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Nepals former PM Deuba returns after over five months abroad for treatment

Mr. Deuba and his wife, former Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, were seriously injured during violent protests on September 9, 2025, when anti-government demonstrations led by the Gen Z movement swept across Nepal and resulted in the fall of the K.P. Sharma Oli government

14 Aug 2026 2:04 am
India, Bangladesh in talks for an early bilateral visit by PM Rahman to New Delhi

Diplomatic sources expressed cautious optimism, saying that 'positive developments' can take place quickly in the coming few days

13 Aug 2026 11:53 pm
Gautam Rangarajan, former Indian diplomats son and BBC exec appointed U.K. PMs Adviser

Mr. Rangarajan has over three decades of experience at the BBC, including as Group Director, Strategy and Performance

13 Aug 2026 10:49 pm
No progress on reviving peace deal with U.S.: Iran

The U.S. accuses Iran of failing to honour an agreement under the deal to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route

13 Aug 2026 10:20 pm
Ukraines drones hit a major Russian oil refinery, sparking fire

Ukraines General Staff said that its forces struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refining and petrochemical complex in Russias republic of Bashkortostan overnight, causing a fire at the facility

13 Aug 2026 10:11 pm
Turkiye lays out plans for defence pact with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

The three Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, alarmed by a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters, signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on August 7

13 Aug 2026 10:00 pm
Chinese incursion: Arunachal students body plans to hoist national flag at frontier village on I-Day

The All Arunachal Pradesh Students Unions assessment trip to Taksing follows a regional partys claim that the PLA has occupied a border patrolling point abandoned by the Indian Army in 2023

13 Aug 2026 8:28 pm
Body of Pakistani climber recovered from Broad Peak 2 weeks after avalanche killed 10

The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi had been missing since July 30, when a 10-member international expedition led by renowned climber Nirmal Purja lost contact with base camp

13 Aug 2026 7:06 pm
Russia holding 'productive' talks with countries including India for cooperation in Arctic region

The Arctic region is considered to be above 66 degrees north latitude, which, together with the Antarctic region, represents nearly 90% of the ice sheet of the planet and stores 70% of fresh water source

13 Aug 2026 6:58 pm
Singapores Indian-origin opposition MP struck off as lawyer over case of lying in Parliament

The striking-off was handed to the 50-year-old Indian-origin politician by the Court of Three Judges, the city-state's highest disciplinary body for the legal profession

13 Aug 2026 4:56 pm
Lebanon abolishes death penalty: Where does capital punishment still exist?

Lebanons move reflects a broader global shift away from capital punishment.

13 Aug 2026 4:36 pm
Britain poised for record hot summer as western Europe swelters under another heat wave

Forecasters are predicting the mercury to rise as high as 38 Celsius in central and southeast England, falling just short of the August record of 38.5 C, set in 2003

13 Aug 2026 4:33 pm
Putin pays his first visit to Pacific island chain claimed by Japan, drawing protest from Tokyo

Putin visited a fish plant, a hospital and a school on Iturup, one of the chain's southernmost islands

13 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Who is Karoline Leavitt, Trumpsmosttrusted aideset to step down fromWhiteHouse?

Karoline Leavitt, 28, became the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary when she assumed office last year

13 Aug 2026 3:12 pm
Canadian wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee may signal 'new normal'

The Bald Range wildfire erupted on August 7 near Summerland, a community of about 12,000 in British Columbia's Okanagan region

13 Aug 2026 2:27 pm
Jharkhand protest: Agitating students accuse govt. of withholding health details of Devendra Mahto to weaken stir

Mahto is undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, and he had written to the Ranchi civil surgeon on Wednesday, August 13 night, seeking permission to return to the protest site at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium.

13 Aug 2026 1:38 pm
How India climbed up the Commonwealth ranks

Indias medal share rose from 0.5% in 1934 to a peak of 12.2% in 2010, and stood at 5.8% in Glasgow, where it finished fourth despite a pared-down programme

13 Aug 2026 1:36 pm
U.S. ambassador to Israel denounces settler siege on Palestinians as terror

The remarks are especially striking from Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Jewish settlement in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, and rejected the idea of a Palestinian state.

13 Aug 2026 1:12 pm
Supreme Court asks government to consider plea flagging high-risk AI in public welfare

The petition sought a direction to the Centre to disclose all existing and proposed high-risk AI systems used by Union ministries/agencies, including their legal basis, vendors, purpose, data use, safeguards, grievance mechanisms and audit status

13 Aug 2026 12:33 pm
Agoda Launches AI-Powered Room Grid Bot to Help Travelers Decide Which Room to Book

Agoda Launches AI-Powered Room Grid Bot to Help Travelers Decide Which Room to Book

13 Aug 2026 10:30 am
Rape survivors dont need court approval to terminate pregnancies up to 24 weeks: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The High Court cited a verdict its Division Bench in Jabalpur had earlier delivered, clarifying that under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, survivors of sexual assault, rape, or incest, with pregnancies up to 24 weeks, who want to undergo an abortion do not require judicial proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution

