A health worker sprays disinfectant at the Ebola treatment centre in Bunia General Hospital Ituri, eastern Congo. | Photo Credit: AP Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation. The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo’s most vulnerable…
Former junta chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Myanmar‘s military has launched renewed offensives into several border regions, including a frontier area with critical rare earth deposits and other vital trade routes, a month after a new administration took formal control of the war-torn country. New military chief Ye Win Oo, who…
Today, the Moon is in Leo and is transiting through Magha Nakshatra. This can make you think about your purpose and the people who have shaped your life. Sagittarius natives may feel ready to expand, but the day requires respect before action. What to Do Today Use this day to learn, teach, plan or take…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Traffic Police on Saturday issued a traffic advisory ahead of the India-Afghanistan T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on September 13.Traffic restrictions, diversions and parking rules will be in place in and around the stadium from 1400 hours onwards.The advisory comes at a time when New Delhi is…
A serviceman of the 65th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces walks on a street, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on May 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Russia-controlled part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region was experiencing emergency power blackouts on Friday (May…
ERODE: The 221st death anniversary of freedom fighter and martyr Dheeran Chinnamalai was observed with state honours at his memorial in his native village, Odanilai, in Erode district on Monday. Ministers K A Sengottaiyan, Vijay Balaji, S Kamali, C Vijayalakshmi and Lokesh Tamilselvan, district collector S Kandasamy, superintendent of police Kiran Suruthi and others offered…
‘Mirzapur The Movie’ continued its theatrical run with a steady collection on Day 14. The Pankaj Tripathi-led movie earned Rs 3.75 cr in India net on September 17. The figure was unchanged from the Rs 3.75 cr recorded on Day 13.According to Sacnilk, the movie has now accumulated Rs 203.20 cr in India net collections….
Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother and sisters were reportedly absent from his secret wedding, amid claims they had no warning. Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to keep his wedding to Georgina Rodríguez almost entirely private has raised another question after a Portuguese television presenter claimed that even members of his immediate family may have received virtually no notice that…
A mail-in ballot. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday (August 27, 2026) curbing the use of mail-in ballots, the latest twist in a legal dispute months before November’s midterm elections. Mr. Trump signed an order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting ahead of…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The India-U.K. Double Contributions Convention (DCC), allowing temporary Indian and British workers an exemption from paying social security contributions in their host countries for 60 months, is not retrospective, i.e., it will not apply to Indians already working in the U.K. and Britons working…