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More than 10,000 could flee Yemen fighting to Djibouti in coming months: UN

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Displaced Yemenis carry water at Al-Firdaws camp in Ras Imran, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, on September 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Renewed fighting in Yemen could see the number of refugees fleeing across the Red Sea to Djibouti jump to 10,000, while displacement inside Yemen could swell to over 2,30,000, the…

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IIT-Bombay student representatives say protest not a defence of misconduct; parents allege caste harassment

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IIT-Bombay student representatives say protest not a defence of misconduct; parents allege caste harassment

Security beefed up outside the IIT Bombay campus after a student, Sahil Wakode, died by suicide after he was allegedly caught using ChatGPT during an examination, in Mumbai, on Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The parents of Sahil Wakode, a second-year student at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of…

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Shooter opens fire near high school in Turkiye, wounding at least 11

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Members of the public stand behind a police cordon a high school where a gunman opened fire wounding eleven people and was detained shortly afterwards, in Turgutlu, an area west of the resort city of Izmir, on September 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP An attacker opened fire near a high school in western Turkiye…

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Houthis say Saudi attack on Yemen prison kills 9

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Houthis say Saudi attack on Yemen prison kills 9

An attack by Saudi Arabia on a prison in northwestern Yemen killed nine detainees, a Houthi official on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) told the Saba news agency, which is affiliated with the Iran-backed group. “Nine prisoners captured during recent events were killed last night when the Saudi enemy targeted a prison” in Al-Hazm, in Al-Jawf…

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Widespread rain likely across Keralam for three days; Yellow alert for seven districts on September 23

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Widespread rain likely across Keralam for three days; Yellow alert for seven districts on September 23

Widespread rain is likely across Keralam for three days from Wednesday (September 23, 2026), influenced by the movement of a weather system formed over the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast of the country. According to a weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological department (IMD) on Tuesday, the well-marked low-pressure area over the…

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Rupee rises 20 paise to close at 95.58 against U.S. dollar

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Rupee rises 20 paise to close at 95.58 against U.S. dollar

File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 20 paise to close at 95.58 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday (September 22, 2026), supported by a sharp fall in crude oil prices on improved global risk sentiments and hopes of diplomatic talks to resolve the U.S.-Iran war. Forex traders…

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Sensex drops 330 points, Nifty down to 23,329 dragged by IT stocks

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File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) despite a positive trend in global markets and easing crude oil prices, dragged by IT, financials and capital goods stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 329.91 points, or 0.44%, to settle at 74,529.08….

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Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam to be the next High Commissioner to India

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The current Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Asad Alam Siam. File | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The current Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Asad Alam Siam, will be the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India. Bangladesh on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) received the Indian diplomatic document — agrément — that will pave the way for Mr. Siam…

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BJP Telangana chief Ramchander Rao arrested en route to Jurala project protest

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BJP Telangana chief Ramchander Rao arrested en route to Jurala project protest

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao was arrested by police in Jadcherla while proceeding to the Jurala irrigation project site on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao was arrested by police in Jadcherla on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) while he…

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Andhra fixes junior doctors’ stipend hike at 3.5% a year from 2027; APJUDA rejects order

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Junior doctors hold placards at a protest in Vijayawada. File | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department, Andhra Pradesh, has fixed the annual stipend hike for medical students at 3.5%, the figure at the centre of the junior doctors’ strike. The Government Order was issued late on Monday (September 21,…

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