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Three newborns killed in Maharashtra hospital re
Three newborns were killed and 36 rescued after a re broke out at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday. The police said the blaze started after a ventilator...
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U.S. MoU best way out of war, says Iran President
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday defended a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war while also acknowledging that his country’s citizens face “many problems”. The MoU signed in midJune...
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Cong. alleges bulk voter purge bid in Uttarakhand
Congress leaders in Uttarakhand have alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is accepting and processing unveried bulk applications to delete voters’ names during the claims and objections period of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of...
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BRICS youth, sports ministers’ meet in Vizag today
Visakhapatnam will host the BRICS Youth Ministers’ Meeting and the BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting on Saturday and Sunday, as India continues its BRICS Chairship for 2026. The two ministerial engagements will bring together Ministers and Heads of...
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Core sector growth slows to 5.4% in July as fertilizer, oil output falls UKG student dies after being slapped by teacher in class, probe panel formed
Economic activity in India’s core industrial sectors saw growth slow to 5.4% in July 2026 from 6% in June, according to o¤cial data released on Thursday. This was driven by a signicant slowdown in the fertilizers, iron ore, and steel sectors,...
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Ready to drop FIRs against student protesters, says SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to use an exceptional power under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash rst information reports (FIRs) registered against students who joined the nationwide protests against NEET-UG paper leaks that led to the...
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Soren scraps examinations as protests rock Jharkhand
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday announced the cancellation of the Jharkhand Sta Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level ( JSSC-CGL) examination, 24 days after students and job aspirants began a protest over alleged irregularities...
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Bangladesh sets ‘conditions’ for Rahman’s visit to India
The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign A airs said on Sunday that ocials from New Delhi and Dhaka have been in talks for “several weeks” for a possible visit to India by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. It also said that the atmosphere of bilateral...
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PM takes note of Gen Z anxieties, warns against ‘intellectual Naxals’
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on the 80th Independence Day of India, just days after massive youth protests rocked the capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed a seven-point economic reform plan and an outreach to Gen Z...
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India helps China evade tari s, claims U.S. report
India is once again in U.S. crosshairs, this time for allegedly allowing China to evade U.S. tari¤s by routing its exports through the country. The latest allegations are part of a new White House report called ‘The Great Transshipment Scam’. In...
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Goods exports surge 20% as India diversi es trade
Despite the ongoing turmoil in West Asia, India’s merchandise exports saw a growth of nearly 20% in July this year, faster than that of imports, ocial data released on Thursday show. Notably, exports to West Asia itself have recovered, with July’s...
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Retail ination hits 19-month high of 4.45% in July
Retail in¢ation in India rose to a 19-month high of 4.45% in July, driven up by higher food and fuel prices, o¨cial data released on Wednesday showed. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme...
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Another tiger dies in NSTR; eld sta hide it from higher-ups
Even as the probe into the death of two tigers in Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) is on, the death of a tigress in the reserve came to light on Tuesday. Though the tigress died in September 2025, the §eld sta did not inform the higher...
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Land re-survey will be completed in State by end of 2027, says Naidu
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that the land re-survey exercise will be completed by the end of 2027 and the pattadar passbooks bearing the State emblem will be given away to farmers and landowners. A slew of reforms have been introduced...
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Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point proposal for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a U.S.-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and U.S. President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of close elections. After more than a week of...
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Over 1.5 cr. names o poll rolls in latest phase of SIR
More than 1.5 crore names have been deleted so far from the existing voter lists in the ongoing third phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission. Of the 16 States and three Union Territories...
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye ink defence deal
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca committing “collective defence” and “collective deterrence”, at a time when Saudi Arabia is under attack from Yemen’s Houthis and West Asia remains engulfed in the...
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DMK lays down conditions to support delimitation Bill
As the Narendra Modi government explores the possibility of bringing in a constitutional amendment Bill to carry out a fresh delimitation exercise, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) may consider extending support if the Centre revises the legislation...
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Rijiju meets Rahul in bid to end Parliament logjam
arliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in an e£ort to break the deadlock in Parliament, with the two sides discussing the proposed delimitation Bill and the Foreign...
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Udhayanidhi Stalin held for ‘misogynist’ remarks
Tamil Nadu’s Leader of the Opposition and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday morning arrested by police following a complaint led by a functionary of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) who...
