Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike entered its nineteenth day with significant health concerns. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait joined the protest, strengthening the ongoing agitation. Opposition leaders and parties offered their support, urging the minister's removal. Congress leaders appealed to Wangchuk to end his fast while assuring continued demands. Doctors warned of serious health complications if the hunger strike continues.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh dismissed reports of sensitive Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant files being leaked. He asserted that no nuclear safety or security data had been compromised in the incident. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited clarified leaked documents related only to the plant's conventional Balance of Plant package. This clarification followed claims by a ransomware group about accessing thousands of project-related files.

Central government hospitals will now conduct twice-daily health checks for hunger strikers. Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital is designated as the nodal facility for any emergencies. Advanced life support ambulances will remain stationed at the protest site. Medical teams will submit daily health status reports to the ministry. This action follows Delhi Police's request due to health concerns.

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Ernest Kaonga, director of Maranatha Academy, has said that a significant number of academically talented students in Malawi are being denied access to quality secondary education due to financial constraints faced by their families. In response, the institution has launched its 2026 National Scholarship Programme, which will provide 500 scholarships covering full secondary school tuition […] The post Maranatha Academy pledges K12bn for scholarships to widen access to secondary education appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal has today handed the government a dramatic last-minute lifeline in its bitter legal war with five senior military generals — granting a stay of execution just as it looked like the state faced a humiliating climbdown. A panel of judges led by Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda sensationally granted the stay […] The post Malawi Supreme Court stays ruling on Army generals’ redeployment appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Women’s economic dependence on their spouses is leaving many vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV), Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has said, calling for greater investment in initiatives that promote women’s financial independence. Navicha made the remarks in Balaka on Wednesday after touring activities under the Pamodzi Kuthetsa Nkhanza (PKN) project, where […] The post Navicha calls for economic empowerment to combat gender-based violence appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

The London Mayor is entering the House of Lords in the latest batch of honours authorised by Sir Keir.

The Transport Secretary is understood to have told Eurocrats to show 'pragmatism' and be 'flexible' to avoid UK holidaymakers facing queues of five hours or more from this weekend.

[Liberian Investigator] Blomo N. Toe & Roseline Gbessagee -- Someone was moving illegal firearms into position to be used during this week's nationwide protest, Liberia's police chief said Wednesday, and investigators have identified who they believe was behind it.

[Premium Times] This measure, the bill indicates, includes «restricting assistance to Nigeria until measurable actions are taken to protect Christian communities suffering from religious violence.»

The communiqué highlighted the contribution of Ukraine’s experience in resisting large-scale air and missile assaults, which will inform the development, testing, and operational evaluation of Bliksem EXO

America also provides intelligence and personal data on those to be eliminated, Vitaly Kiselev said

The attacks will be a response to any aggression by the kingdom against the rebels, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said

Igor Kimakovsky added that Russian forces are expanding their zone of control near Konstantinovka from the west and east, particularly near the Dolgaya Balka settlement

As of 6:13 p.m. Moscow time, the MOEX was down by 4.18% at 2,023.66 points

Europe’s got talent, a very specific one – a politico-administrative dystopia. And France is once again leading the way Read Full Article at RT.com

India urges ship owners to desist from staffing ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz with its citizens Read Full Article at RT.com

The Algerian Civil Protection service has confirmed that 11 people died in a fire at a state-run orphanage in Algiers Read Full Article at RT.com

Guy Scott, who briefly led Zambia and became Africa’s first white head of state in two decades, has died Read Full Article at RT.com

A Pew survey finds China and Xi Jinping are now viewed more favorably than the US and Donald Trump across most of the world Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 200 Ukrainian drones were launched toward the Russian capital overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Chinese surgeons have performed the world’s first commercial implant of an approved invasive brain-computer interface Read Full Article at RT.com

Transgender ex-Labour candidate Heather Herbert, 50, has been charged over online posts about Ann Widdecombe's death.

A postman wearing an England shirt has been caught on camera kicking a blind shih tzu 'like a football' after he handed over a parcel to its owner.

Alcohol Interlock Installation Facilitation (AIIF) will not be fitted as mandatory to cars at this time, the government has ruled today.

JAMES SHARPE: The internet never forgets. Barely had the final whistle blown in Atlanta than an old interview with Thomas Tuchel quickly founds its way to the surface once again.

Footage of an 'psychotic' Afghan migrant killing a dog walker in a knife-rampage in West London just two days after doctors ruled he wasn't a threat to the public was played in court.