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The French physicist Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, who helped develop techniques to cool atoms to barely above absolute zero using laser light, passed away on October 22, aged 93. His work revolutionised physics by giving scientists a way to manipulate atoms and probe their quantum properties, work for which he won a piece of the physics Nobel…
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The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places in Pudukottai, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram districts on Monday. Heavy rain is likely to occur over isolated places in Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, and Nagapattinam districts. The remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry,…
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Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pulled off a dramatic comeback on Sunday (October 25, 2026) as he clinched election victory against right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who trounced him in the first round. The leftist icon, who turns 81 on Tuesday (October 27), defied all projections to win an unprecedented fourth term at…
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Serbia’s student-led movement declared victory in parliamentary elections Sunday (October 25, 2026) ending 14 years in power for Aleksandar Vucic’s right-wing populist party. The victory in the snap vote comes after nearly two years of anti-government protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people. The…
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Anthropic said earlier this month it found examples of Claude “working around a restriction to reach data that was gated by a token or a fee” and some of these cases involved websites run by U.S. government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Anthropic’s Claude bypassed a paywall…
Delhi Minister Ashish Sood. File | Photo Credit: PTI Education Minister Ashish Sood said on Sunday that the Delhi government will set up medical rooms in all 1,086 government schools at a cost of ₹48.87 crore to provide immediate first aid and care to students during school hours. The medical rooms will provide basic first…
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addresses party leaders during the state-level celebration of the 139th birth anniversary of Bihar’s first Chief Minister Krishna Singh, at Bapu Sabhagar, in Patna on Sunday, October 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The BJP has announced a nationwide protest on Monday (October 26, 2026) against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s “indecent…
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Plans are afoot to rope in experienced catchers for the dog sterilisation project of the Ernakulam district panchayat. | Photo Credit: File photo A lack of dog catchers has affected the implementation of the Ernakulam district panchayat’s Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme. While the district panchayat’s two ABC centres in Mulanthuruthy and Vadavucode block panchayats…
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Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘moderate’ category for the second consecutive day. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday (October 25, 2026) held a virtual meeting with officials from neighbouring districts and said that air pollution is a regional issue that requires coordinated action by Delhi and…
Image for representational purpose A 23-year-old man was killed and seven others suffered critical injuries after an off-roaf vehicle carrying tourists veered off the road and plunged into a gorge at Kakkadampoyil in Keralam’s Kozhikode district on Sunday (October 25, 2026). According to preliminary reports, the vehicle was carrying visitors from Marad who had arrived to…