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thehindu.com | 46 min. ago NEW

IGL launches AI-powered pilot project for hydrotesting verification

Government regulations require CNG cylinder to undergo the testing once in every three years at a PESO-approved testing centre.

thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 30 min. ago

Pakistani opposition leader warns against concentration of power in military establishment

Mr. Rehman said Pakistan could function effectively only when the military, bureaucracy and elected institutions operated within their respective constitutional domains

nypost.com | 2 hrs. 3 min. ago

Shocking punishment for California man who imprisoned migrants on remote weed farm: ‘Profound imbalance of power’

The workers were kept behind a locked gate without a key and were told they were being monitored through surveillance cameras.

thehindu.com | 2 hrs. 40 min. ago

Heavy Russian strikes on Ukraine kill six, cut power in Kyiv

The attacks on multiple regions came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had received no warning from Western allies before a Russian strike on a Kyiv power plant.

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 37 min. ago

US startup Reflect Orbital books two launches on Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram rockets

Reflect Orbital builds and operates orbital mirrors to enable controlled lighting without ground infrastructure, to support a variety of customers and applications, from remote search-and-rescue operations to solar farms generating clean power

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. ago

People’s vote and voice cannot be taken away easily: Prabir Purkayastha

BJP is trying to come to power in Kerala using the Election Commission of India and the ED, says Manish Sisodia of AAP at a seminar on 'Political persecution by Central agencies’ organised by the AKG Centre for Research and Studies.

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 3 min. ago

Charlie Vickers: ‘Tom Cruise cheated at freediving – that’s the headline’

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star on his muddy marriage proposal, controversial cheese opinions, memories of Sam Neill and having a good evil faceYou once played Basil Fawlty in an amateur student production of Fawlty Towers at Queen’s College in Melbourne.

How amateur was your Basil Fawlty moustache?It was terrible. It was real but it was definitely coloured in – I still have holes in my beard. I’d also shaved my head, so if you look at the early promo posters, you can clearly see I’m wearing a wig.

Our theatre was closed so we had to perform in a circus tent in the middle of winter, on an oval in the university grounds, which was all very Fawlty Towers. Continue reading...

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 26 min. ago

TNPDCL will incur additional cost of ₹5 crore to ₹7 crore per day for purchase of gas power: Nirmal Kumar

Only 1,000 MW has to be procured, that too only to meet the evening peak demand, for 16 days from October 15 to 31, says Energy Resources Minister

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 49 min. ago

Power crisis: Pinarayi Vijayan cautions State against opting for nuclear power projects

Considering nuclear power projects to meet an immediate need could entail grave implications for the State in the future, said the Leader of the Opposition

euronews.com | 5 hrs. 55 min. ago

Romanian F-16s shoot down two drones over Black Sea, authorities say

According to a Defence Ministry press release, two F-16s carrying out air policing missions were involved in the operation to intercept the drones. It later said the targets were "jet-powered attack drones from the Geran family."

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 6 min. ago

BJP, JD(U) accuse Congress of living in denial over poll defeats, creating disorder to seize power

In a joint press conference, the JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh and BJP’s Piyush Goyal allege the principal Opposition party is undermining constitutional institutions

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 6 min. ago

Transfer of 30.63 lakh farm electricity connections to Rythu Discom is conspiracy to end 24x7 free power, alleges Harish Rao

The BRS leader says solar power, constituting 58% of Rythu Discom electricity, would be available only during the day hours, and hydel power (17% share) would be generated for 3-4 months a year

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 8 min. ago

Peak load of power crosses 20K MW in Telangana, daily energy consumption yet to breach record

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 40 min. ago

Pakistan President declares emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, provincial government ceases to exist

An emergency allows Pakistan's federal government to assume key executive and legislative powers in a province during a security crisis or breakdown of constitutional governance

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 40 min. ago

Sri Lanka hit by islandwide power outage

The cause of the islandwide outage was not immediately clear, although the government said a failure at a hydropower station in the central hill country, detected a day earlier, could have contributed to it

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 42 min. ago

Don’t fully scrap tax officers’ arrest powers, Keralam tells 57th GST council meet

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, who attended the 57th council meet, had argued that strong deterrence measures were required for tackling large-scale and organised tax evasion

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 44 min. ago

Revenue, TNPCB officials seal illegal dyeing units near Chinnalapatti; power lines too disconnected after Collector’s directive

scmp.com | 10 hrs. 24 min. ago

Coming up roses? How Trump planted a new seed for Chinese gift diplomacy

Donald Trump was apparently captivated by the “beautiful” roses in the garden of the Communist Party’s leadership compound when he visited Beijing in May. It was a relaxed moment between the US and Chinese leaders – otherwise locked in disputes ranging from trade to technology and Taiwan – that led to a new opportunity for gift diplomacy between the rival powers.

