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Let there be light: on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine

The Nobel Laureates for Medicine illuminated how the brain works

7 Oct 2026 1:33 am
Why charging for UPI changes the math

If 100 collected in MDR causes more than 100 of economic value to disappear elsewhere, the payment system ends up better funded and the country poorer

7 Oct 2026 1:17 am
SIR in Delhi: disposals of Form 7 nearly six times those of Form 6

According to the weekly constituency-wise forms disposal report, only 569 Form 6 applications were disposed of between August 31 and Oct. 4

7 Oct 2026 12:59 am
Indian research can shape the world

National laboratories need to be liberated from insularity; the bulk of our national labs are currently poorly accessible to researchers, students and companies outside their walls

7 Oct 2026 12:59 am
Twenty-five years of leadership, an India transformed

Prime Minister Narendra Modis 25 years in leadership reflect Indias transformation and its rising national ambitions

7 Oct 2026 12:36 am
Ladli Behna scheme has turned out to be very expensive, says Madhya Pradesh CM

Last month, a petition was also filed before the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, seeking closure of the scheme while questioning its financial liability on the exchequer and accusing it to be an election-related freebie

7 Oct 2026 12:36 am
The China-U.S. rapprochement

There is no G-2 yet in U.S.-China relations Washington and Beijing may manage their tensions, but their strategic competition remains entrenched

7 Oct 2026 12:33 am
Milk price in Karnataka may go up by 8, but only after Legislative Council polls

The Cabinet is learnt to have discussed the proposal for a revision of fares in State-owned road transport corporations

7 Oct 2026 12:32 am
Break the chain: On leprosy in India

India must focus on cutting transmission of leprosy

7 Oct 2026 12:30 am
Maharashtra Govt approves to increase scholarshipallowance for SC and ST students

Under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Swayam Yojana, the government has approved a revision of allowances for Scheduled Tribe students

7 Oct 2026 12:27 am
Incomplete civic works hit monsoon readiness in some areas across Chennai

Deputy Mayor says alternative monsoon preparedness measures have been proposed in many areas, such as Besant Road, Ganesapuram, Perungudi, and Sholinganallur. Corporation Commissioner G.S. Sameeran says all culverts across 44 canals have been desilted, and end-to-end desilting has been completed in major waterways such as the Kodungaiyur, Padikuppam, and Trust Puram canals

7 Oct 2026 12:22 am
Vellore police hands over missing phones to owners

The cybercrime team had been monitoring the missing mobile phone handsets through their IMEI number at periodical intervals

7 Oct 2026 12:21 am
CM Samrat Choudhary directs officials to submit detailed report on flood damage in Bihar

He instructed that the Disaster Management Department must obtain assessments of flood damage and rehabilitation costs from all relevant departments and submit a report at the earliest.

7 Oct 2026 12:18 am
RPF, Nemili police seize 16 kg of ganja in separate cases; four persons held

The drug peddlers were allegedly selling small quantities of ganja at public places in surrounding villages near Nemili and Arakkonam towns

7 Oct 2026 12:16 am
Burglars decamp with 30 sovereigns of gold, 5 lakh in Ranipet

The rear door of the house was also damaged

7 Oct 2026 12:14 am
T.N. records highest Southwest monsoon temperatures in the last nine years

An analysis by the Regional Meteorological Centre found that the State registered a mean temperature of 29.45C between June and September this year, which is nearly 1.21C above the 2018-25 average

7 Oct 2026 12:13 am
Shree Cement plans 6,700 crore investments in A.P.: Minister

The company plans to expand its operations in Andhra Pradesh, with proposed investments in Kadapa, Palnadu and Anakapalli districts, it is expected to create employment and livelihood opportunities for around 3,000 people, says Industries and Commerce Minister

6 Oct 2026 11:53 pm
Tremors felt across Delhi-NCR as 4.9-magnitude quake hits Uttarakhands Chamoli

According to the National Centre for Seismology the epicentre was located at a depth of 13 km in Chamoli.

6 Oct 2026 11:37 pm
What Dickens understood about revolution and modern politics has forgotten

The collapse of an unjust order does not guarantee that what follows will be more just. Grievance can become vengeance; the crowd that rises against arbitrary power can itself begin to exercise power arbitrarily

6 Oct 2026 11:18 pm
ASHA workers seek 15,000 monthly remuneration

Accredited Social Health Activists affiliated to the All India United Trade Union Centre staged a protest in front of the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officers office in Karwar on Tuesday as part of a State-wide protest week, demanding a minimum monthly remuneration of 15,000 and timely payment of incentives and honorarium

6 Oct 2026 11:11 pm
6 Oct 2026 11:11 pm
Karnataka to have dedicated single-window interface to promote international tech partnerships

Karnataka focused on building sustained relationships rather than pursuing individual investment transactions, says Priyank Kharge

6 Oct 2026 11:10 pm
In 25 years, has Modi made lasting changes?

The question is whether the changes will outlast him and whether he leaves behind a philosophy that will guide the future

6 Oct 2026 11:10 pm
SP decides not a field a third candidate for the Rajya Sabha election

The focus is on the Assembly election, Akhilesh Yadav says, with the party preparing to contest all the Assembly seats

6 Oct 2026 10:53 pm
Ganga Water Treaty is flawed, needs to be updated: Bangladesh river expert

The Ganga Water Treaty is three decades old and flawed as it does not include a guarantee clause. It also does not have ecological flow and environmental flow considerations, Manjur A. Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh River Conservation Commission told The Hindu

6 Oct 2026 10:49 pm
ECI says Opposition MPs Parliament Annexe meet demand could not be accepted

Poll panel says protocol requires meetings with politicaldelegations to be held at its premises; offers to receive memorandum through senior-most officer on duty

6 Oct 2026 10:47 pm
DGP calls for peaceful, transparent, impartial conduct of local body polls

Reviewing a preparedness meeting, Harish Kumar Gupta says officials should complete preparations in advance as the election process would be completed within a short period after notification

6 Oct 2026 10:42 pm
Home Ministry moves out 3 of 5 officers from division hit by bribery allegations

Action comes days after two government officials were apprehended by the Delhi Police for allegedly seeking bribes to process registrations under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act

6 Oct 2026 10:33 pm
Revive launched to improve students academic standards

The government aims to ensure that children do not experience difficulties in studies, Minister for General Education N. Samsudheen says after inaugurating the programme

6 Oct 2026 10:29 pm
Bypolls held in five Assembly seats, one Lok Sabha constituency

Highest voter turnout of 86% in Madurantakam seat; West Bengal CEO got 97 official complaints on polling day; Congress seeks cancellation of W.B. bypolls due to alleged voter intimidation, booth capturing

6 Oct 2026 10:27 pm
The protest that wouldnt end: Inside Rahul Gandhis daylong siege of Akashvani Bhawan

After police appeared to have broken up the Oppositions march against the Election Commission of India, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi improvised by turning the All India Radio campus in the national capital into the unlikely centre of an all-day sit-in that lasted well past sunset

6 Oct 2026 10:26 pm
Analysis: Why NASA wants to build nuclear reactor on the moon

The Artemis Accords, to which the U.S. and its allies vis-a-vis the moon are signatories, envisage temporary safety zones to prevent harmful interference

6 Oct 2026 10:25 pm
Cabinet approves five commissionerates for Bengaluru; former officers express concern

Former senior police officers have questioned whether a civic structure can be directly replicated in policing, arguing that crime, law and order, traffic management and emergency mobilisation do not necessarily follow municipal boundaries

6 Oct 2026 10:15 pm