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The assessment came a day after rescuers recovered 41 additional remains from the ferry, raising the death toll to 76 and leaving 13 people unaccounted for. File | Photo Credit: AP Authorities in the Philippines said on Sunday (September 13, 2026) it could take weeks or months to identify the victims of a ferry fire…
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The Nepali Army conducts a search-and-rescue operation inside the Chilime Hydropower Station tunnel days after deadly flash floods and mudslides in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on September 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Rescue operations are continuing at Nepal’s Chilime hydropower project, where six workers are believed to be trapped inside a tunnel, with Indian and…
The two-day annual seminar titled ‘Brhattattva: The grand canvas of Indian wisdom on reality’, organised by the Adyar Library and Research Centre (ALRC) at the library premises in Chennai was inaugurated by Tim Boyd, International president of the Theosophical Society on Friday (September 11, 2026). The seminar was held to encourage the comparative study of religion,…
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India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the flood-affected Betrawati area, the Indian envoy in Kathmandu said. | Photo Credit: X/@navsri6619 India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the…
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India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the flood-affected Betrawati area, the Indian envoy in Kathmandu said. | Photo Credit: X/@navsri6619 India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the…
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Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: AP An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday (September 13, 2026) off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage…
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United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres during an interview with The Hindu in New Delhi on September 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Tayyab Hussain The Security Council is paralysed, and global superpowers haven’t recognized there are limits to their power says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his most scathing comments about the culture of “impunity” and…
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The Gauhati High Court has issued notice to the Assam government based on a petition challenging the third extension of a former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) as Special Chief Secretary (Forests) after his retirement in February 2024. Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury issued the notice on Friday (September 11,…
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The Security Council is paralysed, and global superpowers haven’t recognized there are limits to their power says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his most scathing comments about the culture of “impunity” and divisiveness that besets global leadership. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS summit, the UNSG, who…
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BJP State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Twenty20 coordinator Sabu M. Jacob during a press meet in Kochi on Thursday. FIle | Photo Credit: The Hindu The upcoming bypoll to the Kolencherry East ward of Poothrikka panchayat in Ernakulam district has triggered political speculations with the Twenty20’s decision to go it alone and play down its…
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