The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo, Norway, today. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump will be heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to get his annual medical checkup. The check-up comes after his last physical examination six months ago. North Korea will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Though many are already celebrating the ceasefire deal in Gaza pushed by US President Donald Trump, questions remain. Can peace last? Will Israeli troops leave? Will Hamas give up its arms? Who will run Gaza? Let's take a closer look
Though US President Donald Trump has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize for years and the White House has even dubbed him the ‘Peace President’ during the Gaza talks, it remains highly unlikely he will get it this time. But who are the contenders for the prize this year?
A lawsuit has been filed against Qatar Airways after a vegetarian passenger died, allegedly by choking on a piece of food when forced to ‘eat around’ the meat served to him due to unavailability of the vegetarian meal he had ordered. Asoka Jayaweera, an 85-year-old cardiologist from Southern California, was flying from Los Angeles to Colombo in August 2023 when the incident occured. Here’s what happened
The youngest son of US President Donald Trump and Melania Trump, Barron Trump, has a net worth $150 million. Barron, who is just 19, has been playing an active role in World Liberty Financial, a growing cryptocurrency venture launched by members of the Trump family in late 2024
Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, won the 2025 Nobel Literature Prize on October 9. He has been described as the postmodern 'master of the apocalypse' due to his hypnotic writing style. Until now, the only Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature was the late Holocaust survivor Imre Kertész in 2002
Italy’s ruling party introduced a bill on Wednesday (October 8) to ban the burqa and niqab face and body coverings in public spaces across the country. The proposed legislation also calls for financial transparency requirements on religious organisations that do not have formal agreements with the Italian state. But why does the European country want to put such curbs?
S Paul Kapur, 56, is now US President Donald Trump’s point person in South and Central Asia. He will succeed Donald Lu, who was appointed by the previous Biden administration in September 2021. Kapur, the New Delhi-born author, is a fierce critic of Pakistan’s use of Islamist militants as state policy to wage a proxy war against India
Astronomers have spotted a free-floating 'rogue' planet, named Cha 1107-7626, that is going through a massive growth spurt, and it's eating everything around it. The planet is about five to 10 times Jupiter’s mass and is about 620 light-years away from Earth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his British counterpart, Keir Starmer, in Mumbai during the latter’s first visit to India. The two world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the India-UK partnership and announced a series of landmark collaborations. Here are the big highlights you may have missed
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Afghanistan foreign minister, is set to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on his trip to India. However, Indian officials are facing a diplomatic quandary – should they let the Taliban flag fly next to the Tricolour during the meeting between them?
It has been a year since the death of billionaire businessman Ratan Tata. After his demise on October 9, 2024, the spotlight fell on his friend and aide, Shantanu Naidu, who was also mentioned in the will of the 86-year-old industrialist. With his ‘lighthouse’ no more, what has the young entrepreneur been up to since then?
Govindan Ranganathan, owner of Sresan Pharma, which manufactured Coldrif cough syrup, was arrested following a dramatic operation in Chennai. The man had been on the run after the cough syrup killed at least 20 children in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, due to toxic chemicals
When you think of Nobel prizes, you don’t think of Harry Potter. But this year’s prize in Chemistry has a strong connection to the magical world created by JK Rowling. The winners — Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi — created metal-organic frameworks or MOFs, which are kind of like Hermione’s charmed handbag
Donald Trump's administration pushed for a Gaza deal, announcing its imminence after a period of intense pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu and Arab leaders. Now, both Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of the plan. But, how did he pull this off?
Sandipan Garg, an Assam Police Deputy Superintendent and one of Zubeen Garg’s cousins, has been arrested by the state police's Special Investigation Team in connection with his death. Police say he was present with the singer on the yacht when he reportedly drowned. Earlier, police arrested four others in the case, including Zubeen's bandmate and manage
After two years of fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump’s Gaza peace deal. As part of the deal, the hostages will be returned by Monday. Also, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will withdraw in a limited manner. But will this bring an end to the war?
On October 9, 2012, the Taliban in Pakistan stopped a van ferrying school girls and asked that they identify one girl — Malala Yousafzai. On her identification, they fired three shots at her, one hitting her in the head. The reason to try to kill her: she spoke out against the prohibition of education for girls. Malala went on to survive the shooting and became the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet his British counterpart Keir Starmer on Thursday for high-level bilateral discussions aimed at strengthening trade, defence, and fintech collaboration between the two nations. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is travelling to Australia where he is looking to deepen ties between the two countries
Qilin, a famous ransomware gang, has come forward and taken responsibility for the hack of Asahi Super Dry, Japan’s most popular beer company. The Russian ransomware group has publicly claimed it stole 27 terabytes of data from the Japanese firm, including ‘financial documents, budgets and contracts, as well as personal data of employees’. But what do we know about the group?
North Korea’s starving population is hunting its wildlife, including tigers and leopards, to survive. As per a new study, nearly every mammal ‘larger than a hedgehog’ is being targeted for consumption or trade. Animals including Amur tiger and leopard, bears, otters, deer and the long-tailed goral are being used by North Koreans. But why?
As the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza War continue, a number of top envoys and officials from West Asia have joined the third day of the discussions in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh. Countries such as Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, are mediating, with all parties expressing optimism
Dhravya Shah, a 20-year-old entrepreneur from Mumbai, raised around $3 million (over Rs 20 crore) for his AI startup, Supermemory, from bigwigs of the Silicon Valley, including senior executives from Cloudflare, Google and Meta. Not only this, he has also become the youngest Indian to receive a special O-1 visa for his extraordinary abilities
PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday (October 8) inaugurated Phase 1 of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). Touted as India's largest greenfield airport project, NMIA has been constructed to ease the congestion at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA). Here’s what makes it special
A shortage of air traffic controllers (ATCs) in airports across America a week into the shutdown has left thousands of flights delayed and many others cancelled. The Transport Department earlier this week said it noted an uptick in air traffic controllers, who have been deemed ‘essential workers’ under the law, taking sick leave
American multinational Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $966 million to the family of a California-based woman, who died of a rare form of cancer. Court documents showed that the company intended to deceive the woman by not making the product’s cancer risks clear. This verdict comes amid over 70,000 pending claims accusing J&J of talc-related cancers
Jagtar Singh Johal, a Sikh man from Scotland, has been detained in India for years. Indian authorities have accused Johal of funding terrorism and having ties to a banned Sikh separatist group. Johal’s family and the UK-based Sikh Federation, a pro-Khalistani group, have called on Starmer to take up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Central government has intervened in a rift within the Tata Trusts, which owns 66 per cent of Tata Sons, the parent company. The dispute began on September 11 during a meeting of six trustees of the Tata Trusts over the reappointment of a board member. The fighting between the groups of Noel Tata and Mehli Mistry has since escalated. Here’s what is going on
Thousands of commuters and truck drivers have been stuck for days in an awful traffic jam on the Delhi-Kolkata highway near Sasaram and Rohtas in Bihar. The chaos began after torrential rains and expansion work crippled six-lane National Highway 19, with some vehicles reportedly covering only five kilometres in an entire 24-hour stretch
The US-Pakistan friendship is growing from strength to strength. Now, Washington has approved a sale of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) missile to Islamabad. Their deployment enhances a powerful Pakistan air force, which is already equipped with Chinese as well as Turkish military hardware, posing a risk to India