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Left leaders hail Lula’s fourth win in Brazil, say it offers hope to workers’ movements

Leaders from Left parties on Monday (October 26, 2026) congratulated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his historic fourth presidential win, with CPI(M) General Secretary M.A. Baby saying it offers hope to people’s movements fighting for workers’ rights. Mr. Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was re-elected on Sunday (October 25, 2026) in a result that offers relief to critics of expanding U.S. influence in Latin America. With 100% of the votes counted, Brazil’s electoral court announced that the soon-to-be 81-year-old Mr. Lula had secured an unassailable lead of nearly 4.4 million votes over his opponent Flávio Bolsonaro.

Very severe cyclone ‘Arnab’ to make landfall near Yanam-Kakinada

As the cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’, which formed over the Bay of Bengal on Monday morning, gets closer to the land and is expected to intensify into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’, the India Meteorological Department, has issued red alerts for seven of the 28 districts in Andhra Pradesh for Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Odisha government on Monday said over 1,700 shelters had been kept ready to accommodate vulnerable people likely to be evacuated as cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ advanced towards Andhra Pradesh, with southern Odisha districts expected to be affected.

Digital Personal Data Protection Act faces legal challenge from 21 news publishers

A group of 21 news publishers has challenged the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 in court, arguing it would trample investigative work and let the government identify journalists’ sources, documents show. The Narendra Modi government announced the implementation of the law in 2025 to protect the digital personal data of ⁠users, raising compliance requirements for platforms like Meta and Google. The publishers have said that since media outlets were not exempt, the law was an invasion of press freedom.

CEC can be removed only like a Supreme Court judge, ECI tells top court

The Election Commission of India, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the two Election Commissioners have filed a joint affidavit highlighting that any attempt to restrain the functioning of the CEC will be contrary to law. The nearly 250-page document filed in the top court late on Monday (October 26, 2026) said a CEC cannot be removed from office except in the manner and the grounds identical to ousting a Supreme Court judge.

Omar Abdullah to expand Cabinet on Tuesday; all berths likely to be filled

The two-year-old Cabinet of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is set for a reshuffle on Tuesday, with the possibility that all berths will be filled by introducing new faces, officials said. Ahead of the reshuffle, all the Ministers submitted their resignations to help party president Farooq Abdullah and the Chief Minister to prepare a fresh team to run the government in the Union Territory. While the J&K government has kept the new list secret, officials said that the fresh Cabinet will be complete with all nine Ministers, including the Chief Minister.

Israel goes to polls on Tuesday

As Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday, the first since the tumultuous events of October 7, 2023, it is being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership. Issues such as security, judicial overhaul, the secular-religious divide over national burden sharing, ethnicity, and the economy are at the forefront but talks of a two-state solution to the vexed Israel-Palestinian conflict have been pushed out of public discussions. Opinion polls indicate that Netanyahu’s Likud party and the Opposition led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot are competing in a close race, with neither side assured of the parliamentary majority needed to form a government.

Harry Kane crowned Ballon d'Or winner, Putellas wins women's award

Harry Kane completed his long quest for football’s highest individual honour on Monday (October 26, 2026), with the Bayern Munich and England striker winning the Ballon d’Or ​after a record-breaking season that cemented his status as one of the game’s greatest goalscorers.

Supreme Court assures no deleted voters will be prosecuted for submitting Form 6

The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26, 2026) orally assured that no voter whose name was deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Maharashtra will face prosecution for merely applying for re-registration in the electoral roll by filing Form 6. The oral observations came during a hearing in which the court agreed to urgently take up in November 5, a plea challenging the deletion of voters in the Maharashtra SIR.

Supreme Court refuses to ease bail condition for Delhi riots accused to attend law classes in Ghaziabad

The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26, 2026) refused to relax a bail condition barring Shadab Ahmad, an accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots, from leaving the national capital to attend law classes at a university in Ghaziabad. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi declined his plea to modify the condition requiring him to remain in Delhi during the trial. “This we will not modify... We know why you joined that law college, leaving out all the law colleges inside Delhi,” the Bench said.

In-form Sindhu eyes Hylo Open crown

Fresh from finishing runner-up at the French Open, two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu will look to continue her strong run when she leads the Indian challenge at the ₹500,000 Hylo Open Super 500 badminton tournament starting in Saarbrucken, Germany on Tuesday. Sindhu, a former world champion, won the Japan Open title in July before reaching the final in Paris, where she lost to world No. 1 An Se-young of South Korea in three games. The Indian will be keen to build on those performances as she takes on Turkey’s Neslihan Arin in the women’s singles opening round. India’s seventh seed Lakshya Sen, the 2019 Hylo Open champion, will face Finland’s Joakim Oldorff, while eighth seed Ayush Shetty takes on Taiwan’s Su Li Yang.