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The story so far: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a major victory in the regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. It won 39 seats of the 83-member state parliament, falling just three seats short of an absolute majority. Who is the AfD? The AfD was established in 2013 as a…
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Japan will also play two T20Is against Hong Kong on September 19 and 20. (Photo: www.cricket.or.jp) Japan’s leading run-scorer Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming will lead his country in the historic one-off T20 International against India on September 22 in Sano with the hosts opting to field the same squad that will play in the Asian Games in…
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Pinarayi Vijayan, former Chief Minister of Keralam and current Leader of the Opposition. | Photo Credit: ANI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a detailed report to the State Police Chief of Keralam seeking registration of a separate first information report (FIR) under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other relevant laws against Leader of…
A sign indicates the entrance of the Eiffel Tower, the opening of which has been delayed for “operational reasons” in Paris, France. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Eiffel Tower was set to reopen Tuesday (September 8, 2026) after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group…
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The crocodile rescued by firefighters and forest department personnel at Rettamalai area on the outskirts of Tiruchi on September 7, 2026 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A team comprising Forest Department and Fire and Rescue Services personnel rescued a crocodile from the Rettamalai area in the outskirts of Tiruchi city on Monday (September 7, 2026) and…
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People stand next to a crater that appeared after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv on September 8, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Two people were killed and at least 10 injured after Russia struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles overnight on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), local…
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Nepal is racing to restore vital road links severed by devastating flash floods, seeking temporary bridges from India and China as authorities work to reconnect isolated communities in the disaster-hit areas. The death toll from the August 26 disaster stood at 1,356 as of Monday (September 7, 2026), while 4,994 people remained missing, according to…
The story so far: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, in his reply to the debate on the demand for grants to his portfolio of Home in the Assembly on Monday (September 7, 2026), brought back to focus the Sarkaria Commission Inquiry, which went into allegations of corruption against former Chief Minister and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s longest-serving president M. Karunanidhi and his Cabinet colleagues of the 1970s. Two reports of the Commission were placed in Parliament…
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Daily quiz | On maps and geography What is the term used for this projection of the world where it is deliberately broken into lobes, giving it an appearance sometimes compared to an orange peel?. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. START THE QUIZ Published – September 08, 2026 05:05 pm IST Source link
A quarter of a century after the Al-Qaeda attacks on the U.S., jihadist groups still pose a major threat to security in Europe, but a new menace has surfaced that is driven mostly by young people online and the authorities are worried. The exact size of the network behind what is being called nihilistic violent…