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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump reviewed bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies during a phone call and agreed to maintain close engagement

Passengers aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 recounted screams, blood in the cockpit and a sudden dive before the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight made an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday

Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was reportedly stabbed aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 before the aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Israeli media have hailed him as a hero following the incident

Afghanistan says its forces killed 41 fighters and captured 62 during three days of clashes in Nuristan near the Pakistan border. Kabul alleges the fighters entered with Pakistani support, while Islamabad has previously rejected similar claims amid escalating border tensions

India received 759.4 mm of rainfall during the June-September monsoon season, 87.4 per cent of the long period average of 868.6 mm, the IMD said. This year's rainfall was the fourth lowest recorded since 2001

A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a cockpit altercation. Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed the other and allegedly tried to crash the aircraft before passengers and crew intervened

Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone barrage targeting Kyiv and surrounding areas, killing four people, including a child. The strikes hit energy infrastructure and caused power outages as Ukraine prepares for another winter of Russian attacks on its power grid

The Indian Coast Guard evacuated a 26-year-old Indian seafarer from Panama-flagged HT Unite off Goa. In a separate operation, Coast Guard personnel rescued 23 crew from a tilting tanker carrying 9,000 tonnes of palm oil off Odishas Paradip coast

The scheme is targeted to be set up by Financial Year (FY) 2032-33 and has a total project outlay of Rs 1,86,405 crore. This comprises Rs 1,36,378 crore for the development of Intra-State Transmission Systems (InSTS) under GEC-III and Rs 50,000 crore for 50 GWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems

Zelenskyy's disclosure during his UN speech last week of the transfer of the captured soldiers has stunned South Korea and drawn strong protests. Seoul called on Kyiv to apologise and explain the violation of what it said was a nondisclosure agreement about the transfer

A major blast and fire were reported at MRPLs refinery in Mangaluru, Karnataka. Two people were seriously injured, while six others suffered minor injuries. The fire was brought under control, with the exact cause and extent of damage still being assessed

A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting an emergency signal, including a 7500 hijack code. A hijack was later ruled out, while Israeli security sources reportedly linked the alert to an altercation between the pilots

An Indian sailor was among five crew members killed by pirates aboard the hijacked fuel tanker MT Honour 25 off Somalia. Puntland forces retook the vessel, arrested 16 suspected pirates and rescued surviving crew members after the deadly attack

The meeting brought together Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and leaders of several other opposition parties

The US is completing its military withdrawal from Iraq on September 30, ending a 12-year anti-ISIS mission. Remaining forces are relocating to Jordan as Iraq strengthens state control and addresses the role of armed militias

According to the Indian Coast Guard, its units detected and tracked the suspicious vessel before launching a hot pursuit and boarding it. Five Pakistani crew members were apprehended during the operation

The order, titled Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, requires federal departments and agencies to use Super Intelligence and SI in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports and administrative policy documents

Mohan Bhagwat said development was taking place across the country but stressed that the gap between the most developed and least developed sections should be reduced

The police have filed a non-cognisable report (NCR) against Verma based on a complaint filed by the man, Sahib Singh, under Section 115 of the BNS about voluntarily causing hurt

Gupta attributed the launch of these projects to the power of a double-engine government

Furthermore, laboratory experiments demonstrate that Earths methane-producing microbes can survive in simulated Enceladus ocean conditions, enhancing its promise as a habitable world

The panel had earlier this year noted that the experience of higher education has been found to be marked by deep-rooted social discrimination, gender discrimination, rampant sexual harassment, hostel curfews and moral policing, caste-based humiliation and discrimination in terms of admission, grading, language gaps, and faculty attention

The CWC also demanded the immediate restoration of the 13.3 crore names removed from the electoral rolls.

