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High waves crash along the coast in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on October 27, 2026, as cyclonic storm Arnab approaches the coast. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK As cyclone ‘Arnab’ moves closer to the coast, many parts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts in north Andhra Pradesh continue to receive widespread rainfall on Tuesday (October 27, 2026)….
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is poised to strengthen its position as a global refining hub, with its oil processing capacity set to rise to 300 million tonnes annually by 2030 even as Europe and other parts of the Western world see refinery capacity…
Decades of psychology have categorised human personality into five broad buckets: openness to experience (curiosity and imagination), conscientiousness (organisation and responsibility), extraversion (sociability), agreeableness (compassion), and neuroticism (a tendency towards anxiety and volatility). In new findings published in Nature, scientists have completed one of the largest-ever genetic analyses of these ‘big five’ traits, offering a…
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Railway authorities have cancelled 64 train services scheduled to operate on October 27 and 28 as a precautionary measure in view of the anticipated impact of Cyclone Arnab, prioritising passenger safety amid forecasts of heavy rainfall and strong winds along the Andhra Pradesh coast. The cancellations include 53 passenger and other services operating across the…
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Sudan’s warring sides have traded drone strikes that killed 21 people in the western Darfur region and left vast swathes of the country’s east without electricity, medics and witnesses said on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the de facto capital of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in…
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Photo: istock/gettyimages As it turns out, scientists have wondered about this too. There is even a research paper titled “The Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch”. Yes, you read that right. So, what exactly is going on between your skin, nerves and brain when you scratch? Let’s find out. First, what’s an itch? Seems like a…
The woman student from a private college in Pune was arrested on May 9, 2025, over the controversial Instagram repost related to India-Pakistan tensions following Operation Sindoor. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) quashed a criminal case registered against a 20-year-old engineering student for reposting a controversial…
A bus featuring French football star Kylian Mbappe for Dongpeng Beverage Group’s “Bushuila” electrolyte drink is seen on a street in Shanghai on October 27, 2026. Kylian Mbappe was dropped on October 27 by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football star apparently joked about former leader…
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A view of the Defender which was locally manufactured Defender at Pune. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) India has announced the local manufacturing of Defender thus bringing down the price of the SUV in the Indian market by upto ₹34 lakh for the fully loaded top-end vehicle. At this price the company expects the sales volume…
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Students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad sought formal mechanisms to protect community dogs. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Allegations of cruelty towards stray dogs and action against students feeding them have triggered a dispute over animal welfare at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H),…