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Puducherry’s Bahour lake shrinks amid encroachments, clogged feeder channels

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Puducherry’s Bahour lake shrinks amid encroachments, clogged feeder channels

Bahour Lake, Puducherry’s second-largest freshwater lake and an important irrigation source, is gradually losing its water-spread area because of unchecked cultivation, encroachments, and poorly maintained feeder channels, according to farmers and environmental activists. Spread over 1,765 acres, the lake has been shrinking over the years due to human interventions, including agricultural activity within its water-spread…

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Oil prices jump more than $3 after new strikes on Saudi, Strait of Hormuz

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Oil prices jump more than after new strikes on Saudi, Strait of Hormuz

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil prices rose ​more than $3 a barrel at the market open ‌on Monday, after new strikes on Saudi Arabia ​and on ships in the Gulf ⁠on Sunday (September 13, 2026). Brent crude futures rose $3.62, or 3.46%, to $108.23 per barrel as of 2214…

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Swedish election ends in near dead heat; preliminary results give opposition 1-seat majority

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Swedish election ends in near dead heat; preliminary results give opposition 1-seat majority

Leader of the far-right party the Sweden Democrats Jimmy Akesson delivers a speech after Sunday’s general election in Stockholm, Sweden on September 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sweden’s national election was too close to call early on Monday (September 14, 2026), with preliminary results giving the left-wing opposition a razor-thin one-seat advantage over Prime…

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Saudi Civil Defence lifts warnings of potential danger in four cities

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Saudi Civil Defence lifts warnings of potential danger in four cities

The Saudi ⁠Civil Defence sent an all-clear on Monday ‌(September 14, 2026) after issuing alerts for ‌potential danger in ‌four ⁠southern cities ⁠amid an uptick in attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned ​Houthis. Saudi Civil ‌Defence had issued the alerts for the cities ‌of Najran, Khamis Mushait, ​Jazan and Abha. The Houthis, ⁠who control the most populous…

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Jharkhand LoP accuses Soren-led govt. of protecting influential people amid CID probe into job exam ‘irregularities’

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Jharkhand LoP accuses Soren-led govt. of protecting influential people amid CID probe into job exam ‘irregularities’

Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and BJP leader Babulal Marandi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of the Opposition in Jharkhand Assembly Babulal Marandi on Sunday (September 13, 2026) alleged a cover-up and protection of influential people in the ongoing Crime Investigation Department (CID) probe into the alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand…

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Mumbai on ‘orange’ alert as IMD warns of heavy rain in parts of Maharashtra

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Mumbai on ‘orange’ alert as IMD warns of heavy rain in parts of Maharashtra

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Mumbai, in its evening district forecast issued at 6 p.m. on September 13, 2026, said heavy to very heavy rain was “very likely” at isolated places in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai remained on an orange alert on Sunday (September 13, 2026) with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting…

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Trump says lifting U.S. tariff on Irish whiskey as ‘everybody’s been bugging’ him about it

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Trump says lifting U.S. tariff on Irish whiskey as ‘everybody’s been bugging’ him about it

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks prior to presenting the winners trophy to Shane Lowry of Ireland during the Irish Open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland, on September 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday (September 13, 2026) at the close of a golf tournament…

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Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, says attacks causing shortage

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Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, says attacks causing shortage

U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One toward Air Force One at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, on September 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (September 13, 2026) called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and…

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High ranges of Kottayam mobilise against Centre’s proposed ESA tag

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High ranges of Kottayam mobilise against Centre’s proposed ESA tag

A view of the Koottickal village in Kottayam,, which has been included in the draft ESA notification. | Photo Credit: Vishnu Prathap With just two weeks left in the 60-day window for filing objections and suggestions to the Centre’s seventh draft notification on Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the Western Ghats, hundreds of settler families…

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