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Chess Olympiad | Polish women make a habit of beating India

September 20, 2026 admin

Crucial result: Praggnanandhaa held his own against the Netherlands’ Anish. | Photo Credit: FIDE History repeated itself at the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. Poland defeated the top-seeded India in the women’s event 2.5-1.5 at Samarkand; it was the exact scoreline in Budapest two years ago. That loss had come in the eighth round. India, however, bounced strongly back…

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New party emerges as a frontrunner as Israel goes to polls amid Netanyahu’s waning appeal

September 20, 2026 admin

As Israel gears up for its parliamentary elections on October 27, a one-year-old party has emerged as a significant contender. The Yashar (Hebrew for ‘straight’) party has garnered widespread support as per the opinion polls reported by Israeli media outlets, some of which place the party ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. In…

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Crime branch to probe IIT-Bombay student death case; faculty forum backs professor named in FIR

September 20, 2026 admin

Police personnel stand guard outside the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Main Gate in Mumbai on September 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Mumbai Police late on Saturday (September 19, 2026) transferred the probe into the death of a second-year student at IIT-Bombay to the Crime Branch, saying an officer of the rank of…

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Senior Taiwan official makes rare trip to China

September 20, 2026 admin

Taiwan’s labour minister travelled to China for an APEC ministerial meeting on Sunday (September 20, 2026), the first such trip by a senior Taiwanese government official since President Lai Ching-te took office two years ago. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to take the self-ruled island by force if necessary….

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Ebola vaccine being tested in DR Congo outbreak zone

September 20, 2026 admin

A healthcare worker holds up a vial of the Ervebo vaccine at an Ebola vaccination centre in the city of Bunia, Ituri province, Congo. | Photo Credit: AP Health workers in parts of the DR Congo, badly hit by a deadly Ebola outbreak, launched a test vaccination programme on Saturday (September 20, 2026) to see…

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Pakistani forces kill 5 militants and free 23 hostages in operation in the southwest

September 20, 2026 admin

Pakistani security forces killed five militants in an intense shootout and freed 23 hostages in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Sunday (September 20, 2026). It was unclear exactly when the abduction took place. The militants had established an illegal checkpoint near Kalat in Balochistan province overnight into Saturday (September 19, 2026), stopping vehicles…

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Woman killed, husband and daughter injured as lorry hits motorcycle on Yellandu-Kothagudem main road

September 20, 2026 admin

A 32-year-old woman was killed and her husband and daughter were injured when a lorry hit their motorcycle near Ninth Mile Thanda in Tekulapalli mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as G. Uma, of Kommugudem village in Yellandu mandal. Uma, who was riding pillion, fell off the motorcycle after it…

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Stomach pain leads to discovery of teenager’s pregnancy; man held under POCSO

September 20, 2026 admin

A visit to a private hospital for what appeared to be severe stomach pain led to the discovery that a 16-year-old schoolgirl was pregnant. She reportedly gave birth while receiving treatment, prompting a police investigation and the arrest of a 31-year-old man in Malappuram on Saturday (September 19). The girl’s parents rushed her to a…

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Organs of two brain-dead persons donated

September 20, 2026 admin

Prakash Acharya | Photo Credit: Supplied photo Families of two brain dead persons have donated their kidneys, lungs, liver, and retinas to the needy. The kidneys of 50-year-old Prakash Acharya, a resident of Kotekar, were retrieved at the Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru on Saturday and soon after transplanted to patients at KMC Hospital in…

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Trump claims Houthis agree not to fight U.S., as attacks mount on Saudi allies

September 20, 2026 admin

Fox News reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is in “deciding mode” on Iran. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) that Yemen’s Houthis have agreed not to attack the United States, despite the Iran-allied group stepping up its war against U.S. ally Saudi Arabia,Fox News reported. The…

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