October 12, 2026
Today's Briefing
India's opposition marches against the election chief, two new TVK MLAs take office, Mahinda Rajapaksa is in intensive care, Canada warns against Riyadh airport travel, and the economics Nobel is announced.
- 1Opposition INDIA bloc leaders, led by Rahul Gandhi, marched toward the Supreme Court in Delhi to press for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The march follows a weekend in which thousands of protesters were detained, and Delhi Police have now ended Jantar Mantar's status as a protest venue.Read at source · BBC News →
- 2TVK's Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, winners of the Madurantakam and Dharapuram by-elections, were sworn in as MLAs. The party now holds 109 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.Read at source · The Hindu →
- 3Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been admitted to intensive care at a Colombo hospital after a sudden illness. His wife Shiranthi, held in remand in a corruption probe, was also moved to the National Hospital, while the government rejected claims that the cases amount to political revenge.Read at source · Tamil Guardian →
- 4Ottawa has told Canadians not to travel to Riyadh's international airport after repeated Houthi strikes on it. Ambassador Jean-Philippe Linteau said the embassy in the Saudi capital stays open for anyone needing consular help.Read at source · Global News →
- 5Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics. They were recognised for models that help governments and central banks time their policies to steady the economy.Read at source · The Hindu →