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In the high ranges of Peermade, Travancore (the current Peermade of Idukki district in Kerala), in 1918, a young girl was born to Modayil Pothen Mani, a well-known civil engineer cum plantation owner and his wife. Little did anyone in the misty hills of Idukki know that one day the place would be known by…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday (October 5, 2026) called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government. The defeat on Friday (October 2) was just the latest political setback for the Socialist premier, one of the few European prime ministers from the left still…
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Electric buses introduced under the Smart Cities Mission parked at the depot on Maraimalai Adigal Salai in Puducherry as drivers launch a strike on Monday | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar As many as 25 electric buses introduced under the Smart Cities Mission in Puducherry stayed off the roads on Monday (October 5, 2026) following a…
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A screengrab of actor Sanjay Dutt | Photo Credit: The Hindu Hindi film actor Sanjay Dutt has issued a clarification after his remarks that ‘he doesn’t feel peace in India anymore’, made at actor Shekhar Suman’s talk show, sparked a controversy. The clarification by the actor comes two days after his episode was aired on…
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In an age when a portrait can be made in a fraction of a second, Vibhav Kapoor, artist and assistant professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, spends several minutes making one photograph, much of the time spent negotiating with chemistry. In his Delhi-NCR studio, Mr. Kapoor works with tintype, a 19th-century photographic process in…
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The story so far: As a sea of protesters under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) gathered at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on October 2, a child carrying the national flag in one hand was lifted above the crowd and made to sit on a man’s shoulders. Others held placards demanding the resignation of…
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The Supreme Court on Monday (October 5, 2026) issued notice to the Election Commission (ECI) and the Centre seeking responses in a week on a plea challenging the manner in which the poll panel led by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar took decisions allegedly without the approval of two Election Commissioners. Also Read:…
Britain’s disgraced former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. File | Photo Credit: AFP Britain’s disgraced former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has launched a High Court challenge “to quash search warrants” obtained by police ahead of his arrest earlier this year, the U.K. judiciary confirmed on Monday (October 5, 2026). The London court is set to hold a private…
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Nobel Prizes 2026 will be announced between October 5 and 12, 2026, to honour outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine, literature, arts, chemistry, physics, economics and peace. They are regarded among the world’s most prestigious awards and are highly anticipated each year. Indians who have won a Nobel Prize are Rabindranath Tagore, C.V. Raman,…
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A Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau team conducting an inspection at the P&T Apartment Complex in Mundamveli and collecting information from its residents on Monday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) team led by DySP P. Rajkumar conducted an inspection at the P&T Apartment Complex at Mundamveli in West Kochi after…