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Prashant Kishor breaches BJP’s fortress in Bankipur
Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Monday scripted a major political upset in Bihar by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Bankipur Assembly byelection, a constituency represented for ve consecutive terms by the...
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Cauvery situation slightly better, says Karnataka CM
Stating that the water situation in the Cauvery was “slightly better” in view of the rain, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Sunday reiterated his appeal to the Kannada organisations to withdraw their State-wide bandh plan for August...
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Modi inaugurates Bhogapuram airport, ₹17,900 crore projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh to the nation, and inaugurated development projects worth over ₹17,900 crore from Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram...
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Four-storey building collapse leaves 10 dead in Maharashtra
At least 10 people were killed and three injured after a four-storey residential building, declared “dangerous” by the civic body in September 2020 and undergoing illegal repairs, collapsed in Bhiwandi city in Maharashtra late on Thursday...
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Pellet guns part of graded police response, says SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the use of pellet guns by the police in “exceptional circumstances” was part of a graded approach to break civilian protests. The court, however, did not expand on which “exceptional circumstances” justied the use...
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SC restricts ‘retrospective’ environmental clearances
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed, with prospective e¦ect, a 2021 O§ce Memorandum (OM) granting ex post facto environmental clearances to infrastructure projects, holding that the Union government cannot substantially alter protective...
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Lakhs brave drizzle, undertake annual Giri Pradakshina
Nearly 4.60 lakh devotees embarked on the annual sacred ‘Giri Pradakshina’ of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy of Simhachalam by 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Devotees from all age groups, including elderly persons, women, children and youth, took part in the...
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CJP warns of fresh protests over govt.’s ‘promise breach’
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday warned of fresh protests, accusing the Centre of violating its assurance that no punitive action would be taken against protesters. “We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police...
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Nilekani to lead high-powered task force on exam reforms: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a highpowered task force, to be headed by former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani, to recommend steps to make the country’s examination system leak-proof and technology-driven. The...
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Dharmendra Pradhan quits; CJP calls o stir
As the student protests over paper leaks spread across dierent States and snowballed into a major political crisis for the Narendra Modi government, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Education Minister on Saturday, prompting the Cockroach Janta Party...
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SC agrees to hear pleas alleging police excesses at CJP’s march
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Monday two freshly instituted petitions alleging police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on student protesters in the national capital. The development came hours after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...
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A.P. Cabinet clears security plan for Godavari Pushkarams, weaver aid scheme, infra proposals
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday approved a series of proposals aimed at strengthening security arrangements for the Godavari Pushkaralu-2027, supporting handloom workers, promoting industrial development and advancing infrastructure projects...
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Delhi HC seeks govt. response on police actions during CJP march
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Delhi Police to respond to a batch of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions alleging that the police used excessive force against students and other protesters during the Parliament march...
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Congress leaders detained after dharna at PM’s house
The principal Opposition party, the Congress, on Tuesday took the leadership of the anti-government agitation protesting against the spate of paper leaks and seeking education reform, with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi,...
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Several hurt in crackdown on CJP Parliament march
Several people were injured here on Monday when the police cracked down on a Parliament march called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan even as the government reached out to the...
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Cup of nostalgia: The Hindu Lit for Life Unplugged takes a stroll down the lanes of history in Kolkata
“That side,” said Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee Usha Uthup, pointing towards the right corner of Trincas, a restaurant in Kolkata’s Park Street, “is where Sharmila Tagore and the Nawab of Pataudi would sit.” Then she swept her hand across the...
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Police move Wangchuk to hospital on Day 21 of fast
Activist Sonam Wangchuk was whisked away by police from the Jantar Mantar protest site on Saturday morning, in a setback for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Mr....
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Bank loans became accessible to all eligible after 2014: Nirmala
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has observed that ‘phone banking’ used to be the order of the day between 2004 and 2014, during which period inuential sections would prevail on the bankers to lend to the chosen ones, by making phone calls,...
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Wangchuk weak, Delhi HC orders regular monitoring
ith activist Sonam Wangchuk’s health condition worsening on the 19th day of his indenite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi High Court ordered the Union and Delhi governments to ensure regular monitoring of his health. Doctors warned on...
