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A ‘ryotwari patta’ is an official revenue document and land record issued to an individual cultivator (ryot), certifying their right to occupy and cultivate a specific piece of land while paying land tax directly to the government. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has upheld the cancellation of a ‘ryotwari patta’ granted over…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee pared back its initial gains and settled 3 paise lower at 94.92 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (October 19, 2026), weighed down by a sharp fall in domestic equity markets and a recovery in crude oil prices. Also read |…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: AP Benchmark equity indices ended sharply lower on Monday (October 19, 2026) after two days of a rally, with the Sensex tumbling 876.37 points and the Nifty dropping to 22,888.95, following a decline in private bank stocks, mainly HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, and weak global…
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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a military camp for government forces in southern Yemen on Monday (October 19, 2026), killing at least 20 soldiers, two Yemeni military officials said. The rebels fired ballistic missiles on the al-Alam military camp in the southern province of Shabwa in an attack that also wounded at least two dozen of…
The group, called “The List,” claimed on a website to have been behind three attacks in recent weeks, including one on the home of someone it described as a “key engineer” at defence contractor Leonardo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.K. police said they were investigating vandalism incidents, after a pro-Palestinian group appeared to claim…
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos China on Monday (October 19, 2026) said it would introduce export controls on tunnel-boring machines “to better safeguard national security and interests”, starting November 18. India has already been facing difficulties in customs clearance and delays in importing TBMs from China for several critical infrastructure projects. The latest…
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, who was placed under preventive arrest by the Delhi Police, was released by a Delhi court on Saturday (October 17, 2026) after signing a peace bond, even as sporadic protests, led by women activists, continued for the eighth day against the Chief Election Commissioner and police action. AISA…
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Stray dogs in Bengaluru. According to the complaint, the incident occurred around 7.44 a.m. when the puppy was sitting by the roadside. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Avalahalli police in Bengaluru have registered a case against the driver of a garbage collection vehicle for allegedly running over and killing a 10-month-old female stray…
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Delegates at the opening session of the 52nd Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 17, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday (October 19, 2026) rejected references to India in resolutions adopted at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Ukraine did not receive an early warning from allies about incoming Russian ballistic strikes that targeted energy facilities in the Kyiv region,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday (October 19, 2026). “Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles at the Kyiv region and more than 200 drones across the…
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