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No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said on Thursday (October 15, 2026), blaming the suspension on merchants angered by taxes imposed by Hamas — a claim that Palestinian importers deny. The halt to commercial shipments, including fruit and winter clothing, cuts off a key source of food and…
India’s oil imports from both the U.S. and the UAE surged in August, with the American oil coming at a substantial premium compared to the average price India paid for oil imports. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In a sign of increasing concentration of India’s oil supplies and its limited options to source from, latest…
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Age no bar: Bhuvneshwar has shown that he is not done yet at the top level. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK Tim Southee is an authority on swing bowling. Ahead of India’s multi-format tour of New Zealand, the former Kiwi pacer shared his thoughts on all things fast bowling and much more. On…
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Uma Maheswari with her child in Karaikudi in Sivaganga district. Uma Maheswari (28) wife of Suresh Kumar had given birth to a male baby on September 22 at the government hospital in Karaikudi in Sivaganga district. Hence, she was eligible for the one gram of gold ring as per the announcement made by the Tamil Nadu…
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The newly opened New Yalu River Bridge, which connects China’s Dandong New Zone and North Korea’s Sinuiju, is illuminated at sunset, as seen from Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, on October 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A new bridge linking China and North Korea opened on Thursday (October 15, 2026) after more than a decade…
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King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis on Thursday (October 15, 2026) said it had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region — home to one of Islam’s holiest cities, but the Houthis denied carrying out any such…
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A satellite image shows destruction at an airfield, where Ukraine’s navy said it had destroyed six Russian Su-34M military aircraft in an overnight strike in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Region, Russia, on October 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said…
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U.S. President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin said on Thursday (October 15, 2026) that Russian diesel had begun to reach global markets following an agreement with U.S. President Donald Trump. Mr. Trump said last week that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets in…
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Water taxis like this will resume tours in Muziris from Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After many years, visitors to Muziris will be able to check out heritage locales that are spread across the region, in boats and water taxis from the coming week. The vessels will operate from 14 boat jetties in the…
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Tech Mahindra Pune campus | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tech Mahindra reported a 32.7% year-on-year (YoY) rise in second-quarter net profit to ₹1,586 crore, driven primarily by its manufacturing and communications verticals. Revenue grew 15.6% to ₹16,180 crore. Sequentially, net profit and revenue rose 8.2% and 3%, respectively. EBIT increased 40.5% to ₹2,387 crore. Deal…