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October 16, 2025

Operation Sindoor is a glowing testimony to India’s growing indigenous prowess: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday described Operation Sindoor as a “glowing testimony to India’s growing indigenous prowess,” crediting the government’s unwavering efforts to build a ...

October 16, 2025

Prayed for well-being of Indians, says PM Modi after puja at Srisailam temple 

After the darshan at the famous Srisailam temple in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyal district on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he prayed for the well-being of all Indians. "Prayed at the Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam at Srisailam....

October 16, 2025

Odisha leading in women empowerment: Bibhuti Jena, highlights women empowerment schemes

Odisha Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena highlighted various government initiatives aimed at empowering women. He said that Odisha has emerged as the leading state under the "Lakhpati Didi" initiative. "More than one crore women are receiving benefits under the Su...

October 15, 2025

Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused

Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail th...

October 15, 2025

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts, spewing ash 10 km into the sky

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Wednesday, shooting volcanic ash 10 km (6.2 miles) into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said, forcing authorities to raise the alert system to its highest level. Located in East Nusa Tenggara province,...

October 15, 2025

Gaza needs massive boost in emergency aid after ceasefire, UN relief chief says

The United Nations is seeking a dramatic boost in humanitarian aid for Gaza, saying the hundreds of relief trucks cleared to enter the devastated enclave under a ceasefire were nowhere near the thousands needed to ease a humanitarian disaster. Tom Fletcher, t...

October 15, 2025

Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused

Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail th...

October 15, 2025

Gaza needs massive boost in emergency aid after ceasefire, UN relief chief says

The United Nations is seeking a dramatic boost in humanitarian aid for Gaza, saying the hundreds of relief trucks cleared to enter the devastated enclave under a ceasefire were nowhere near the thousands needed to ease a humanitarian disaster. Tom Fletcher, t...

October 15, 2025

US military tells Hamas to stop violence against Gaza civilians, disarm ‘without delay’

The U.S. military's Middle East command on Wednesday called on Hamas to stop its violence against civilians in Gaza and disarm "without delay" as the militant group reasserts itself by deploying security forces and executing those it deems collaborators with I...

October 13, 2025

Ex-French President Sarkozy’s 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 electi...

October 8, 2025

EU’s plan to phase out Russian energy clears first political hurdle

European Union countries' ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to move ahead with the bloc's plan to end Russian oil and gas imports by 2028, EU diplomats said, clearing the law's first political hurdle before governments vote on it later this month. The EU is neg...

October 8, 2025

Italy’s Meloni says she has been reported to ICC for complicity in genocide

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that she and two of her ministers had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide in connection with Israel's offensive in Gaza. Speaking in an interview with state...

October 15, 2025

Hegseth warns Moscow US will ‘impose costs’ if Ukraine war does not end

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if the war in Ukraine does not come to ...

October 15, 2025

US military tells Hamas to stop violence against Gaza civilians, disarm ‘without delay’

The U.S. military's Middle East command on Wednesday called on Hamas to stop its violence against civilians in Gaza and disarm "without delay" as the militant group reasserts itself by deploying security forces and executing those it deems collaborators with I...

October 13, 2025

Trump urges Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, during an address to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem. During a more than one-hour speech, Trump said: ...

October 15, 2025

MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh arrives in Kampala for Non-Aligned Movement ministerial meeting

Minister of State for External Affairs and Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh, has arrived in Uganda's capital Kampala, to lead the Indian delegation at the 19th Mid-Term Ministerial Meeting of the Non-...

August 14, 2025

Ethiopian fossils reveal new species in human evolutionary lineage

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to which our...

August 3, 2025

Trump reaffirms support for Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara

U.S. President Donald Trump has reaffirmed support for Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, saying a Moroccan autonomy plan for the territory was the sole solution to the disputed region, state news agency MAP said on Saturday. The long-frozen conflict ...

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October 12, 2025 | American Cinema

US actress Diane Keaton, star of 'Annie Hall,' dies at 79

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October 11, 2025 | app stores

European Commission reviews child safety on Snapchat, YouTube...

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October 10, 2025 | relics of Buddha

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