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Drunk teen behind wheel of SUV rams car, crashes into electricity pole

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Drunk teen behind wheel of SUV rams car, crashes into electricity pole

The SUV after the collision with the electricity pole. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement A 19-year-old drunk driver behind the wheel of a SUV rammed into a car before crashing into an electricity pole at Peerzadiguda on the Hyderabad–Warangal National Highway on Thursday. The impact caused the couple’s car to flip multiple times, leaving both…

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UN climate damages fund earmarks $20 million to Nepal for August disaster

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UN climate damages fund earmarks million to Nepal for August disaster

On August 26, a climate-induced ice-and-rock avalanche in Nepal set off a debris flow and flooding along the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli-Narayani river system. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations climate convention’s Loss and Damage Fund has set aside $21.6 million for Nepal towards addressing the damage from the Bhotekoshi floods that ravaged the country in…

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American detained in Russia arrives in U.S.: lawyer

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American detained in Russia arrives in U.S.: lawyer

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev attend a meeting with Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired U.S. schoolteacher who was recently freed after serving a prison sentence in Russia following his conviction on mercenary charges, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A retired U.S. teacher…

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Albanian lawmakers scuffle in parliament as protests continue

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Albanian lawmakers scuffle in parliament as protests continue

Police officers equipped with riot control gear stand guard amid an anti-government protest by students, in Tirana, Albania, on October 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Albanian lawmakers grappled on the floor of parliament on Thursday (October 22, 2026), as the opposition accused the government of violently targeting protesters over a week of unrest in…

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Economics beyond the individual – The Hindu

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Economics beyond the individual – The Hindu

Robert Hall and Michael Woodford’s work modelling the macroeconomy based on individual agents’ decisions has significant implications for monetary policy. Despite being hailed as providing a rigorous foundation for stabilisation policies, focusing on the individual blinds us to the way the macroeconomy actually works. It may seem paradoxical; John Maynard Keynes’s insight was that the…

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Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles as Moscow says 808 drones downed in Russian cities

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Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles as Moscow says 808 drones downed in Russian cities

Russia bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles in an hourslong nighttime barrage, and the Russian military said on Thursday (October 22, 2026) that its air defences intercepted 808 drones fired by Ukraine at Moscow and other cities, in attacks that dampened new hopes of progress in ending the war. At least two people were killed in…

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Nothing wrong with seeking regime change in a democracy: Neha Bora tells Delhi High Court

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Nothing wrong with seeking regime change in a democracy: Neha Bora tells Delhi High Court

All India Students’ Association (AISA) President Neha Bora with others after her release from RK Puram police station, in New Delhi, on October 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI All India Students Association (AISA) national president Neha Bora’s counsel argued before the Delhi High Court on Thursday (October 22, 2026) that there was nothing wrong…

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sounded ‘fairly healthy’, son says after first call in years

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sounded ‘fairly healthy’, son says after first call in years

The son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi said she sounded “fairly healthy” after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years. Suu Kyi, 81, is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, where she has been sequestered since being unseated in…

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Hostel warden collapses, dies during inspection

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Hostel warden collapses, dies during inspection

A warden of a backward classes welfare hostel in Periyakulam in Theni district on Thursday collapsed and died during an inspection. Velmurugan served as the warden of the backward classes welfare hostel on Sothupparai road in Periyakulam. On Thursday evening, Theni District Backward and Minorities Welfare Officer Sureshkumar visited the hostel for an inspection. During…

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CPCL net profit more than triples to ₹2,271 crore in Q2

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CPCL net profit more than triples to ₹2,271 crore in Q2

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) reported a net profit of ₹2,271 crore for the second quarter of FY2026-27, more than three times the ₹732 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter last year, as its gross refining margin improved sharply. Revenue from operations rose to ₹22,109 crore in the quarter ended September 30, from ₹20,069 crore…

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