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India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being received by Philippine Secretary of National Defence Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. to attend the ADMM-Plus meeting at Mactan Expo, in Cebu on October 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI India is ready to share its “battle-tested” counter-terror expertise with ASEAN and its dialogue partners, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said…
Mayor R. Priya addressing the GCC council meeting at Ripon Buildings on Thursday | Photo Credit: M. Srinath The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has proposed to maintain 2,33,267 streetlights and 443 high-mast lights across 12 zones for one year, excluding the cost of materials. This was stated at the GCC general council meeting chaired by…
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A visitor looks on at the famous Rembrandt painting, The Night Watch, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Stashed away in an attic in Maine, US, a painting titled ‘Portrait of a Girl’ was discovered two years ago; it sold for $1.41 million because of its uncanny resemblance to the 17th…
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The book titled India’s Maoists: Glimpses into Red Insurgency was launched at Police Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Hyderabad on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Left Wing Extremism (LWE) researcher P.V. Ramana on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) said that despite the defeat of the Maoists, the whereabouts of huge…
Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro insisted on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) he is his country’s rightful leader, after fleeing to the United States to start a self-imposed exile. Mr. Flavio Bolsonaro’s defiance on arrival in Florida signalled continued upheaval for Brazil, where leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a dramatic runoff…
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The ‘blockbuster’ drug, Ozempic, was created with the help of a most unlikely source: the saliva of a humble lizard. And spiders and scorpions have led to the development of life-saving medicines. But, of the 1.5 million animal species known to live on planet Earth (with many more yet to be discovered), just a fraction…
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A man walks past a screen showing news coverage with file footage of a North Korean missile launch at Seoul Station in Seoul on October 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday (October 29, 2026), South Korea’s military said, days after the North…
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Preparations for the Congress-led INDIA bloc rally (November 1) are underway at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on October 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi Police on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) said they had not received any request seeking permission for a proposed mock “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rose in early trade on Thursday (October 29, 2026), driven by buying in blue-chip stock Reliance Industries and foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 245.43 points, or 0.34%, to 73,491.46 in the morning trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty rose 62.55 points, or 0.28%, to 22,761.40. Adani Ports…
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Nivin Pauly | Photo Credit: special arrangement The Kerala High Court has quashed the cheating case against actor Nivin Pauly and director Abrid Shine, registered with the Thalayolaparambu police station. Justice P.V. Balakrishnan noted that the parties had reached an out-of-court settlement in the dispute that had led to the registration of the case. The…