Daily Updates
Calcutta HC Issues Guidelines: Courts Can Order Parental Psyche Tests Before Child Custody Decisions
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has laid down detailed guidelines for family courts, allowing them to suo motu order psychiatric...
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IAS Officer Suicide Case: Eight-Day Deadlock Ends as ADGP Puran Kumar Cremated; ASI Sandeep’s Autopsy Today
CHANDIGARH: The eight-day standoff over the death of senior IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar ended on Wednesday after his family...
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Greta Thunberg Alleges Abuse During Israeli Detention After Gaza Flotilla Raid
STOCKHOLM: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken publicly for the first time about her alleged mistreatment while in Israeli...
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Italy’s Top Court Blocks Extradition of Nord Stream Blast Suspect
ROME: Italy’s highest court has ruled that a Ukrainian national suspected of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions...
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Madagascar’s CAPSAT: The powerful army unit shaping the island’s political future
Madagascar has been thrust into political turmoil once again, with the Corps d'administration des personnels et des services administratifs et...
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Indore tragedy: 25 transgenders hospitalised after allegedly consuming phenyl
INDORE/NEW DELHI: About 25 members of the transgender community were admitted to Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH) in Indore on Wednesday...
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Dutch government seizes Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia after US pressure citing security concerns
In a striking escalation of global tech tensions, the Dutch government has forcibly taken control of Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia,...
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UK slaps 90 new sanctions on Russia’s oil network; Indian firm Nayara Energy among targets
LONDON: The United Kingdom on Wednesday unveiled 90 new sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s oil revenue streams, targeting state energy...
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Bengaluru doctor held for murdering wife with anaesthetic overdose; toxic chemicals found in body
BENGALURU: A city-based surgeon has been arrested for allegedly murdering his newlywed wife, a dermatologist, by repeatedly administering excessive doses...
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Trump says PM Modi assured him India will stop buying Russian oil; urges China to follow
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him that India will cease purchasing...
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Gaza crackdown: Hamas releases video of public execution; remains of 4 hostages returned to Israel
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Hamas on Monday released a video showing eight blindfolded men being publicly executed in Gaza, accusing them of being...
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‘Disappointed with Putin’: Trump slams Russian President over Ukraine war, calls it ‘biggest conflict since World War II’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war in Ukraine,...
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3 kids among 20 killed as Jodhpur-bound bus goes up in flames near Jaisalmer; 15 critical
JAISALMER: In one of Rajasthan’s worst road tragedies in recent years, 20 people — including three children — were charred...
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From Andhra PR apprentice to Maoism’s chief ideologue: The long arc of Mallojula Venugopal Rao’s insurgent life
HYDERABAD/NAGPUR: When Mallojula Venugopal Rao joined the public relations department in undivided Andhra Pradesh’s Adilabad as an apprentice after graduation,...
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Rare earth showdown: US calls India key ally in ‘China vs world’ battle as tensions escalate
WASHINGTON: The US-China trade war deepened this week after Beijing tightened export controls on rare earth minerals, prompting sharp criticism...
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‘Sacrificing self to awaken people’: Haryana cop dies by suicide, leaves note and video alleging corruption
CHANDIGARH: In a disturbing repeat of an earlier tragedy, a Haryana police officer who had investigated former Rohtak IG Y....
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‘Brics was an attack on the dollar’: Donald Trump defends tariffs, claims members are quitting the bloc
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified his decision to impose tariffs on Brics nations, claiming the economic alliance...
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Illegally kept secret files, met Chinese officials: Indian-origin US expert Ashley Tellis arrested — what we know
WASHINGTON: Ashley Tellis, an Indian-origin expert on South Asian affairs who served as a Pentagon contractor and unpaid adviser to...
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Tamil Nadu tragedy: Airbag kills 7-year-old sitting on father’s lap after car crash near Thiruporur
CHENNAI: A seven-year-old boy died when an airbag deployed during a collision on Old Mahabalipuram Road near Thiruporur on Monday...
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‘Why are roads so bad?’: Karnataka ministers lash out at Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw over Bengaluru civic issues; citizens rally behind Biocon chief
BENGALURU: A social media post by Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw highlighting Bengaluru’s deteriorating civic infrastructure has sparked a political storm,...
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