Month: October 2026

Bitchat removed from Apple’s India App Store following govt’s demand: Jack Dorsey

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Bitchat removed from Apple’s India App Store following govt’s demand: Jack Dorsey

Apple has officially removed the offline messaging application, Bitchat, from its India App Store after a demand from the country’s IT Ministry, Jack Dorsey said in an X post on Saturday (October 3, 2026). “Government of India officially removes Bitchat from the App Store,” the app’s developer and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in his…

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Lula ahead in polls for Brazil’s first-round vote; runoff likely

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Lula ahead in polls for Brazil’s first-round vote; runoff likely

Supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers’ Party candidate for presidential re-election, attend a rally one day before the general election in Brasilia, Brazil, on October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A series of polls on Saturday (October 3, 2026) showed ‌Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ​da Silva slightly ahead…

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Cornell president calls alleged gang rape ’deeply disturbing’, pledges greater transparency

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Cornell president calls alleged gang rape ’deeply disturbing’, pledges greater transparency

Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity house in Ithaca, New York. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Cornell’s president called the alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house in 2024 “deeply disturbing” Saturday (October 3, 2026), said it would weigh on the university for years to come and pledged greater transparency amid mounting outrage…

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Chennai’s monsoon test – The Hindu

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Chennai’s monsoon test – The Hindu

Call it the continuum or an early image-building exercise, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, who also holds the Municipal Administration portfolio, has already deployed Ministers and senior officials to take up flood-mitigation works well ahead of the onset of the Northeast monsoon. He has instructed that all de-silting and stormwater drain (SWD) works be completed…

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 strikes Indonesia’s Sumbawa region, GFZ says

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 strikes Indonesia’s Sumbawa region, GFZ says

A screengrab showing the epicentre of the earthquake on October 4, 2026. Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov An ‌earthquake of ​magnitude ⁠5.9 struck the ‌Sumbawa ‌region ‌of ⁠Indonesia ⁠on Sunday (October 4, 2026), the ​German ‌Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) ‌said. The ​quake was ⁠at a ‌depth of 10 ‌km (6.21 ​miles), the GFZ added. Published – October…

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North Korea says it conducted intermediate-range strategic missile drill

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North Korea says it conducted intermediate-range strategic missile drill

An intermediate-range missile is fired during a drill overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from the eastern region of the country toward the East Sea in North Korea, October 3, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via Reuters North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile…

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Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Aramco facility in Riyadh with missiles, drones

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Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Aramco facility in Riyadh with missiles, drones

Smoke rises from a fire at the Aramco refinery south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Yemen’s ​Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday (October 3, 2026) they ‌had targeted an Aramco ​facility in the ⁠Saudi capital Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, saying the attack was in ‌retaliation for Saudi attacks…

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Ireland press conference ahead of Israel game in Nations League cut short

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Ireland press conference ahead of Israel game in Nations League cut short

Ireland’s head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson speaks during a press conference ahead of the Nations League soccer match between Republic of Ireland and Israel in Backa Topola, Serbia, on October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ireland’s press conference ahead of its contentious Nations League game against Israel was abruptly ended Saturday (October 3, 2026) when…

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Lokesh outlines State’s strategy to become leading destination

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Lokesh outlines State’s strategy to become leading destination

HRD Minister Nara Lokesh addressing the Pan-IIT Summit in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO Andhra Pradesh is working to transform itself into a developed State and contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a Viksit Bharat, says HRD Minister Nara Lokesh. Speaking at the Pan-IIT Summit 2026 here on Saturday, Mr….

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