Month: October 2026

Venezuela’s Maduro charged in U.S. with ordering torture of opponents, Americans

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Venezuela’s Maduro charged in U.S. with ordering torture of opponents, Americans

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday (October 8, 2026) charged ousted Venezuelan ‌President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens, adding ​to the drug trafficking case the couple already faced. Separately, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is overseeing the case, ⁠denied a request by Ms. Flores to…

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World

Cochin Shipyard gets order to build 40 ships from U.S., Germany, Norway, other nations: Sonowal

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Cochin Shipyard gets order to build 40 ships from U.S., Germany, Norway, other nations: Sonowal

Cochin Shipyard Ltd is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. A view taken on Wednesday, June 10,2026. Photo: H. Vibhu/The Hindu | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU State-owned Cochin Shipyard has received orders to build over 40 ships from the U.S., Germany, Norway and other countries, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Thursday. Addressing…

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Business

Four Cockroach Janta Party volunteers from Telangana detained in Bhopal ahead of October 10 Delhi protest

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Four Cockroach Janta Party volunteers from Telangana detained in Bhopal ahead of October 10 Delhi protest

Four volunteers of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) from Telangana were detained by railway police and security personnel in Bhopal while travelling to New Delhi to participate in the party’s October 10 protest, the CJP alleged on Thursday, October 8 night. Photo: Special Arrangement Four volunteers of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) from Telangana were…

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Nation

CJP, Left groups allege supporters detained ahead of October 10 protest

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CJP, Left groups allege supporters detained ahead of October 10 protest

Police detaining activists in Lucknow demanding resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of the October 10 protest in Delhi, several groups, including the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), on Thursday ( October 8) alleged that protesters were being picked up from across the country. “This government has crossed all limits now. A…

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Japan is facing the most severe and complex security environment after Second World War, says Fumio Kishida

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Japan is facing the most severe and complex security environment after Second World War, says Fumio Kishida

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan is experiencing the “most severe” security scenario that it confronted since the Second World War, said the former Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, to The Hindu. Responding to questions over email, Mr. Kishida described connectivity as the ‘key to prosperity’ in South…

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Madras High Court permits observance of first death anniversary of prime accused Nagendran in BSP leader Armstrong murder case

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Madras High Court permits observance of first death anniversary of prime accused Nagendran in BSP leader Armstrong murder case

Justice V. Lakshminarayanan quashed an order passed by the police denying permission for the event since they apprehended disturbance to law and order due to possible retaliatory action. | Photo Credit: File photo CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Thursday (October 8, 2026) directed the Greater Chennai City Police to grant permission for the observance…

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Two days before October 10 Jantar Mantar protest, Delhi Police Crime Branch registers fresh FIR to probe July 20 violence

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Two days before October 10 Jantar Mantar protest, Delhi Police Crime Branch registers fresh FIR to probe July 20 violence

The ‘Chalo Sansad’ march is under scrutiny over allegations of violence. The Delhi police’s Crime Branch has registered a fresh FIR to examine the alleged presence and role of 2,873 people with criminal records at the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march held on July 20 and find out whether the violence was premeditated, sources said. The protest…

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Citizens divided between October 10 protest calls, police warnings

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Citizens divided between October 10 protest calls, police warnings

Police personnel deployed after prohibitory orders under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita enforced in the area around Jantar Mantar Road, following INDIA bloc MPs’ protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI With the police calling up volunteers, holding meetings with residents and using loudspeakers to…

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Chance and happenstance: On the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Chance and happenstance: On the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Only in imagination, the mathematical imagination, does perfect equality exist. A fair coin has an equal probability of heads and tails, so across many tosses, the expectation is for the proportions to approach 50:50. Laborious demonstrations have shown that this is rarely the case; bias is preloaded into life. Only about 10% of humans are…

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