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Candidates will be allowed to submit fresh applications from October 13 to 16, 2026. The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced the seat allotment schedule for the stray vacancy round of admissions to medical and dental courses on Friday. Candidates will be allowed to submit fresh applications from October 13 to 16, 2026. Candidates who qualified…
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Time to celebrate: TVK workers celebrate the lead established by party candidate Maragatham Kumaravel in the Madurantakam byelection of which results came out on Friday (October 9, 2026). | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ The ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which came to power in Tamil Nadu exactly five months ago, passed its first electoral…
A Palestinian man inspects the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City on October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters On Wednesday (October 7, 2026), which marked the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, Israel carried out new strikes in Gaza killing at least three people. Just four days…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The International Criminal Court said Friday (October 9, 2026) that U.S. sanctions on the institution were an attack on international law and warned that “history will judge this moment”. The sanctions are “an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations…
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The Kerala Textile & Garments Association (KTGA) has opposed the proposed imposition of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions, warning that the move would increase costs for businesses and eventually burden consumers. KTGA State president Pattabhiraman T.S. said UPI had evolved into essential public digital infrastructure and had generated significant…
Sunil Chhetri’s experience will come in handy for BFC. | Photo Credit: Bengaluru FC The Indian Super League begins a new chapter on Saturday, with clubs taking charge of the ISL’s commercial future and the competition returning to a full-fledged home-and-away format. The shift marks a departure from the ISL’s previous structure. While the All…
Rod Laver in tennis is like Don Bradman in cricket. The famed left-hander is the only player to have achieved the Grand Slam — the herculean feat of winning all four Majors in a single year — twice. It’s like Bradman’s astronomical average of 99.94, a measure of greatness unlikely to be emulated or surpassed…
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Ian Nepomniachtchi’s victory over Magnus Carlsen of Alpine APL Pipers in the final match of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League led his team Ganges Grandmasters to an unlikely maiden title in Bengaluru. Back in 2021, he had unsuccessfully challenged Carlsen in the World title match; that would turn out to be the Norwegian’s last…
The procession of idols for the annual Navaratri festival celebrations in Thiruvananthapuram begins at Padmanabhapuram palace in Kanniyakumari district on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The procession of idols of deities for the annual Navaratri festival celebrations in Thiruvananthapuram began at Padmanabhapuram palace in Kanniyakumari district on Friday (October 9, 2026). Every year, three…
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Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay. File | Photo Credit: AP Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, a South African jurist of Indian origin and a former ICC judge, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (October 9, 2026) “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the 85-year-old Justice Pillay’s commitment to universal legal…
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