13 Aug 2026 10:28 am
Why was Syrias former President sentenced to death | Explained

The judicial proceedings against the Assad brothers and their loyalists were the results of the efforts by the NCTJ to investigate serious human right abuses during the previous regime and hold those responsible to account

13 Aug 2026 10:15 am
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 19 LIVE: Amit Shah ready to 'answer all questions'; Opposition slams 'undemocratic' time limit

Scheduled to end on Thursday, the Monsoon Session of Parliament has seen little business (with no Question Hour and several Bills being passed amid disruptions) as the Opposition demanded Amit Shah's response to the use of police excess on protestors

13 Aug 2026 9:54 am
Indian teenager charged with murdering mother, younger brother in Massachusetts

he subsequent investigation indicates that Arjun had recently been demonstrating concerning behaviour, a statement by the Middlesex County District Attorneys Office said

13 Aug 2026 9:49 am
Sobot Upgrades its AI Agents, Moving from Answers to Results

Sobot Upgrades its AI Agents, Moving from Answers to Results

13 Aug 2026 8:30 am
Bills for delimitation of Kolkata and Howrah municipal corporation passed in West Bengal Assembly

After the passage of the bills, the number of wards in Kolkata Municipal Corporation will increase from 144 to 209 and wards in the Howrah Municipal Corporation will increase from 50 to 68

13 Aug 2026 8:25 am
Student wounded, young suspect in custody after shooting at Georgia high school

The injured student was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries

13 Aug 2026 8:24 am
Morocco beefs up security at Ceuta and Melilla borders after online calls for new crossings

Spains Defense Minister Margarita Robles said it was everyone's responsibility to deal with those who are directing these movements, including through social media

13 Aug 2026 8:06 am
West Asia war LIVE: Trump 'low-key' bets on economic pressure against Iran

'Were only semi-negotiating with them; we are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money', said U.S. President Donald Trump

13 Aug 2026 6:32 am
What we can learn from nature switching off human genes

Knockout genes, where a person has a loss-of-function variant that has disrupted both copies, identified on a mass scale in a recent Pakistani study, offer researchers the opportunity to study whether the absence causes disease, is beneficial, or produces no effect

13 Aug 2026 3:26 am
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, youngest person to hold role, to leave at months end

U.S. President Donald Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be leaving the administration at the end of the month to spend time with her young family

13 Aug 2026 2:58 am
Delhi High Court seeks clarity over Metas policy on access to Rights Manager

The direction comes after concerns were raised that fraudulent actors have allegedly exploited the platforms copyright-protection mechanism to target original content

13 Aug 2026 2:26 am
Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem to skip Diamond League meet in Lausanne

Arshads long-time coach, Salman Butt, said the javelin thrower was presently training in Lahore but would soon leave for South Africa, where he will train for a few weeks under his coach, Terseus Liebenberg, and local trainers

13 Aug 2026 2:25 am
Chelsea sign defender Chavarria from Rayo Vallecano on five-year contract

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but British media reported that Chelsea had paid an initial 16.3 million ($22.02 million) with a further 1.7 million in add-ons for the 28-year-old

13 Aug 2026 2:21 am
Indian fencing team secures five more medals at Commonwealth championships

Dominating the field in senior womens foil, senior mens epee, and senior mens sabre, Team Indias stellar day three performance brought the nations overall combined medal count to an extraordinary 29 medals comprising 8 Gold, 7 Silver, and 14 Bronze

13 Aug 2026 2:11 am
A timely reset for the Food Security Act

The proposed amendment offers an opportunity to preserve the 35 kg AAY entitlement, assess the needs of larger households, and finance a gradual transition toward more diverse and nutritious diets

13 Aug 2026 2:02 am
Military transformation, intellectual leadership

Indias military reform must be driven by deeper intellectual engagement

13 Aug 2026 2:00 am
13 Aug 2026 1:59 am
Lost flair: On India and its Test cricket

India is no longer at its best in Test cricket

13 Aug 2026 1:53 am
Budkowski replaces Lowdon as Cadillac F1 team principal

Budkowski, a 49-year-old Polish-French engineer, has held positions at a number of teams including Ferrari and McLaren as well as the governing FIA

13 Aug 2026 1:25 am
DDA clears Master Plan for Delhi-2047

Authority extends horizon year from 2041 to 2047 to align with the national Viksit Bharat 2047 vision; new plan will now be sent to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for final approval and notification; earlier plan remained pending with the Centre for more than three years

13 Aug 2026 1:19 am
A blockbuster $12.5B deal as Josh Kushner and Bob Iger agree to buy the Lakers, AP source says

The Lakers were valued last year at $10 billion a record for a pro sports team when Mark Walter purchased a controlling stake from the Buss family, which had owned the team since 1979

13 Aug 2026 1:19 am
England scraps midnight curfew on mens cricket team under new captain Joe Root

The restriction was put in place by England managing director Rob Key after controversial late-night incidents on the winter tours of New Zealand and Australia

13 Aug 2026 1:14 am