POLITICS
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Nov- 2025 -9 November
India to host Global AI Summit 2026, shaping ethical and human-centric AI: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will host the Global AI Summit in February 2026, highlighting the country’s efforts to develop an ethical and human-centric AI framework under the Rs 10,000-crore India AI Mission to balance innovation with safety New Delhi: India is shaping a global framework for ethical and human-centric artificial intelligence (AI), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, mentioning that the upcoming AI Governance Framework will be a major step in this direction, aiming to develop innovation and safety together. PM Modi announced that India will host the ‘Global AI Summit’ in February 2026, which will accelerate efforts towards inclusive, ethical, and human-centric AI. The Prime Minister emphasised the need to understand the transformative power of science…
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9 November
18 dead, six injured as tempo traveller rams parked trailer in Jodhpur
A devastating road accident in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district claimed 18 lives and injured six others when a tempo traveller carrying pilgrims from the Kolayat fair collided with a stationary trailer near Matoda in Phalodi. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma expressed deep condolences while directing officials to ensure medical aid. Jaipur: At least 18 people were killed and around six others injured when a tempo traveller carrying passengers rammed into a stationary trailer truck in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district on Sunday, the police said. The tragic incident occurred near the Matoda area in the Phalodi subdivision, around 160 km from Jodhpur city, when the vehicle returning from Kolayat in Bikaner collided with a trailer parked by the roadside. According to police, the tempo…
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9 November
JDU candidate Anant Singh arrested in Dularchand Yadav murder case
JDU candidate and former Mokama MLA Anant Singh was arrested in connection with the murder of Dularchand Yadav, a Jan Suraj supporter. The high-profile arrest, days ahead of polling, has heightened political tensions in Bihar’s Mokama constituency Patna: Bihar’s political temperature surged on Sunday after Janata Dal (United) candidate and former Mokama MLA Anant Singh was arrested in connection with the Dularchand Yadav murder case on Sunday morning. Senior Superintendent of Police of Patna Kartikeya K Sharma reached Mokama with a large police contingent and arrested Singh from his Barh residence around 12.30 a.m. while he was reportedly asleep. He was brought to Patna and produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate at about 2 a.m., following which he was remanded to…
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9 November
‘Vibe coding’ emerges as UK’s Word of the Year in nod to accessible AI
‘Vibe coding,’ coined by AI expert Andrej Karpathy to describe creating software through natural language, was named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2025. The term highlights AI’s accessibility and impact, alongside trending words like glaze, aura farming, and biohacking London: Vibe coding, or an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using AI, was named as the Word of the Year by ‘Collins Dictionary’ in a nod to the proliferation and accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy, former director of AI at Tesla and a founding engineer at OpenAI, to describe how AI can enable someone to create a new app while being able to “forget that…
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9 November
Pakistani airstrike in Balochistan injures nine civilians, says rights body
A Pakistani airstrike in Balochistan’s Chiltan Hills injured nine civilians, a rights group said, alleging an attempt to conceal the incident. The organisation urged the UN to investigate what it called part of a recurring pattern of indiscriminate military operations. Quetta: At least nine Baloch civilians were injured after Pakistani military forces carried out an aerial attack on the Chiltan Hills in Balochistan, said a leading human rights organisation on Thursday. Citing verified reports and eyewitness accounts, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that on October 28, an aerial bombardment by the Pakistani forces struck a group of young civilians gathered for a picnic in the Chiltan mountain range near the provincial capital Quetta. The victims were identified…
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9 November
Trump says he will skip G20 Summit in South Africa, questions nation’s place in group
Donald Trump said he will not attend the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa, questioning the country’s place in the group. The former US President said the event “shouldn’t be there” and reiterated plans to host the 2026 summit in Miami. New York: US President Donald Trump has said he will not attend the G20 Summit to be held in South Africa later this month, questioning the country’s membership in the grouping of major economies. South Africa, which assumed the year-long G20 Presidency on December 1, 2024, will host the Summit in Johannesburg from November 22 to 23, the first time the meeting of G20 leaders will be held on African soil. “I am not going. We have a G20 meeting…
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9 November
Philippines declares state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 241 dead or missing
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency in the Philippines after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 114 people and left 127 missing. The storm displaced over half a million residents, making it the country’s deadliest natural disaster this year. Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 241 people dead and missing in central provinces in the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country this year. Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead, mostly from drowning in flash floods, and 127 missing, many in the hard-hit central province of Cebu, before the tropical cyclone blew out of the archipelago on Wednesday into the South China Sea. The typhoon’s onslaught, which…
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9 November
Trump repeats claim that India, Pakistan ‘made peace’ after his threat to snap trade deals
US President Donald Trump again claimed that India and Pakistan “made peace” in May after he threatened to halt trade deals amid their military standoff. India has repeatedly denied any third-party mediation in the conflict, insisting the ceasefire was bilateral. New York: US President Donald Trump has said that India and Pakistan “made peace” in May after he threatened the two nuclear-armed neighbours to snap trade deals with them if they continued their military conflict, a claim he has repeated several times since then. “In eight months I ended eight wars, including Kosovo and Serbia, and Congo and Rwanda, that were going on for a long time… Pakistan and India,” Trump said in his address at the America Business Forum in…
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9 November
‘Whatever the hell his name is’: Trump mocks NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani
US President Donald Trump mocked New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, calling him “whatever the hell his name is,” while branding him a communist. Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, responded by vowing to lead an immigrant-powered New York. New York: US President Donald Trump has mocked New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, referring to him as “whatever the hell his name is”, while asserting that Americans now face a stark choice between “communism and common sense” following the November 4 elections. Addressing the America Business Forum Miami in Florida on Wednesday, a day after Mamdani, an Indian-origin Democratic socialist, was elected as New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, Trump said when he was elected…
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8 November
Telangana: Man hacked to death over sorcery allegations in Asifabad
A 50-year-old man, Hanumath Rao, was hacked to death at Pittaguda in Tiryani mandal by Sidam Vinod, allegedly over practising sorcery. Rao’s wife was injured while intervening. Police registered a murder case and launched an investigation Adilabad: A 50-year-old man was hacked to death for allegedly practising sorcery at Pittaguda hamlet under Mangi gram panchayat in Tiryani mandal on Saturday night. The incident came to light on Sunday. According to police, the victim, Hanumath Rao, was attacked with an axe by one Sidam Vinod following an argument. Rao bled to death on the spot, while his wife, Bojju Bai, sustained injuries when she tried to intervene. Her condition is said to be stable. Police registered a case of murder against Vinod…
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