Ghalibaf emphasised that regional infrastructure will not be safe unless Irans security is guaranteed, stating: In a region where we do not sell oil, no one else will sell oil either

At their meeting here, they discussed multilateralism, India-UN cooperation, and geopolitical developments, including the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East, Guterres' Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said

Trump later suggested that payments could go directly to people living near the facilities

Jharna Mistry, wife of co-accused Sanjay Mistry, was arrested from Ghoshpara in Santoshpur in South 24 Parganas district

The dual-chamber system uses two small devices placed in different chambers of the heart that communicate wirelessly to coordinate the heart's rhythm

At the same time, the court has kept open for further consideration the larger legal issue concerning edited or clipped lecture videos

Health officials reported another person died from injuries sustained during the attack

Highly resistant to environmental interference, the clock can detect gravitational time shifts across millimetre height differences, paving the way for redefining the second

This city, spinning madly on its axis, will lend an ear, understand and may empathise too, if a protest has respect at the heart of it

Why an International Emmy nomination for Sony LIV series, Real Kashmir Football Club, feels like victory of another kind

Jarange claimed that the Maratha community was close to achieving its reservation demand but alleged that leaders of the ruling parties were working to derail the movement

The incident took place at around 7.30 pm at Sewa-III hydroelectric power project located at Mashka village in Basohli, near the border with Himachal Pradesh, the officials said

A 61-year-old teacher was fatally stabbed at an elementary school in northwestern Slovakia, authorities said. A pupil and another female teacher were also injured, with the pupil in critical condition and the teacher hospitalised with serious injuries

Housing protesters continued their encampment in Madrids Puerta del Sol as pressure mounted on Spains government to address rising rents and a housing shortage. The protests followed the eviction of an 87-year-old tenant and have spread to cities across Spain

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has warned of a possible major food crisis in the coming months, citing disrupted grain shipments, fertiliser shortages and energy pressures linked to global conflicts. He said the combined strain on food, fuel, fertiliser and finance is hitting Global South economies hard

Estonian authorities say Russian security services commissioned an arson attack on Milrem Robotics, a defence company supplying unmanned military vehicles to Ukraine. Russia has rejected the allegation, calling Estonias claims unfounded

India is in talks with China to use the Hotan route in Xinjiang for commercial flights to western countries, as the continued closure of Pakistani airspace has increased travel time and costs for airlines

Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman has invited UAE Vice-President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Saudi Arabia for a brotherly visit as Riyadh faces continued Houthi attacks and seeks support from regional and international allies

Heavy rainfall from Hurricane Polo is expected to hit Baja California Sur and southern and central Sonora on Tuesday, with life-threatening flooding and mudslides possible, particularly in areas of steep terrain

The journalist is a prince who had long been employed as a broadcaster and editor with Uganda Broadcasting Corp. He picked the regnal name of Edward Rukidi Nyabongo. He performed rituals overnight, was ushered into the palace and will be formally unveiled to his followers later on Tuesday

A major fire broke out at the Bank of India building on busy Laxmi Road in Pune on Tuesday afternoon. Seven fire tenders were deployed to bring the blaze under control, while no casualties or injuries were reported so far

Seventeen passengers were injured after a Delhi-Lucknow bus overturned on the Ganga Expressway in Hardois Bilgram area early Tuesday. The injured were taken to a community health centre, while two seriously injured passengers were referred to the district hospital

India and the US discussed expanding defence cooperation, Indo-Pacific security and military interoperability. Talks between senior defence officials followed Yudh Abhyas 2026, highlighting joint training, defence technology and stronger military-to-military engagement

You're dealing with China, you're dealing with Russia, with Ukraine, with other parts of Asia or with Europe, he told Daniel Russel, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who was in conversation with him at the event

The FBI said Goldy Brar is wanted for his alleged role in the Lawrence Bishnoi organised crime group, which US authorities have linked to killings, extortion and drug trafficking in the United States and Canada

Vijay Kumar, Secretary of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, visited the project site at Varor on Monday to assess ground-level progress, review ongoing workstreams and interact with key stakeholders involved in the development, according to a release issued by the district administration

The questions came during a White House event on a proposed steel investment in Iowa