Month: September 2026

Venezuela President Maduro’s ally pleads guilty in U.S. corruption case

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Venezuela President Maduro’s ally pleads guilty in U.S. corruption case

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and Alex Saab. File | Photo Credit: AP A Colombian-born businessman with close ties to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded guilty ‌on Tuesday (September 15, 202^) in a U.S. corruption case, as federal prosecutors prepare separately to take Maduro to trial ‌next year. Alex Saab entered the plea to one…

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Winners of ‘Maya Kannan’ Janmashtami Contest 2026 felicitated

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Winners of ‘Maya Kannan’ Janmashtami Contest 2026 felicitated

The contest received enormous response with over 1,000 children from Chennai participating.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Winners of The Hindu Downtown’s ‘Maya Kannan’ – Janmashtami Contest 2026, organised for children in the age group of three to eight years, were felicitated at an event held at the A.M. Jain College Auditorium in Meenambakkam. As…

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Tanker hit by projectile near Strait of Hormuz was operating in ‘dark mode’

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Tanker hit by projectile near Strait of Hormuz was operating in ‘dark mode’

Photos of the ship from September 13 indicate that the engine room was attacked and damaged by the projectile. The two were reportedly on watch in the engine room at the time of the incident. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement MT El Gaia, the tanker which was hit by a projectile over the weekend in…

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Rescued baby orangutans get health check-up after one develops fever

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Rescued baby orangutans get health check-up after one develops fever

two baby orangutans, who were recently rescued from Balasore district, play with soft toys in a quarantine cell at the Nandankanan Zoological Park, in Khordha district, Odisha. | Photo Credit: PTI A six-member team of health experts on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) examined the five baby orangutans quarantined at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar,…

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Indian team’s defence needs to display more coordination: Sreejesh

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P.R. Sreejesh. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The gap between India’s World Cup exit and the opening whistle at the Asian Games — close to four weeks — gives the players and coaches barely enough time to catch their breath, let alone rebuild completely. And former captain and goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh, who believes…

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YSRCP warns of GVMC siege if water crisis persists in Vizag

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YSRCP warns of GVMC siege if water crisis persists in Vizag

YSRCP leaders enquiring about the drinking water supply with residents of Akkayyapalem in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: V RAJU Criticising the NDA Government for allegedly failing to resolve drinking water crisis in the city, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has warned that it would surround the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) office on…

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Study finds dual nerve blocks procedure may help people with treatment-resistant anxiety

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Study finds dual nerve blocks procedure may help people with treatment-resistant anxiety

 The researchers found that those who underwent the procedure had a significantly greater reduction in anxiety symptoms. | Photo Credit: File photo   A clinical trial by doctors at a private medical college hospital in Chickballapur near Bengaluru has found that a dual stellate ganglion block (SGB) procedure may help reduce anxiety symptoms in patients…

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AI and bioweapons: the problem with finding out when a model has been dangerous

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AI and bioweapons: the problem with finding out when a model has been dangerous

In a report published on September 10, Anthropic — the U.S.-based company that builds and provides the Claude AI model — said it blocked users from using the model for a range of potentially harmful activities across cybersecurity, surveillance, and biotechnology between December 2025 and August 2026. While Anthropic has in general been more open…

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Science Snapshots: September 20, 2026

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Science Snapshots: September 20, 2026

A U.S. Geological Survey poster showing the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea in 2013. | Photo Credit: USGS North Korea’s nuclear tests reawakened sleeping faults While underground nuclear explosions usually set off brief aftershocks fading in weeks, North Korea’s tests at Mt. Mantap did the opposite, causing earthquake activity intensifying over years after…

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