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India presented extensive investment opportunities to Singapore-based businesses on Saturday as Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal addressed a partnership session in Singapore. Goyal met with Gan Siow Huang, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry, and...

India defeated West Indies by an innings and 140 runs in the first Test at Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday, with vice-captain Ravindra Jadeja taking 4-54. The victory before the tea break on day three gave India a 1-0 series lead and marked Shubman Gill's successful home Test captaincy debut...

Anshula Kapoor and Rohan Thakkar celebrated their Gor Dhana ceremony on Oct. 2, bringing together the Kapoor family for an intimate gathering. A photograph of Anshula's late mother, Mona Kapoor, was placed on a decorated chair beside her daughter to honor her presence at the milestone event...

Nepal has banned all vehicle traffic entering and leaving the Kathmandu Valley for three days, starting on Saturday, due to severe rainfall and landslides. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority announced the restriction will remain in effect through Monday, affecting...

Tone2 Audio updated Gladiator to version 4.1 on Saturday. The harmonic-content-morphing synthesizer received the update at no cost for current Gladiator 4 owners, while owners of versions 1 through 3 can upgrade at a reduced price. The update adds double-click functionality to reset knobs to...

Dawesome Music introduced Kontrast, an augmented wavetable synthesizer plugin, on Saturday. The software expands traditional three-dimensional wavetable synthesis by incorporating wave terrain synthesis techniques from the late 1970s. The plugin creates sound by tracing paths across a surface...

Nembrini Audio launched the Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere plugin on Saturday. The software replicates the rotary motion and tube saturation of the original hardware through advanced modeling technology. The plugin offers independent rotor speed controls for low and high frequencies. Users...

Toontrack released the New Orleans EZX expansion for EZdrummer 3 and Superior Drummer 3, marking the 70th title in its EZX collection. Drummer Terence Higgins and engineer Misha Kachkachishvili created the library at Esplanade Studios in the Tremé neighborhood. The expansion features two...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned on Thursday evening that the National Nuclear Security Administration faces a funding crisis within eight days because of the federal government shutdown. The administration will suspend operations after exhausting available resources and must implement...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation condemned Israel's seizure of the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza on Saturday. Israeli forces intercepted boats in international waters, and activists face transfer to Ketziot prison in the Negev Desert. The facility has faced allegations of...

Sanae Takaichi won the election as head of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday and will become the nation's first female prime minister. The 64-year-old former economic security minister defeated Farm Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff after securing backing from 159 LDP members...

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday that global energy markets cannot function without Russian oil production. Western sanctions imposed in 2022 failed to collapse the Russian economy as predicted. European nations discovered their continued dependence on Russian energy despite...

Andrej Babis and his ANO movement secured victory in the Czech elections after 97% of ballots were counted on Saturday. Prime Minister Petr Fiala acknowledged defeat and congratulated the agricultural tycoon whom local media have labeled the Czech Trump. Babis rejected claims of anti-EU...

A federal judge dismissed Spencer Elden's second lawsuit against Nirvana on Tuesday after he claimed the band's 1991 Nevermind album cover featuring him as a naked infant constituted child pornography. U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin ruled that no reasonable jury would consider the image...

Israeli political leaders ordered the military to suspend its Gaza City offensive after President Donald Trump requested a halt to strikes as part of his hostage release plan. Israeli Army Radio and broadcaster Kan reported the directive came from Washington. Trump's proposal requires Hamas to...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's High Military Court sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia on Sept. 30, and ordered him to pay $30 billion in restitution to the state. The court convicted Kabila of war crimes, treason, crimes against humanity, and large-scale...

Polish President Karol Nawrocki deployed military forces to the German and Lithuanian borders on Friday in response to rising illegal immigration. The deployment takes effect on Sunday and continues through April 4, 2026. Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said 700 troops were already...

Hamas announced on Friday its willingness to release all Israeli hostages after reviewing President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan. The group stated it would enter negotiations through mediators to discuss handover details and transfer Gaza governance to an independent Palestinian body of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted at the Valdai forum on Thursday that Western liberal societies face moral collapse while Russia positions itself as a defender of traditional values. Putin claimed Europeans flee to Russia to escape gender ideology policies and cited the televised...

The United States has proposed creating a special economic zone in southern Lebanon to encourage the government to disarm Hezbollah. Presidential envoy Tom Barrack introduced the idea during a visit to Beirut in September. The plan proposes a simple exchange: security for development under UN...