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Literature festivals should become spaces to celebrate free speech, say speakers

The White House released a list of appointed members to the founding Executive Board of the Board of Peace

The quake was recorded at 1:22 a.m. with its epicentre about 55 km north northeast (NNE) from Khavda in the district, says the Gandhinagar-based ISR

The report clearly says that the alleged remark by Atishi was found matching frame by frame in the video clip, and it was original and there was no tampering involved, says Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta

Discussions on influential personalities, issues of contemporary relevance, translations and more seen on day 1 of The Hindu Lit for Life 2026 in Chennai.

Senegal's players travelled by train from Tangier to Rabat on Friday, but found what the federation said was a clear lack of adequate security measures upon their arrival

According to police official, Russian national Aleksei Leonov allegedly killed his friend Elena Vaneeva (37) in her room at Morjim on January 14 by slitting her neck with a knife

As Telangana prepares for the biennial Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara, one of the worlds largest indigenous spiritual gatherings, the sacred heart of Medaram village has turned into a vast worksite. The redevelopment is designed to accommodate more devotees at the worship altar.Serish Nanisettireports on a transformation unfolding at an unprecedented scale

Fraudsters use every second, pushing funds through layers of mule accounts spread across multiple banks, while investigators must track all transactions and alert each bank individually; this has to be done manually, unable to match the speed at which the funds disperse

According to police, the attack occurred on Friday evening. Police said there were multiple issues between the neighbours that led to the incident

It helped the Sixers to a five-wicket win at the Sydney Cricket Ground and stole the limelight from long-time Australia teammate Warner, who whacked an unbeaten 110 off 65 balls to set Smiths side 190 to win

SpaceX, which owns Starlink, made the satellite service free for Iranians this week, placing Musks space company at the center of another geopolitical hot spot

The protesters urged the Special Task Force (STF), which is probing the case, to expedite the investigation and ensure stringent action against the guilty

The H200, Nvidias second most powerful AI chip, is one of the biggest flashpoints in current U.S.-Sino relations

The SAD appealed to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to issue necessary directions to ensure the security of Majithia, a former Minister, saying it had no faith in the AAP government to take effective steps in this regard

OpenAI announced Friday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks

Discussions on influential personalities, issues of contemporary relevance, translations and more to animate The Hindu Lit for Life 2026

At the plenary session, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs also signed MoU with the ICMRRegional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, to set up Indias first National Tribal Health Observatory, to be known as the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory.

The first major of the year gets under way as a 15-day event for the third time running, aimed at cutting down on late-night finishes

IMD reported a slight improvement in minimum temperature, which stood at 7C on January 17 morning, compared to 4C recorded on January 16

The Federal Aviation Administration posted a series of messages cautioning about a potentially hazardous situation, citing the chance for interference to the Global Navigation Satellite System

How do you fund public goods when the most mobile people benefit the most from systems they no longer feel tied to?

Application forms are available for downloading from the partys official Facebook page. They should be submitted, duly filled, along with a non-refundable demand draft of 3,000 drawn in favour of the party.

The students, from a private engineering college in Thrissur district, were reportedly on their way to the Vizhinjam port as part of a study tour. There were around 42 students in the bus.

Thousands of people have been observing the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers enforcing the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area since early December

The scene unfolded after a U.S. immigration officer shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, sparking unrest and national debate over immigration enforcement

Harsh repression that has left several thousand people dead appears to have succeeded in stifling demonstrations that began December 28 over Iran's ailing economy and morphed into protests directly challenging the country's theocracy

Recent proposed changes threaten to aggravate the situation by removing protections

The agency found that several individuals arranged forged and fabricated KYC documents, false rent agreements, and other fabricated supporting documents used for opening these accounts.

Venezuelan Opposition leader Mara Corina Machado says shes confident of her countrys eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicols Maduro

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Two factions of Nepali Congress, the countrys oldest party, submitted competing claims to legitimacy, forcing the Election Commission to recognise one camp ahead of the deadline for filing nominations for direct polls; amid Nepals shifting political landscape, the EC decides who gets to contest

Regardless of what may happen to the medal, the diploma, or the prize money, it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize, the award body said

The RBI will establish the Centralised Receipt and Processing Centre at one or more places, as may be decided by it, to receive the complaints filed underthe Scheme and process them

This is the third temple inaugurated by the Chief Minister; BJP says Mamata Banerjee is trying to influence Hindu voters

The Amphibian Multipurpose Dredger, sourced from Finland, can be deployed for dredging, raking, piling, sludge removal, and aquatic weed clearance

The two batters put on 105 off 66 balls for the fifth wicket after Giants reduce the Bengaluru outfit to 43 for four; the off-spinner claims five while pacer Bell chips in with a three-wicket haul for the winning side

Former Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung raises questions over denial of bail to activist Umar Khalid in 2020 Delhi riots case while RSS leader Ramlal refutes allegations of a particular section of society that the RSS only supports BJP

Plying of BS-III petrol, BS-IV diesel four-wheelers prohibited; schools to shiftto hybrid mode till Class 5; comprehensive plan being developed to tackle pollution, says CM; mist spraying at 62 hotspots: Sirsa