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A 33-year-old man and his four-year-old son were allegedly murdered in Bengaluru’s Chikkabanavara. Police arrested the man’s wife A Harini and her alleged lover Vinay Kumar, saying CCTV was switched off and call records were deleted. The accused were remanded in custody for five days.

A new species of eel was found on the India-Nepal border after scientists followed up on a social media video two years ago. Finding it was hard and required pumping several gallons of water from a borewell. The fish can live in total darkness and is barely 1.5 inches long.

The Trump administration has escalated its confrontation with the International Criminal Court, sanctioning its president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Aboudoulaye Seye. Washington has accused the tribunal of overreach and warned that more action could follow.

Kartik Aaryan has suffered a knee injury on the sets of his upcoming film with Kabir Khan. The actor is reportedly set to undergo surgery and take a small break before resuming his work.

Nine people died and six were injured after a massive fire tore through a hotel on Kolkata’s Free School Street early Wednesday, August 19. The fire department said the victims who died were Bangladeshi nationals who had come for medical treatment.

A Jerusalem synagogue has been vandalised again, in an attack that Israeli police are reportedly investigating as a possible hate crime.

The debate surrounding federal election legislation has intensified following renewed discussions regarding proposals such as the Save America Act, which seeks to mandate strict voter identification requirements across United States elections.

Meta Platforms (parent company of Facebook and Instagram) is facing a landmark federal jury trial in Oakland, California, brought by a coalition of 29 U.S. states. The sweeping lawsuit accuses Meta of improperly collecting and harvesting the personal data of children under 13 without parental consent, in direct violation of federal laws like the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

China's private space race has taken a major leap. LandSpace has successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket, moving the country closer to routine reusable launches and putting a new challenger into the race with SpaceX.

Nine Bangladeshi nationals died and six were injured after a massive fire broke out at a Kolkata hotel on Free School Street early Wednesday.

The 23-year-old Germany international fell to the turf just minutes after coming on late in a pre-season friendly at Heidenheim. A similar incident took place on Saturday in Bayern's home win over RB Leipzig.

Donald Trump paused planned 50% tariffs on Canadian imports for three days, saying the US and Canada had reached a deal pending final documents. The last-minute move followed intense talks with Mark Carney and could avert tariffs affecting about $20 billion in US imports from Canada.

A groundbreaking new artificial intelligence system has demonstrated the ability to pinpoint a user's exact geographical location with over 87% accuracy using nothing more than a single photograph. This alarming development highlights rapid advancements in computer vision, visual geo-localization, and machine learning algorithms that analyze subtle background environmental cues like architecture, vegetation, lighting, and shadow patterns.

Indian Defence Ministry has notified the sixth Positive Indigenisation List covering 405 defence items worth an estimated Rs 3,070 crore. The list includes components for Tejas, Su-30MKI, tanks, warships and missile systems to boost domestic defence production and reduce imports.

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Two ballistic missiles launched from Iran triggered a security alert in the UAE, but the real question is where they were headed. Abu Dhabi says the weapons were targeting maritime navigation, while Tehran has categorically denied firing missiles at the country.

Trump has scaled back the annual US-South Korea military drills, but North Korea is not backing down. Pyongyang has called the exercises an immediate threat to its security while making no mention of the US president's surprise decision.

Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi directed the NTA to conduct a thorough audit of all its examination processes and submit a corrective-action report within 30 days, following errors in the UGC-NET June 2026 question papers that led to re-examinations in three subjects.

The Goa government has moved the Supreme Court seeking life imprisonment for former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, challenging his 10-year sentence in the 2013 rape case.