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Vice President JD Vance had reportedly been sceptical about the war, which Mr. Trump launched in February. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) that the Iran war was the reason Republicans lost the midterm elections, as he sought to distance himself from the conflict ahead of…
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A federal judge in New York temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to deport Afghans detained in the United States to Afghanistan or Pakistan on Tuesday (November 3, 2026), after advocates and dozens of members of Congress warned that their lives would be at risk. The government told the court on Tuesday (November 3, 2026)…
Garment workers exchange words with security forces outside a factory as they protest demanding higher wages in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s newly formed wage board agreed on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) to implement a revised pay structure for garment workers from December, as protests over wages entered their…
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A GSLV rocket carrying second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The NVS-03 satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on October 30, 2026, has reached the intended Geo Synchronous Orbit. See The Hindu’s visual story on India’s space journey….
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The Kerala High Court building in Ernakulam. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court observed that political activities such as dharna, hunger strikes and Satyagraha have “no place in a constitutional democracy, much less in academic institutions”, as it quashed a Single Bench order that had permitted 16…
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The Presidential decree, dated November 2, cited Melania Trump’s “significant personal contribution” to humanitarian support for Ukraine and her work to help Ukrainian children, including those deported or forcibly moved from Russian-occupied territory. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded the U.S. first lady Melania Trump a state honour for her role…
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In a rare case, the National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP) has reduced athlete Parvej Khan’s suspension to five years on technical grounds. Parvej had been suspended for six years for two anti-doping violations by a NADA disciplinary panel on August 6, 2025. Since Parvej was notified about his three whereabouts failures committed in 2023 on…
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Election posters of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and other political parties are displayed on street poles ahead of South Africa’s municipal elections on November 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Africans voted in municipal elections on Wednesday (November 4, 2026), with anger over corruption, crime and failing public services threatening to deal…
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A View of the Logo of the Election Commission of India at the Nirvachan Sadan. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Election Commission of India (ECI) has separated the Form 6, used for fresh voter registration, and an accompanying declaration in its online version in States where the SIR exercise is underway. Earlier in…
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Gujarat’s Arzan Nagwaswalla celebrates taking a wicket. | Photo Credit: File photo: K. MURALI KUMAR Pacers Arzan Nagwaswalla (four for 59) and Chintan Gaja (three for 65) ran rampant with the second new ball to trigger a lower order batting collapse in Kerala’s first innings. Their lethal spells firmly put Gujarat firmly on the road to…