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Taiwan says drives away 16 Chinese ships involved in ‘maritime harassment’

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Taiwan says drives away 16 Chinese ships involved in ‘maritime harassment’

File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan said on Sunday (October 18, 2026) it had driven away 16 Chinese coast guard, research and fishing vessels involved in simultaneous “maritime harassment” operations. An “unusually large” number of Chinese vessels took part in the coordinated operations around Taiwan’s main island and Pratas, a…

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Iran’s new Defence Minister Akhlaghi threatens ‘enormous damage’ if U.S. attacks

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Iran’s new Defence Minister Akhlaghi threatens ‘enormous damage’ if U.S. attacks

Mehrdad Akhlaghi “was elected to the post with 237 votes in favour”, out of a total of 277 votes cast. Credit: X/@Iran_in_India Newly appointed Iranian Defence Minister Mehrdad Akhlaghi threatened on Sunday (October 18, 2026) to inflict “enormous damage” on the United States and its allies in West Asia if Washington resumes its military campaign…

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Delhi SIR: Public audit in two booths find over 100 voters wrongly marked absent, shifted, or dead

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Delhi SIR: Public audit in two booths find over 100 voters wrongly marked absent, shifted, or dead

At least 100 voters from two polling booths in Delhi’s Okhla constituency were found to have been wrongly classified as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD) during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a public audit covering 258 households over seven days found.  Also read | Muslims disproportionately flagged in Delhi SIR These…

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St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

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St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

Smoke billows into the sky following Ukrainian drone strikes on an industrial zone in St. Petersburg, Russia, on October 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday (October 18, 2026) as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one…

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Sanskrit admission camp in Coimbatore on October 20

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Samskrita Bharati, Coimbatore, will conduct a special admission camp for its Sanskrit correspondence course and Balakendram children’s programme on Vijayadashami, October 20. The morning session will be held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, R.S. Puram, from 10 a.m. to noon, and the afternoon session at the Samskrita Bharati office in Tatabad, near Power House and Aachi…

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Super League Kerala: Fleury’s early strike gives Calicut full points

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Super League Kerala: Fleury’s early strike gives Calicut full points

Hernan Boasso Fleury, right, was Calicut’s hero against Kannur Warriors on Saturday. | Photo Credit: S.K. MOHAN There were the pulsating beats of drums. There were Mexican waves, too. The fans who nearly filled the Jawahar Municipal Stadium on a humid Sunday night did all they could to cheer their team, Kannur Warriors, on, but…

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Foreign object on runway forces flight to abort landing at KIA

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An Air India Express flight from Goa had to abort landing at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and make a turnaround on Saturday. According to sources, the flight, which was scheduled to land at 8.10 p.m. at the KIA, was asked by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to make a turnaround after noticing a foreign…

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20-year-old Andhra student makes top 20 list for James Dyson Award with voice-enabled Braille printer

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20-year-old Andhra student makes top 20 list for James Dyson Award with voice-enabled Braille printer

Lingampalli Himaja, a student from Vishnu Women’s University in Bhimavaram, who has developed RUDHRA, a voice-enabled Braille printer. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A question posed by a visually impaired student in Bhimavaram—“Why should I type when I can speak?”—inspired 20-year-old engineering student Lingampalli Himaja to develop RUDHRA, a voice-enabled Braille printer, which has recently…

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Gurjapneet Singh, Sai Kishore star as Tamil Nadu enjoys near-perfect day

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Gurjapneet Singh, Sai Kishore star as Tamil Nadu enjoys near-perfect day

Gurjapneet Singh (four for 34) and Sai Kishore (four for 40) ran through the Uttarakhand batting line-up as Tamil Nadu enjoyed a near-perfect day one in the second-round Elite Group-D Ranji Trophy match at the MAC Stadium here on Sunday. Opting to bowl under overcast skies after overnight rain delayed the start by an hour,…

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