Strolling around the former imperial garden at Zhongnanhai with Xi Jinping, Trump was so taken with a China rose variety in bloom that...

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 53 min. ago

Stormwater carrying sewage water enters recently restored Sampigehalli Lake during rain

While conservationists and residents are working with the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials to find a permanent solution, concerns remain over sewage entering the lake, fish deaths due to sewage water entry, and the lack of a reliable power supply for equipment installed to improve water quality.

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 54 min. ago

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launches AI-powered Venkatadri app for Tirumala pilgrims

The TTD app maps more than 350 locations, offers offline navigation and provides round-the-clock assistance in five languages

kyivindependent.com | 11 hrs. 10 min. ago

Over half of Russian jet-powered drones downed by Ukraine's aircraft, Zelensky says

Ukraine has secured contracts and assurances from partners on additional supplies of F-16 ammunition, Zelensky noted, adding that the current deliveries were at a "satisfactory level."

theguardian.com | 11 hrs. 29 min. ago

The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’

Westminster appears to be waking up to warnings over AI safety, with concerns over its use by extremist groups and bad actors“I have this sense that, within a few months, AI is going to be all anyone is talking about,” said one cabinet minister, with an ominous stare.It was Labour conference, with everyone from ministers to activists jubilant at Andy Burnham’s takeover and a bounce in the polls after the change of leader.

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thehindu.com | 13 hrs. 2 min. ago

Farmers urged not to go for second (Rabi) crop due to water, power shortage

Advisor to Govt. Sudarshan Reddy says El Nino impact could further worsen the situation in coming months

rferl.org | 14 hrs. 7 min. ago

Sanctions, War, Isolation: Why Hasn't Iran's Hard-Line Government Collapsed?

Iran’s Islamic republic has survived war, economic crisis, and widespread protests. So why is the system still standing? Vahid Pourostad of RFE/RL's Negah-e-Farda (Iran Tomorrow) program explains that its survival rests on entrenched networks of power and a fractured opposition.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 14 hrs. 14 min. ago

Islandwide Power Outage: Sri Lanka hit by multi-hour blackout; hydropower failure probed

Sri Lanka faced a significant power outage that affected the entire island for over three hours. Essential services such as water supply, internet, and mobile connectivity were disrupted during this time. Authorities are investigating the cause, with a potential failure at a hydropower station being considered.

Citizens were warned to conserve water due to the impact on supplies from power cuts.

thehindu.com | 14 hrs. 32 min. ago

Punganur incident: TDP warns YSRCP leaders to shed ‘power hangover’

In an oblique reference to the Punganur incident, the party leaders heckled the YSRCP for still dreaming of being in power and hence unleashing violence on its counterparts.

thehindu.com | 15 hrs. 1 min. ago

BJP accuses INDIA bloc, CJP of trying to destabilise nation at behest of foreign powers

This anarchic competition you are engaged in, to see who can create the greatest instability in this country, will not succeed, says BJP president Nitin Nabin

euronews.com | 15 hrs. 9 min. ago

North Korea says it tested new AI-powered torpedo system

It comes after North Korea tested two types of underwater-launched strategic cruise missiles on Wednesday as part of what is believed to be a push to bolster its naval capabilities.

thehindu.com | 15 hrs. 28 min. ago

Future military power will depend on speed, precision, information, and integration: Rajnath Singh

Modern warfare is expanding beyond the traditional domains of land, sea and air to encompass space, cyber, the electromagnetic spectrum and the information domain, Defence Minister says

defence-blog.com | 17 hrs. 14 min. ago

France rolls out fifth new nuclear attack submarine

Naval Group has rolled out Rubis, the fifth of six Barracuda nuclear-powered attack submarines it is building for the French Navy, moving the boat out of its construction hall at the company’s shipyard in Cherbourg on Oct. 16, 2026. The submarine was transferred onto the yard’s floating shiplift platform in the presence of Catherine Vautrin, […]

defence-blog.com | 17 hrs. 14 min. ago

British Army wants quiet power to replace noisy generators

The British Army is looking for new ways to power its troops in the field, offering £2.45 million ($3.26 million) to companies that can develop better batteries, faster chargers and quieter alternatives to the diesel generators units rely on today. UK Defence Innovation, the Ministry of Defence’s innovation arm, launched the Tactical Power Challenge on […]

abc.net.au | 18 hrs. 12 min. ago

Wildfires rage in Southern California, burn homes

Firefighters in the state say a fast-moving wildfire has ripped through at least six homes, prompting evacuations and power outages.

