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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Pakistan High Court on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) directed jail authorities to ensure that former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are not kept in solitary confinement. The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician and his wife are currently detained at Adiala Jail in…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) called on the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to make security a key priority and crack down on terrorism, separatism and extremism, transnational organised crimes, drug trafficking and telecom fraud. “We should stay committed to taking security as a key goal, and foster an…
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., in Mumbai, India | Photo Credit: Reuters Sun Pharmaceutical Industries will extend Most Favoured Nation (MFN) pricing to state medicaid programmes of the U.S. It has also committed to MFN pricing for future innovative medicine launches. The announcement followed a White House ceremony on August 31, in which the U.S. government…
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Kattankulathur, organised the 10th edition of SRM RUN as part of Aaruush ’26, the university’s national-level ‘TechnoManagement Fest’. The event witnessed a turnout of over 2,000 runners. According to a press release, marking a decade of collective action, fitness, and social impact, this year’s run was organised with the…
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) said that water was the “lifeblood” of the region and it must never be weaponised. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the Kyrgyz capital, Mr. Sharif also said that the region cannot “realise its full potential without lasting peace,” Dawn reported. “Water is…
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Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speak to the media during a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, about the attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport last month with a drone loaded with explosives. | Photo Credit: AP The German government said on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) it…
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BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad. File | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP demanded an apology from Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) for his criticism of the state of the Indian economy. Party leaders cited the 7.8% GDP growth figure recorded in the April-June quarter as…
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LPG consumption falls | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) consumption declined about 16.2% in August from a year earlier, according to provisional government data, as a growing shift toward piped natural gas (PNG) weighed on demand for cooking fuel. Meanwhile, petrol and diesel consumption rose 7.9% and 6.5%, respectively, year-on-year (YoY)…
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A 45-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his wife, minor son and her accomplice in Salem on Tuesday. According to the police, Bhupathi, a resident of SK Nagar on Omalur-Sankari Road, was into brick business. He was married to Sujitha Sri (31) and the couple has a 13-year-old son. On Tuesday morning, Sujitha Sri informed…
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, on September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. needs to “start being serious and stop trying to be tough” before talks on a possible trade deal with Canada can restart, Prime Minister Mark Carney told…