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Iran threatens regional oil blockade over U.S. actions
eturning to war nearly a month after signing a memorandum of understanding towards peace in West Asia, the U.S. and Iran on Wednesday launched strikes on targets across the region. While the U.S. Central Command said it launched “a wave of strikes......
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SC weighs SOP for urgent cases a ecting life, liberty
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider framing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to allow citizens to knock on the doors of the courts any time, day or night, in cases aecting life and liberty, including illegal detentions, imminent...
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Polavaram works will be completed before Pushkarams, says CM
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the commissioning of the Polavaram irrigation project and the renovation of Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage (SACB) would be completed before the Godavari Pushkarams-2027. The Godavari water is diverted into...
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Iran attacks West Asian nations after U.S. strikes
The U.S. attacked Iran early on Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that left one Indian sailor missing. Iran responded with attacks on several countries in West Asia, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and...
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15 Indian tourists killed in Vietnam boat accident
Fifteen Indian tourists were killed in Vietnam on Saturday when a sightseeing boat capsized o£ the coast of Phu Quoc, a major attraction known for its coral reefs and island-hopping excursions. The speedboat was leaving the Hon May Rut Ngoai, an...
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HC halts bypolls in 5 T.N. Assembly constituencies
he Madras High Court on Friday restrained the Election Commission (EC) from notifying byelections to the Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai, and Karur Assembly constituencies until July 31. The elected representatives have resigned,...
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India, Australia move to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Paci c
India and Australia on Thursday adopted a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation, committing to signi cantly deepen military engagement, strengthen defence industrial collaboration, and expand maritime security cooperation amid growing...
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Trump declares end to truce but says he will let talks go on
The ceasere between the United States and Iran is “over”, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, while leaving the door open for more talks, after the two sides exchanged re amid a dispute over the status of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said...
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Three killed in debris slip at tunnel site in Wayanad
At least three people were killed and ve reported missing when a massive heap of excavated mud swamped the portal of an under-construction tunnel road in Wayanad district of Kerala on Tuesday. Emergency responders have rescued 10 people from the...
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No trace of shermen yet, survivor recounts struggle
A coordinated search is under way in the Bay of Bengal after a shing boat, IND-AP-MM-VS-83, capsized in severe weather o the Visakhapatnam coast on July 4. Six shermen are still missing, and the search is going on in turbulent seas and strong...
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Govt. issues notice to Meta on ‘child sexual abuse’ ads
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed Meta, the parent body of several social media platforms, to disable advertisements and content promoting and facilitating access to child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM)...
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India navigated West Asia crisis e ciently, says Modi
India successfully weathered the challenges triggered by the West Asia con¢ict through e£ective assessment and strategic, timely decision-making while eciently using its domestic resources and strong diplomatic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...
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JSW Steel Plant will bring Rayalaseema out of backwardness, poverty: Naidu
Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has stated that the JSW Rayalaseema Steel Plant will become the lifeline of Rayalaseema region and bring it out of backwardness and poverty. Mr. Naidu launched the plant’s heavy section mill concrete ¡ooring work...
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Free Indo-Paci c a priority for India and Japan: Modi
A“free and rulesbased Indo-Pacic” is a common priority for India and Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday while welcoming his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi. Mr. Modi said India and Japan would jointly develop technologies that...
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Commercial LPG prices reduced by ₹183 per re ll
In an indication of an improvement in the supply of liqueed petroleum gas (LPG) with the four-month West Asia conict at a probable end, public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday cut the prices of commercial LPG cylinders by ₹183.5 and...
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Industrial output growth hits 5-month high of 5.1%
Growth in industrial activity quickened to a ve-month high of 5.1% in May, buoyed by stronger performances by the manufacturing, electricity, capital goods, and consumer goods sectors, the latest government data show. While releasing the data, the...
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See children as wealth, not as burden: Naidu
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has stressed the need for the joint family system to return, and says that the government is giving incentives to families to have two or more children, treating them as wealth at a time when the fertility rate is...
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Ram Temple row: Trust general secretary quits
Amid the uproar over the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Saturday announced that its general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra had submitted their resignations. “At its next meeting,...
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Ayodhya fund case: all eight accused in judicial custody
The eight people named as the accused in a rst information report (FIR) regarding the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya have been arrested and sent to judicial custody until Monday. “The eight accused will be...
