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Gaurav Gogoi Urges External Affairs Ministry to Trace and Repatriate Two Assam Women Pushed into Bangladesh
Congress Member of Parliament Gaurav Gogoi has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar requesting urgent intervention to trace and bring back two women…
Congress Appoints Pargat Singh as Punjab Unit Chief Following Resignation of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring
The All India Congress Committee on Oct. 2, 2026, appointed MLA and former Indian men's hockey team captain Pargat Singh as the new president…
UAE Prosecutors Label Flight Attack by Flydubai Co-Pilot an Attempted Terrorist Act
United Arab Emirates authorities have formally classified a cockpit assault aboard a Flydubai flight to Israel as an attempted terrorist attack, state media reported…
Bosnia‑Herzegovina’s Post‑War Constitution Entrenches Ethnic Power‑Sharing Amid Ongoing Political Gridlock
Bosnia‑Herzegovina is governed by a constitutional framework established after the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, more than three decades after the Bosnian war ended. The…
Canadian Labour Unions Challenge Proposed Federal Intervention Powers in Bill C-39
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposed economic reform package, intended to accelerate major project approvals and reduce economic reliance on the United States, has…
BRICS Reasserts Fossil Fuel Role as Developing Nations Highlight Historical Carbon Debt Ahead of COP31
Developing nations have reasserted that fossil fuels must remain a critical part of their energy mix, citing historical carbon debt and the necessity of…
DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Death Toll Surpasses 4,000 as Security Crisis Impedes Containment
The death toll from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has passed 4,000, according to government figures released on Friday, Oct. 2,…
Tennessee Pauses Executions After Christa Pike Survives Botched Lethal Injection
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in critical condition and receiving life-saving care at a hospital after surviving two lethal injection attempts on…
Latvian Parliamentary Election Focuses on Baltic Security and Russian Threats
Latvian voters will head to the polls on October 3 to elect a new parliament as security concerns surrounding Russia and Belarus dominate the…
Union Government Sanctions ₹1,175 Crore for Six-Lane Teesta River Bridge in West Bengal
The Central government has approved ₹1,175 crore for the construction of a six-lane bridge across the River Teesta in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, aiming…
Gujarat Compulsorily Retires IAS Officers K Rajesh and Gaurav Dahiya
The Gujarat government compulsorily retired two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, K Rajesh and Gaurav Dahiya, following extensive inquiries into alleged corruption, financial irregularities,…
Andhra Pradesh Has Spent ₹76,000 Crore on Welfare Pensions So Far, Says Chief Minister Naidu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced on Thursday that the state government has spent ₹76,000 crore on welfare pensions to provide economic…
Netanyahu Leverages Flydubai Flight Incident in Campaign as Israeli Elections Approach
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has incorporated an apparent attempted hijacking aboard a Flydubai flight into his political campaign, seeking to restore his standing…
Anthropic Disruption of Malaysia Influence Campaign Highlights AI Disinformation Risks in Southeast Asia
Artificial intelligence developers and digital research experts are warning that generative AI tools threaten to accelerate political disinformation campaigns across Southeast Asia, following the…
INDIA Bloc Announces Nationwide Campaign Against Election Commission and Special Revision Process
Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc announced on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, that they will launch a nationwide campaign starting Friday, October 2, 2026,…
Ireland to Boycott Eurovision Again Over Israel's Participation as Organizers Update Rules
Ireland has confirmed it will boycott the Eurovision Song Contest for a second consecutive year, citing Israel's continued participation in the contest amid the…
Meta Expands Muse AI Portfolio With New Charm Device, Enterprise Platform and Mac App
Meta Platforms announced several extensions to its Muse AI agent in the weeks following its initial launch. The company introduced a Tamagotchi‑style “Muse Charm”…
UN Secretary‑General António Guterres to Step Down After Ten‑Year Tenure, Legacy Deemed Mixed
António Guterres announced he will leave office at the end of his second term, concluding a decade‑long stint as the United Nations chief. The…
Supreme Court Calls 10‑Times Cancer Drug Markup “Carnage,” Seeks Uniform 16% Medicine Margin
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday denounced a tenfold markup on a cancer medication sold by hospitals and urged the government to impose…
Ethiopia’s Tigray Offensive Signals Return to Full‑Scale War
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s federal government intensified air and drone strikes over the Tigray region throughout August and September, reviving a level of fighting…
NASA Announces Live Coverage Schedule for SpaceX Crew‑13 Launch to ISS
NASA will stream live video and audio of prelaunch, launch and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission to the International Space Station.…
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi Challenges CCB Fraud Investigation in Madras High Court Over Sanction Validity
Former Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has petitioned the Madras High Court to quash a First Information Report registered against him…
17 Tribal Habitations Submerged in Andhra Pradesh as Godavari Nears First Flood Warning
Seventeen tribal habitations in Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram district were submerged on Monday, September 28, 2026, as the Godavari River surged toward its first flood…
Madras High Court Dismisses FSSAI Review of Micro‑Nano Plastic Label Order
The Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) seeking a review of its…