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Hans Bethe. Felix Bloch. Niels Bohr. Albert Einstein. Enrico Fermi. James Franck. Otto Frisch. Samuel Goudsmit. Lilli Hornig. Rolf Landshoff. Maria Goeppert Mayer. Rudolf Peierls. George Placzek. Eugene Rabinowitch. Joseph Rotblat. Leo Szilard. Edward Teller. Stanislaw Ulam. John von Neumann. Victor Weisskopf. Eugene Wigner. These are just some of the scientists who had emigrated from…
White House senior adviser Massad Boulos. File. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. envoy met over the weekend with Sudan’s top general as the Trump administration pushes for diplomatic efforts to end a war that has created what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday (October 5, 2026) that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward. In a post on his social media site, Mr. Trump…
The quantum of illegal sand excavated was assessed across all 28 river-sand mining sites in Tamil Nadu with the help of advanced techniques. The Directorate of Enforcement said in a report that the survey revealed mining beyond permissible limits. The value of the illegally mined sand was put at ₹4,730 crore. File | Photo Credit: Special…
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A view of the Election Commission of India in New Delhi. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Amid the political slugfest over Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s remarks on Form 6 used for registration of voters, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Press Information Bureau came…
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Mediapersons and Protesters seen sitting outside the Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The current duty charge (CDC) of the post of Additional Deputy Commissioner of police to Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Vivek Bhagat — accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest…
Pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighters fire their weapons during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026. Photo: Southern Giants Brigades/Handout via Reuters Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around…
The three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in August, under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on Monday (October 5, 2026) to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the “rapid deployment”…
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A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday (October 5, 2026) in the latest round of French high school protests that have erupted into clashes with police, with more than 200 students injured in the violence. France has been shaken by a wave of demonstrations by teenage students at high schools, or lycees, since late September…
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All lined up for polling in Tamil Nadu for high stakes byelection; TVK, DMK keep fingers crossed Preparations are complete for the polling exercise to be held today for byelections to Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly Constituencies and the Tamil Nadu voters are poised to decide the fortunes of the fledgling TVK regime which hinges on…
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