NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is set to make a statement in the Lok Sabha on Monday regarding the evolving situation in West Asia, as regional tensions continue to escalate amid the ongoing conflict in the Gulf. Jaishankar will brief Members of...

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Global oil prices have climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the escalating war involving Iran disrupts energy production and shipping routes across the Middle East. US President Donald Trump described the surge as a...

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NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday said the government has shown little intent or determination to ensure gender parity in India’s constitutional courts, even though women make up a significant share of judges in the lower judiciary. Speaking...

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The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new Supreme Leader comes at a time of profound turmoil for the Islamic Republic. The announcement was made shortly after midnight on Monday by the Assembly of Experts, the powerful clerical body responsible for selecting...

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THANE: A Thane court has acquitted a man who spent more than eight years in jail after the prosecution failed to establish key facts in a sexual assault case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused, an ayurvedic medicine...

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THANE: A 57-year-old Mumbai man accused of chain snatching and booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has been acquitted by a Special MCOCA Court in Thane after the prosecution failed to establish his identity as one of the...

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