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Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right candidate to succeed President Emmanuel Macron, kicked off her campaign on Sunday (October 25, 2026) vowing to “restore the rule of law” if elected next year. Ms. Le Pen, the frontrunner in the polls, seems to be benefiting from the convulsions France has been going through for weeks, which has…
R. Veeramani, founder of ‘Gem Granites’ | Photo Credit: Special Arranngement State Public Prosecutor R. John Sathyan on Monday (October 26, 2026) told the Madras High Court that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) shall file the charge sheet soon in a case booked against 84-year-old R. Veeramani of ‘Gem Granites’ and others under the Protection…
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File photo of Ali Bagheri Kani, Deputy Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Iranian official said on Monday (October 26, 2026) that senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan will visit Tehran for talks over regional security, without specifying when the meeting would take place. “As agreed, Saudi…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP A San Francisco-based company named Marathon Fusion announced on October 21 that it had ‘converted’ mercury into gold in an experiment in September and that it had achieved a production rate tenfold greater than a record reported by CERN in 2025. The company has also…
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The Keralam Assembly building (file) | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Keralam Assembly on Monday witnessed a heated exchange between Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan after Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan denied permission to Mr. Vijayan’s submission on the constitutional issues arising from former Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s recommendation to the…
Canva has unveiled Canva Craft, its first image-generation foundation model developed and trained from scratch by its in-house AI research unit, as the design platform seeks to strengthen its artificial intelligence capabilities. Photo: https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/canva-craft/ Canva has unveiled Canva Craft, its first image-generation foundation model developed and trained from scratch by its in-house AI research unit,…
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file image | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah In the wake of recurring wild elephant attacks and mounting safety threats at the Plantation Corporation’s Perambra Estate at Chakkittapara in Kozhikode district of Keralam, local people’s representatives and authorities have stepped in with a series of urgent preventive measures. Following a recent incident where a woman…
In this image from a video released by Phuket province’s Public Relations Department, an official walks at the site of a mudslide after flash flooding in Phuket, Thailand, on October 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Flash floods on Monday (October 26, 2026) inundated several areas of the island of Phuket in Thailand, one of…
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The increasing prices of rice is giving a boost to paddy farmers’ income in Telangana with many of them choosing to sell the harvest in open markets for around ₹3,000-₹3,500 per quintal of fresh harvest of fine rice, against around ₹2,450 of MSP & ₹500 bonus (for fine rice). Besides, farmers are getting pre-booking orders…
The United States has pressed Ukraine to suspend strikes on Russian oil refineries, which it argues have added to high energy prices, a sensitive issue for the Trump administration amid its war on Iran, as midterm elections approach next month. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Russian strike on Ukraine’s south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia injured…
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