PulseWire: latest news
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Indian hurt as drone debris kills two at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah field; US orders staff out of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia says air defences stopped a drone aimed at the Shaybah oil field, but falling debris killed a Filipino and a Nepali worker. Hours later, Washington ordered non-emergency embassy staff and their families to leave the kingdom.
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Driving licence rules set for overhaul: tougher tutorial test, free Aadhaar-based services, QR-coded cards
A draft amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules raises the safe-driving tutorial pass mark to 75%, sets 15-day deadlines for changing licence details…
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Russia says it is ready to resume Ukraine peace talks next month after Putin meets Witkoff; US teacher freed
The Kremlin floated a new three-way round with the US and Ukraine around November 10 in Abu Dhabi, and Zelensky said Kyiv wants it…
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Government websites go offline across Europe as AI-found PHP flaws put much of the web at risk
Two critical bugs in PHP, the language behind WordPress, Drupal and Wikipedia’s software, allow attackers to take over servers without logging in. A fix…
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I&B ministry tells TV channels to keep AI ‘assistive’, rein in debates and stop live anti-terror coverage
A fresh advisory to all private satellite channels follows a government committee’s finding that several broadcasters strayed from the Programme Code, and warns that…
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GRAP Stage 1 curbs return to Delhi-NCR as AQI jumps to 244, season’s first ‘poor’ air day
The air quality commission invoked the first stage of its anti-pollution plan a day after Dussehra, banning coal and firewood in eateries and restricting…
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Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after car attack; accused Brendan Nugent remanded in custody
Surgeons had to remove the independent lawmaker’s second leg on Wednesday, her husband said, as the 43-year-old accused of ramming her outside her Wangaratta…
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AAP says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was held 3 hours at Delhi airport and fined ₹50,000; customs calls it routine
The party calls it payback for Mann’s court-cleared Paris trip. Customs officials say the checks were risk-based screening, while sources cite undeclared items in…
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Musk personally ordered the Starlink slowdown that crippled Ukraine’s drones, US report says
A Wall Street Journal report puts the speed cap on Ukraine’s military satellite link at Elon Musk’s door, days after he said such limits…
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Race Course mosque near PM’s residence faces eviction; Jamiat to move Delhi High Court
The Land and Development Office has told the mosque near 7 Lok Kalyan Marg to vacate as part of a wider clearance drive, while…
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Modi names three ‘enemies of the country’ in Dussehra speech, asks parties and institutions to unite
Speaking at a Ramlila in Delhi’s IP Extension, the Prime Minister said forces that hurt India’s honour, people who divide society and a mindset…
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Rubio presses India to buy more US energy and defence gear, says trade deal is ‘very, very close’
In Mumbai talks with Jaishankar, the US Secretary of State pitched American oil, weapons and nuclear equipment, and said he will discuss refining Venezuelan…

