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It took Houthi rebels less than 48 hours to seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast from pro-government forces in a resounding blow to U.S. interests and Washington’s regional allies. But the Houthis didn’t do it alone. Iranian Revolutionary Guard advisers were in the field helping direct the battle, people familiar with the offensive told The Associated…
File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian national was killed in an attack on merchant vessel MV Cape Dao while it was transiting towards India, the Indian Embassy in Oman said on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). The Embassy said it was closely monitoring the attack and was in coordination with…
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Amit Kumar (fourth left), Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, presenting the TGLIA:STC awards at the UPASI annual conference in Coonoor on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: M. SATHYAMOORTHY Technology and institutional finance, which are accessible to small-scale growers too, in the plantation sector are critical for the sector’s growth, said Amit…
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Anupama. | Photo Credit: File photo After a semifinal finish in the UK Women’s Snooker Championship earlier this month, Anupama Ramachandran is turning her attention to billiards. The reigning IBSF World Snooker champion will lead India’s challenge in English billiards at the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships, to be held in Ahmedabad from October 7 to…
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The Rubber Board will launch a digital platform called ‘INR Konnect’ on a pilot scale soon to document all details of untapped rubber plantations. Executive Director of the Board M. Vasanthagesan said at the annual conference of the United Planters Association of Southern India in Coonoor on Wednesday (September 23) that growers have plantations in…
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The Kerala High Court has granted bail to one of the five accused in the alleged drug trafficking case in Vadakara. K. Kavya, the third accused in the case, was one of the three special educators arrested for allegedly functioning as financial intermediaries for inter-State drug traffickers. Justice Kauser Edappagath noted that Ms. Kavya was…
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Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra, addresses the 13th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave via video conference as State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty looks on, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P.K. Mishra on Wednesday cautioned banks against reviving aggressive lending practices driven…
Nearly 8,600 outsourced employees of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) are facing financial difficulties due to delays in the payment of their salaries, the APSRTC Outsourced Employees Union alleged on Wednesday. In a statement, union State president D. Kiran Kumar and State general secretary T. Ganganjaneyulu said the workers had been serving…
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Cultural connoisseur ‘Soorya’ Krishnamoorthy, who dedicated much of his life to promote arts in its various forms, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). He was 78. He has been under treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. An engineer by profession, Mr. Krishnamoorthy began his career as a scientist in the Indian…
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters As U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday (September 23, 2026), the world’s two biggest powers appear to…
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