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188 dead, 1,500 injured as earthquakes hit Venezuela
Apair of powerful earthquakes that rocked Venezuela have killed at least 188 people and left more than 1,500 hurt, officials said on Thursday as residents searched for loved ones trapped under rubble after many buildings were flattened within...
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Warehouse collapse kills five workers in Kolkata
Five workers were killed and several injured as an underconstruction warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata collapsed on Wednesday. At least 18 workers are feared to be trapped under the collapsed structure. The accident occurred shortly after noon...
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Centre tightens norms for foreign contributions
Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) wanting to access foreign funds must now stick to a list of activities specified by the Centre, according to the latest amendment to the Rules of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010, notified on...
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15 die in U.P. building fire, victims mostly students
At least 15 people, mostly students, were killed and five injured in a fire that engulfed a threestorey commercial building housing a graphics animation coaching centre, a library, and a pet shop, in the Aliganj area of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on...
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Two die in ammonia gas leak at T.N. seafood unit
Two migrant workers from Odisha were killed and more than 60 hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a shrimp processing unit in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Of those in hospital, 23 have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The...
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Iran ‘closes’ Hormuz amid Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Iran’s military on Saturday said it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, citing “violations” of the first clause of a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the U.S., as Israeli strikes on Lebanon continued. “In light of the...
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Delhi HC upholds curbs on Telegram amid NEET row
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the Centre’s temporary ban on messaging platform Telegram, noting that the government’s action was proportionate and justified in view of the alleged use of the platform by organised cheating networks linked to the...
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Telegram evolved into ‘new dark web’, govt. tells Delhi HC
The Union government on Thursday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the messaging platform Telegram had evolved into the “new dark web”, arguing that its architecture and privacy features had made it a preferred tool for cybercriminals, fraud...
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Modi meets Trump, raises safety of Indian seafarers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue, in broad terms, of the safety of seafarers with U.S. President Trump during their bilateral meeting in Evian, France, on the fringes of the G7 Summit. “Mr. President, you are aware across the...
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India’s rainfall deficit at 35% as monsoon progress stalls
Over a week past the monsoon’s normal arrival date, the rain clouds have yet to reach Mumbai, driving India’s nationwide monsoon deficit to 35% as of Tuesday. The shortfall in rainfall is concentrated in the regions the monsoon has failed to cover —...
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U.S. and Iran reach agreement to end war, re-open Hormuz Strait
The U.S. and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the war, lift blockades in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, and launch substantive negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme and the Western sanctions, the two countries announced...
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Modi, Macron bilateral talk stresses economic security
India and France adopted an ‘Innovation Roadmap 2030’ and established a Dialogue on Economic Security during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held in Nice on Sunday. A press release from the...
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An-32 cargo plane crash kills 5 IAF men in Assam
Five Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel were killed after an An32 cargo aircraft met with an accident while landing at the Jorhat airbase in eastern Assam on Saturday. The deceased were Squadron Leader Prashant Singh, Flight Lieutenant Shubham Kumar,...
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Attacks on ships ‘unacceptable’, says India; Trump blames Iran
hile condemning the U.S. attacks on three ships with Indian crew that killed three Indian seafarers, Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, on Friday, described them as “attacks on Indian commercial vessels”. Publicly...
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BJP’s RS candidates in M.P. elected unopposed; EC yet to decide on Congress plea
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates Tarun Chug, Rajneesh Agrawal, and Mahesh Kewat were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh, even as the Congress challenged in the Supreme Court the rejection of...
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20 Trinamool MPs plan to form a separate bloc, support NDA
The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday as several of its MPs held a meeting at the residence of Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal observer Bhupender Yadav. There are 29 MPs of the...
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Not seeking mediation on border dispute: Nepal FM
Kathmandu is focused on establishing Nepal’s claim on the KalapaniLipulekhLimpiyadhura trijunction and is not “asking for mediation” by third parties, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said here on Sunday. At a press conference at the Embassy...
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Russian oil imports, prices jump; U.S. share goes down
Russia’s share in the value of India’s oil imports jumped back up to an 11month high of nearly 38% in April 2026 as India continued to increase its dependence on it against the backdrop of the ongoing West Asia crisis. This increasing dependence was...
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