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(clock-wise) a) Sabir Sheikh, b) Nasiruddin Sheikh, c) Safikul Islam, d) Laltu Sheikh. After their names were deleted from the voters list during the recent special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, four migrant workers from West Bengal’s Murshidabad now find themselves in an uncanny situation. It’s been a month; they have been detained by Chhattisgarh Police…
Protesters at a demonstration seeking justice for AgriGold depositors at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada. File | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri The Andhra Pradesh CID has appealed to AgriGold depositors, victims, nominees, legal heirs and agents to bring their original bonds and receipts for verification at designated centres, and clarified that the original documents will only…
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Accidental ingestion is common among children and suicidal ingestion among adults. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Acids and alkalis are the major causes of corrosive ingestion and corrosive strictures, with acid ingestion being more common in India. The incidence of such cases is not known, and it is time to look at it, as…
In November 2022, a peace agreement put an end to two years of brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Almost four years later, the conflict has resurfaced, with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) having formed an alliance with other armed opposition factions, and the Ethiopian government forces managing to reclaim control of Mekelle, the…
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White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia stands behind U.S. President Donald Trump as he departs the White House in Washington, D.C. | Photo Credit: Reuters White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was “let go” from the role, a White House official said on Friday (October 16, 2026), after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had…
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Former TDP Corporator, Mukka Sravani, who was announced as the Mayor candidate for Visakhapatnam in the upcoming GVMC elections. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT After prolonged deliberations among senior leaders and party cadres, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) high command has announced Dr Mukka Sravani as its candidate for the Mayor’s post in the upcoming…
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With less than three weeks to go before Americans vote in the midterm elections on November 3, 2026; the polls are so called because they fall midway through a President’s four-year term. The President is not on the ballot. Unlike India’s Election Commission, the United States’ federal Election Assistance Commission does not run elections, and…
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A total of 66 nominations were filed on Friday by candidates contesting for ward member posts in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). Gajuwaka zone recorded the highest number of nominations, with 26 candidates filing their papers on the first day of the nomination process for the local body elections 2026. According to the details…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: ANI China on Friday (October 16, 2026) said it was ready to work with India to address “each other’s” economic and trade concerns after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticised Beijing’s restrictions on market access for the country’s products. “What I can tell you is that China…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Italy has extended by another week its suspension of the European Union’s border-free travel arrangements with Spain over a surge in migrant arrivals in Ceuta in late July, an Italian government source said on Friday (October 16, 2026). A Spanish government spokesperson said the interior…
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