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French CRS riot police stand in position amid clashes during a protest by high school students outside the Lycee Deodat-de-Severac high school as part of nationwide protests by high school students to demand the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources and better learning conditions, France, October 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Story So…
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The story so far: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), along with city-gas distributors and oil-marketing companies, on Thursday (October 1, 2026) launched the National PNG Drive 3.0 with the target of enrolling 50 lakh domestic-piped natural gas (D-PNG) connections by the end of the fiscal year 2027. The broader objective is to…
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Representational Image | Photo Credit: DKart The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announced the closure of twelve metro stations in the national capital. This comes as Opposition parties, members of AISA, SFI, NSUI and other student bodies, on October 2, 2026, protested against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. DMRC announced on the social media platform X…
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The Supreme Court has been informed that outstanding traffic fines across India amount to about ₹49,194.05 crore. These include registration renewals, fitness and pollution-under-control certificates, ownership transfers, and driving licence renewals. While some of us do get caught for traffic offences and end up paying fines ranging from ₹100 to ₹10,000 (drunk driving in Karnataka),…
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Gurinder Singh Sangha. File photo. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement On field, the Indian women’s hockey team stepped out to create history against China and win the Asian Games for only the second time and the first since 1982. Off it, yet another international embarrassment rocked Indian hockey with Indian umpires manager Gurinder Singh Sangha…
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The Consulate of Israel launched a public awareness campaign across major roadways in Mumbai to express gratitude to honour Captain Machchhar’s valour. Billboards have been put up at the Warden Road and Napean Sea Road junction, near the Prabodhankar Thackeray flyover on the Western Express Highway in Bandra East, the BKC-Sion connector, the Andheri-Jogeshwari flyover,…
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Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting poses with her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women’s 60kg boxing event at the Asian Games in Nishio, Aichi prefecture, Japan, October 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting won a “monumental” Asian Games gold on Friday (October 2, 2026) and said she was “grateful for…
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A healthcare worker in protective clothing is disinfected by a colleague inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, on Sept. 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus….
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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal informed the G20 Trade Ministers gathered in the U.S. that India does not have structural excess capacity in the sectors identified by the U.S., and that it has taken steps to prohibit the import of goods made using forced labour. This comes at a time when the U.S. has already levied…
The Consulate of Israel launched a public awareness campaign across major roadways in Mumbai to express gratitude to honour Captain Machchhar’s valour. Billboards have been put up at the Warden Road and Napean Sea Road junction, near the Prabodhankar Thackeray flyover on the Western Express Highway in Bandra East, the BKC-Sion connector, the Andheri-Jogeshwari flyover,…
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