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Image used for repesentational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck 76 km northeast of Ozernovskiy in Russia on Friday (October 16, 2026), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 143.2 km, was initially determined to be at 52.01 degrees north latitude and 157.25 degrees…
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The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is H.E. Jasem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi. Photo credit: X/@GCCSG The story so far: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union on Thursday (October 15, 2026) announced that the GCC-EU summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh on October 24 has been pushed to a later date. While…
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File photo of Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence company. File | Photo Credit: Reuters European physics research centre CERN and Mistral AI have signed a statement of intent to establish a long-term strategic partnership to develop foundation models for scientific discovery, the two organisations said on Thursday (October 15, 2026). The partners aim to…
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Representational image | Photo Credit: Reuters Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), whose subsidiary is Jio Platforms Ltd., has hit back at U.S. Billionaire Elon Musk for his recent remarks on the company and the Indian market in connection with his satellite service Starlink. “In light of recent remarks about Reliance and the Indian market, we wish…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee appreciated 20 paise to 94.79 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday (October 16, 2026) on the softening of the American currency and the positive impact of the RBI’s structural forex interventions. Lower U.S. Treasury yields also supported the domestic…
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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney. File | Photo Credit: AP Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned on Thursday (October 15, 2026) that the United States is trying to break Canada so it can “own us” as he urged oil-rich Alberta not to begin a process toward separation in Monday’s referendum. Monday’s vote is not a…
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File, undated image courtesy the U.S. Air Force shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb sitting in an undisclosed location. Photo: AFP PHOTO / U.S. AIR FORCE The United States is considering using its biggest non-nuclear bomb against Iran if President Donald Trump should decide to renew combat in the war that has…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Friday (October 16, 2026) amid profit-taking, a day after recording a sharp rally. Relentless foreign fund outflows and a decline in blue-chip Reliance Industries after a 4% rally in the previous trade added…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to rally European allies at a Brussels summit on Friday (October 16, 2026) after saying Kyiv would no longer abide by U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries. Relations between Kyiv and Washington have soured since last week, when Mr. Trump eased sanctions on Russia…
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Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Thursday (October 15, 2026) conducted simultaneous raids at Rural Works Department’s Executive Engineer’s four locations in Chhapra, Patna, Katihar and Darjeeling in connection with a case of amassing disproportionate assets (DA) to his known sources of income. The Bureau has registered a…
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