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Afghanistan’s Fariba Hashimi, who won the Silver Medal for Women’s Road Race, speaks with the Associated Press in Shinshiro, Japan, September 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The easy part for Fariba Hashimi was winning a silver medal in the women’s cycling road race at the Asian Games. The nearly impossible part for the female…
Telangana Ministers Jupally Krishna Rao, Vakiti Srihari and MLAs from erstwhile Mahabubnagar district with Karnataka Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar in Karnataka on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Karnataka has responded positively to Telangana’s request for the release of water to the Jurala Project, Ministers Jupally Krishna Rao and Vakiti Srihari…
The Houthis say Saudi Arabia has conducted hundreds of strikes in Yemen since fighting resumed in July, effectively ending a four-year truce. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Houthi military adviser told AFP that the group would attack U.S. interests in the West Asia if Washington intervenes in Yemen’s conflict in support of Saudi Arabia…
Men convicted over the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people are escorted by police officers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on September 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Fifteen people, sentenced to over 200 years each in prison by a Sri Lankan court for their involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, will appeal their…
The Wilson Garden police in Bengaluru have busted a gang allegedly involved in forging vehicle registration cards (RCs), bank NOCs, and official seals to sell vehicles to unsuspecting customers. They have seized 10 cars and a two-wheeler totally valued at around ₹2 crore. The case came to light after Naushad Khan, a resident of Mehboob…
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The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months raised hopes on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) that the adversaries could make some progress towards ending the West Asia war, although neither side spelled out any change in their positions. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner…
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File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) amid easing crude oil prices, which remained below $100 per barrel, and hopes of a possible de-escalation in the West Asia conflict. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 299.17 points, or 0.40%, to settle at…
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Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Datta on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) agreed that the replacement of the Chief Justice of India with a Union Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister-led selection panel for Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) prima facie amounts to an “effective veto” in favour of the Union government and fails…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee fell 12 paise to close at 95.74 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday (September 23, 2026), weighed down by the broad strength of the American currency and a slight recovery in crude oil prices from lower levels. Forex traders said the dollar strengthened on hawkish…
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, in its interim report, said that several countries have been able to mitigate the damage from the West Asia crisis by rapid growth in artificial intelligence-related investment and production in many economies. File. | Photo Credit: AFP The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has become the latest…