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Month: <span>August 2026</span>

Total Solar Eclipse 2026: India Won’t See It Today. When Will the Next One Be Visible?

India

Total Solar Eclipse 2026: India Won’t See It Today. When Will the Next One Be Visible?

The total solar eclipse of 12 August misses India entirely because greatest eclipse falls at 11.16 pm IST. India's next total eclipse is eight years away.

By Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

RBI Rate Hike: How Oil at 90 Could Change the October Policy Decision

Business

RBI Rate Hike: How Oil at 90 Could Change the October Policy Decision

Brent is up 10% in a week and the rupee is near 95.40. The case for an RBI rate hike returned six days after…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

S-400 vs Shahed: The Drone Defence Cost Problem India Cannot Ignore

Defence

S-400 vs Shahed: The Drone Defence Cost Problem India Cannot Ignore

A senior DRDO scientist says India's next war turns on the drone defence cost equation: an S-400 interceptor beats a Shahed and loses money…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

India-China Border Row: Why India Just Renamed 27 Places in Arunachal Pradesh

India

India-China Border Row: Why India Just Renamed 27 Places in Arunachal Pradesh

For nine years China named places in Arunachal Pradesh and India objected. New Delhi has now named 27 of its own, and warned Beijing…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

Escombros de un edificio en Pereira, Colombia luego del Terremoto del 10 de Agosto. Foto perteneciente a World Central…

World

Colombia Earthquake: Why Rescuers Still Cannot Reach Choco as Toll Tops 200

The Colombia earthquake has killed more than 200, but the confirmed dead are in cities far from the epicentre. Nobody has reached Choco, and…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

Assad Death Sentence Raises a Bigger Question: Will Russia Hand Him Over?

World

Assad Death Sentence Raises a Bigger Question: Will Russia Hand Him Over?

A Damascus court convicted Bashar and Maher al-Assad of crimes against humanity. The Assad death sentence is real, but Moscow decides if it ever…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

World section photograph

World

IAEA Clears Syria Nuclear Site After Israeli Threat: What Happens to Site 99 Now

Yellowcake from a reactor Israel bombed in 2007 sat for two years at a Syria nuclear site. A bombing threat, not a treaty, is…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

Bab el-Mandeb Attack Changes the Hormuz Crisis: Shipping Faces a Second Front

World

Bab el-Mandeb Attack Changes the Hormuz Crisis: Shipping Faces a Second Front

Crew died on the Tihamah in the first Bab el-Mandeb attack on shipping since the Iran war began, shutting the escape route for vessels…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

Kids from a church youth group were sliding down the big hill in Gas Works Park on blocks of ice. Tons of fun, though…

World

Trump’s 50-Year Hormuz Bill: Why Iran’s Reparations Demand Is Blocking a Strait Deal

Tehran wants payment before the strait reopens. Trump wants fifty years of damages back. The Hormuz reparations fight now has no exit and no…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 7:58 PM

10 Players in Rehab, No Sports Science Head: Inside BCCI’s Centre of Excellence Crisis

Sports Analysis

10 Players in Rehab, No Sports Science Head: Inside BCCI’s Centre of Excellence Crisis

The BCCI Centre of Excellence is carrying ten internationals through rehab and has run without a permanent sports science head since Nitin Patel left…

Diurna Editorial Team 11 August 2026, 11:19 AM