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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into custody early Saturday after a Supreme Court justice said his ankle monitor had been tampered with, prompting fears he might attempt to flee as supporters mobilised nearby, according to AP.Bolsonaro’s detention comes days before he was expected to begin serving a 27-year sentence for allegedly orchestrating a…
Delhi bomber Umar Un Nabi’s recovered mobile phone contained a video where he justified suicide attacks as ‘martyrdom’ or ‘fidayeen’ operations NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the November 10 suicide bombing near Red Fort — which killed 15 people — are still trying to answer three central questions: Where and when did ‘bomber’ Dr Umar Un…
In Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb grimly predicts that once America splits the atom, others will inevitably follow. His prophecy came true. The Soviets, the British, the French, and then the Chinese, all rushed to wield the fire of creation as an instrument of war. India, decades later, joined that fateful…
People protest in the streets of Arusha, Tanzania, on election day (Picture credit: AP) Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, has claimed that around 700 people have been killed in three days of violent election-related protests across the country. As quoted by news agency AFP, Chadema spokesperson John Kitoka said on Friday that “as we speak,…
Apple’s latest share price increase has pushed the company’s market capital above $4 trillion for the first time ever. This milestone follows a recent surge in Apple’s shares, which have climbed 25% over the past three months. The rally appears to be driven by strong sales of the iPhone 17 models, released in September, which…
A 16-year-old boy presented with sudden vision loss, baffling doctors as his eye exams were normal. So what has really gone wrong? The teenage boy was brought in by his mother with complaints of sudden vision loss, the doctor said. The boy said that he could only see light and nothing else. But during the…
Foreign investors pulled Rs 23,885 crore out of Indian equities in September, pushing total outflows for the year so far to Rs 1.58 lakh crore, according to depository data.This marks the third straight month of net selling, following heavy withdrawals of Rs 34,990 crore in August and Rs 17,700 crore in July.Himanshu Srivastava, principal and…
The eruption on Barren Island India’s only active volcano located on the uninhabited Barren Island in Andaman Sea erupted on Sept 20, presenting a visual extravaganza rare for south Asia. The episode was in fact the result of an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 that hit the region two days before the event.Though the eruption was…
