Month: October 2026

Unable to distinguish between victim and perpetrator: India slams OIC remarks at UN

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Unable to distinguish between victim and perpetrator: India slams OIC remarks at UN

Rejecting the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) remarks regarding Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi’s actions against terror infrastructure in Pakistan, India said the group is “unable to distinguish between the victim and perpetrator”. Lok Sabha MP from West Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb delivered India’s national statement at the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee on ‘Measures…

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Granules eyes first to file status, 180 days exclusivity on generic cancer drug Ruxolitinib in U.S.

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Granules eyes first to file status, 180 days exclusivity on generic cancer drug Ruxolitinib in U.S.

Granules India seeks first mover advantage | Photo Credit: The Hindu Generic drugmaker Granules India has filed a Paragraph IV certification with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) in connection with its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Ruxolitinib Extended-Release Tablets. Based on the timing and status of its ANDA and Paragraph IV…

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Business

BMRCL invites global firms for Orange Line consultancy

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BMRCL invites global firms for Orange Line consultancy

More than two years after approval, Phase 3 of Namma Metro, which is also called Orange Line, has moved a step forward with BMRCL inviting Indian and international firms to take up the General Consultancy for the 44.65-km project in Bengaluru. The expansion will add 31 stations across two corridors to the Namma Metro network…

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Nation

Why the Election Commission refused Rahul Gandhi’s request to meet

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Why the Election Commission refused Rahul Gandhi’s request to meet

Why the Election Commission refused Rahul Gandhi’s request to meet The Election Commission of India has responded to the INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying the Opposition’s request for a meeting outside the Commission’s headquarters was unusual and could not be accepted under established procedures. The clarification came after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi…

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RBI has done what it can with interest rates, but heavy lifting on inflation will fall on government

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RBI has done what it can with interest rates, but heavy lifting on inflation will fall on government

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra and MPC members at a press conference on its Monetary Policy announcement and repo rate hike from 5.25% to 5.50%, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI The decision of the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee to hike interest rates was seeming increasingly inevitable in the…

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Business

Chemistry Nobel 2026 awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai

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Chemistry Nobel 2026 awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai. File. Source: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for the discovery of “non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday (October 7, 2026). The statement…

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Science

Pakistan security forces kill 18 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan

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Pakistan security forces kill 18 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan

Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists, while clearance and search operations were underway in the area. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani security forces have killed 18 terrorists in separate operations in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, state media reported on Wednesday (October 7, 2026). According to Radio Pakistan,…

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7 policemen injured in attack in northwest Pakistan

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7 policemen injured in attack in northwest Pakistan

Seven police personnel sustained injuries after militants attacked a police checkpost in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), an official said. The incident occurred in the Shadipur area of Kohat district in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to District Police Officer (DPO) Mazhar…

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Prakash Raj demands scrapping of SIR, calls on citizens to ‘hit the streets’

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Prakash Raj demands scrapping of SIR, calls on citizens to ‘hit the streets’

Actor-activist Prakash Raj | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH Urging the citizens to “hit the streets” against the disenfranchisement of over 13 crore voters using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, actor-activist Prakash Raj has said the SIR process was “an attempt to kill democracy, destroy the Constitution and take away the right…

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Tamil Nadu may encounter El Niño differently from rest of India

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Tamil Nadu may encounter El Niño differently from rest of India

A view of the Kothapatnam beach. In an El Niño year, India has recorded deficient rainfall and more incidence of droughts, on average. However, Tamil Nadu has reported a strikingly different pattern. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas/The Hindu The El Niño Southern Oscillation is a climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that happens every two…

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