thehindu.com | 18 hrs. 30 min. ago

Book stalls at Durga Puja pandals bear the brunt of Left versus Right face-off in West Bengal

The crackdown of the book stalls of Left parties is part of the politics that has emerged in the State after the BJP government came to power in May 2026. Enthused with its electoral triumph and the complete dismantling of Trinamool Congress organisation, the BJP has to invent a new political adversary and it has focused on targeting the Left parties.

theguardian.com | 18 hrs. 33 min. ago

The Audacity: this witty tech-bro takedown from a Succession writer is packed with glorious one-liners

Jonathan Glatzer’s pitch-black Silicon Valley satire exposes tech-CEO greed and billionaire egos – at the intriguing, measured pace of Better Call SaulMany of us yearn for the return of an analogue world, but it’s never coming back. You can’t buy potato waffles without a QR code.

I had to arrange an IRL bank appointment for my mother to check her balance, and it took, I don’t know, 100 days? A friend of mine has boycotted WhatsApp, but I can’t tell you how that’s going because we haven’t spoken in a year.Watching The Audacity (from Thursday, HBO Max) this week, I was shaken by how much of our dystopia can be traced to a small number of men in Silicon Valley.

Their products and platforms, an expression of their shortfalls as much as their skills, have reshaped our world more seismically than any political party. Their power-brokering has turned a small collection of towns and villages south of San Francisco into a modern-day Camelot. Continue reading...

thehindu.com | 19 hrs. ago

TMC MP writes to UNHCR over denial of drinking water in Kolkata colony

Samirul Islam alleged that drinking water supply to Jyoti Nagar Colony was cut off after the BJP came to power in West Bengal. "Because the residents are Muslims and are not considered part of the BJP’s so-called vote bank,” he said

theguardian.com | 19 hrs. 33 min. ago

Muscles, metrosexuals and male tears: the 39 pictures that changed the way we see men (for good and for bad)

From a body-building Arnie to a weeping Frenchman, these 39 groundbreaking images have upended assumptions about how men behave, dress and project power. Introduction by Luke KennardI have an image of myself in 2011, pushing my newborn son in a big red buggy because he would only nap when in motion.

As I traversed the streets of suburban Birmingham, I felt observed, glanced at, commented on in a manner that ranged from pity to reproach to disproportionate admiration. Daft that it should be a remarkable sight, I thought, but there we go. Probably I’d have felt less self-conscious if I’d followed David Bowie’s example and – as in one of the images showcased here – worn what looks like a dress.On depictions of men and women in art history, John Berger famously stated that “men act, women appear”.

Men were portrayed demonstrating their physical power and readiness for action; to assert their dominance. Just turning that gaze around and using the lens to capture masculinity feels subversive, maybe even a little undermining. Continue reading...

thehindu.com | 20 hrs. ago

Private manpower to be engaged for rectification of power disruptions in Chennai

The move comes in the wake of TNPDCL facing a manpower shortage across units including operation and maintenance offices and substations

newyorker.com | 20 hrs. 33 min. ago

Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Midterms, and He Doesn’t Care Who Knows It

Alex Gibney, the director of the new documentary “Musk,” on how the richest man in the world consolidated his power—and now wields it with abandon.

thehindu.com | 22 hrs. ago

Vijayasai Reddy promises prohibition in Tirupati and a Dharmic board for TTD if his party comes to power

The former MP says his proposed party would hand over Tirumala’s security to Central agencies and accuses Jagan Mohan Reddy of playing ‘caste and religion politics’

scmp.com | 22 hrs. 36 min. ago

A companion between appointments: Hong Kong student’s AI tool for cancer patients

For cancer patients in Hong Kong, emotional distress can persist beyond the clinic, with a large combined analysis of multiple studies linking depression and anxiety to lower chances of survival. Claudia Chan Shu-ying, a medical student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), is developing CancerCompanion, a digital companion designed to offer emotional support between appointments, including late at night when professional help may not be immediately available.

The system uses AI-powered...