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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday, October 4, 2026 posted on his X account, “The talent of Bhadohi once had to find its own way, but today the government is opening new doors of development, markets and opportunities for it. The state’s exports have increased by nearly 2.27 times in the last 10 years and…
Parti Quebecois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon reacts to the results of the provincial elections, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Separatists won provincial elections in Quebec on Monday (October 5, 2026), with a promise to hold a vote on leaving Canada after U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office,…
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The profuse blooming of pink water lilies in Malarikkal may have brought joy to hundreds of visitors and local tour operators, but not to biodiversity experts. The three-month-long floral economy, which begins in July and ensures a flurry of activity and generates revenue, is having an adverse impact on the local ecology, ecologists fear. A…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday (October 5, 2026) called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. “It is time for the ceasefire to become permanent. It is time to…
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Security arrangements were heightened around the Election Commission headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) in view of the INDIA bloc’s planned protest over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said. Security has also been stepped up at key points in New Delhi in view of protest calls issued by different…
Hans Bethe. Felix Bloch. Niels Bohr. Albert Einstein. Enrico Fermi. James Franck. Otto Frisch. Samuel Goudsmit. Lilli Hornig. Rolf Landshoff. Maria Goeppert Mayer. Rudolf Peierls. George Placzek. Eugene Rabinowitch. Joseph Rotblat. Leo Szilard. Edward Teller. Stanislaw Ulam. John von Neumann. Victor Weisskopf. Eugene Wigner. These are just some of the scientists who had emigrated from…
White House senior adviser Massad Boulos. File. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. envoy met over the weekend with Sudan’s top general as the Trump administration pushes for diplomatic efforts to end a war that has created what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday (October 5, 2026) that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward. In a post on his social media site, Mr. Trump…
The quantum of illegal sand excavated was assessed across all 28 river-sand mining sites in Tamil Nadu with the help of advanced techniques. The Directorate of Enforcement said in a report that the survey revealed mining beyond permissible limits. The value of the illegally mined sand was put at ₹4,730 crore. File | Photo Credit: Special…
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A view of the Election Commission of India in New Delhi. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Amid the political slugfest over Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s remarks on Form 6 used for registration of voters, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Press Information Bureau came…
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