Manila, 10/10: An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday, the country’s seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to evacuate to higher ground. The Phivolcs agency warned of damage and aftershocks from the strong offshore quake, which struck in…
New Delhi, 9/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called United States President Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on the success of his peace plan to end the conflict in Gaza. Modi also congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel over the phone. “Spoke to my friend, President Trump, and congratulated him on the success…
Stockholm, 9/10: Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art” “Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised…
Patna, 9/10: Poll strategist-turned-politician and Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Thursday released the list of 51 candidates who will contest the Bihar Assembly elections as his party’s nominees. PK, as Kishor is fondly known, will not contest from any of the constituencies. “I have to keep working round the clock for all the…
Patna, 9/10: As Bihar gears up for Assembly Elections, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday announced that the party will bring an act where every family in the state will have a member with a government job, if his party comes to power. The Act will be brought within “20 days of formation of the…
Mumbai, 9/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the Israel-Hamas peace deal saying that it would bring respite to the people of Gaza and pave way for a lasting peace. Modi’s statement comes close on the heels of the announcement by United States President Donald Trump about the US-proposed Gaza peace deal. PM Modi also…
Bengaluru, 9/10: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge charged on Wednesday that there was no respect for Dalit citizens – be it an ordinary person or someone holding a high position – under the Modi administration. Kharge said this at a news conference, his first after being hospitalised for a pacemaker implantation. The Congress veteran was referring…
New Delhi, 8/10: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is back at the centre of a social media storm with a tourism campaign for Abu Dhabi in which she is seen wearing a hijab as she walks through the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Deepika, who appears in the ad with her husband and fellow actor Ranveer Singh,…
Kabul, 8/10: Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister left for New Delhi on Wednesday, his ministry said, in what would be the first visit to India by a Taliban leader since the group seized power in 2021. The trip highlights Taliban efforts to expand engagement with regional powers in a quest for economic ties and eventual diplomatic…
Bengaluru, ,8/10: Former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao was bashed online after he expressed admiration towards lawyer Rakesh Kishore who hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gawai. Rao, a BJP leader, later said sorry when his admiration tweet went viral, earning the wrath of netizens. Even if it is legally & terribly…
