 18, 2026) cautioned young people against getting consumed by ego, saying the belief that everything is under one’s control and should happen…
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This picture, taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, shows a new crater on the Moon’s surface. | Photo Credit: X/@NASASolarSystem A researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has found a massive, recently formed crater on the Moon, a rare occurrence that only happens “once in a century or even longer”, according…
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“Some 1,004 cases of sexual violence were documented from February 24, 2022, when Russia’s attack on Ukraine began, through to the end of July this year,” the UN agency said in a report. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of civilians and prisoners have been subjected to sexual violence and torture — overwhelmingly…
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Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday (September 18, 2026) in a government-organised show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February. Iran’s government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity, even as…
Concerns that introducing a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) would spur a surge in cash transactions are unlikely to materialise, RBI Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu said on Friday (September 18, 2026), adding that it was only an “initial apprehension”. From October 15, a 0.4% MDR will apply to person-to-merchant UPI payments above ₹2,000. The charge…
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