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New Zealand reclaims record for largest haka dance

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has set the world record for the most people to perform a haka, a traditional dance of the country's indigenous Maori, reclaiming the title from France. A statement

Rugby-Blues to start Super Rugby title defence with Grand Final re-match against Chiefs

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Blues will kick off their Super Rugby Pacific title defence in 2025 with a Grand Final re-match at Eden Park against the Chiefs on Feb. 15. The Blues thrashed the Chiefs 41-

Ukraine military reports waves of Russian drone attacks on Kyiv

There was no immediate comment from Moscow, which has launched multiple air attacks on Kyiv & Ukraine throughout September.

Taiwan detects 9 Chinese military aircraft, 4 PLAN vessels near its territory

Taipei , September 30 (ANI): The Ministry of National Defence (MND) stated that it detected nine Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore welcome SpaceX capsule that will bring them home next year

Astronauts Hague and Gorbunov successfully travelled in the SpaceX Dragon capsule and docked with ISS to bring back Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck since June 2024.

Austrian far right seeks path to power through rivals’ blockade

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) must on Monday seek to clear a path to power after its historic parliamentary election victory left the anti-establishment

Three Palestinian leaders killed in Israel strike in Beirut

By Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Muhammad Al Gebaly BEIRUT (Reuters) -A Palestinian militant group said on Monday that three of its leaders were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut, the first

Jaishankar reaches Washington DC, to meet Blinken

Washington, Sep 30 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will meet his US counterpart Tony Blinken on Tuesday, during which they are expected...

US: Hurricane Helene unleashes havoc; 93 dead, millions without power

Florida , September 30 (ANI): Hurricane Helene's destruction across the Southeast has left 93 people dead, millions without power, and several families stranded in...

Gulf Cooperation Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

Riyadh , September 30 (ANI/WAM): The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) today emphasised the need for an immediate ceasefire, and de-esclation along Lebanon's southern borders,...

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?