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PM slams use of terror as tool of state policy

Modi targets Pakistan, seeks united fight by SCO against terror menace

Stockholm Diamond League: Avinash Sable finishes fifth in 3000m steeplechase

Commonwealth Games Silver medalist Avinash Sable clocked 8:21.88 to finish fifth in the 3000m steeplechase event at the Stockholm Diamond League last night.

Novak, other big names get going at Wimbledon

Wimbledon gets started on Monday with some of the biggest names in tennis in action, including Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Venus Williams and Coco Gauff.

Injury was on my mind, says Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra added another silverware to his cabinet after securing first position in the Javelin throw event of the Dimond League 2023 with the best throw of 87.66 metres.

We can make it 3-2, says Stokes after loss to Australia in 2nd Test

Stokes' incredible knock of 155 runs could not secure a win for his team at the Lord's Cricket Ground

Parents give children too much attention yet are worried

Parents today spend more time with their children than ever before. Yet, at the same time, they worry more than previous generations about doing enough – believing a lack of engagement may harm their child’s future success and wellbeing.

Campus numbers dwindling due to online learning

As recent headlines have made clear, New Zealand universities are in an existential crisis for a variety of reasons, including a sharp drop in international student numbers and chronic underfunding.

Five Palestinians killed as Israel launches major air strike on West Bank city

The Israeli army on Monday launched a major air strike on the West Bank city of Jenin, one of biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, according to eyewitnesses and the Israeli military.

Sri Lanka to amend key acts for debt restructuring

Sri Lanka will amend the Inland Revenue Act and the Appropriation Act in line with domestic debt restructuring strategy, State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

China accelerating civil, nuclear cooperation with Pakistan

China& Pak signed a nuclear energy deal worth 4.8 billion dollars, which experts believe is a prying move on part of Beijing

Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty

In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government’s expedition on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon rainforest.

US recommends Americans reconsider traveling to China

The U.S. recommended Americans reconsider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions.

France riots: Tensions on streets ease, fewer arrests overnight

Fewer than 160 people were arrested overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager of North African descent by a police officer, the interior ministry said on Monday.

In NATO's new north, fresh chances to contain Moscow

The Finnish rail improvements around Tornio on the Swedish border are one example

Govt launches Bharat 6G alliance as India acquires 200 6G patents

Union Communications and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday unveiled the Bharat 6G Alliance, a new initiative to launch the next-generation technology in India after a successful roll-out of 5G.

RBI says 76 per cent of ₹2,000 notes returned to banking system

About 76 per cent of the Rs 2000 banknotes have returned to the banking system since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May decided to withdraw the high-value note from circulation.

Market rally backed by positive domestic data and global cues

Domestic equities surged higher, continuing last week's positive sentiment amid healthy 12 per cent growth in GST collection at Rs1.61 lakh crore for the month of June

Active non-alignment to survive superpower split

What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much.

Infocracy and necropolitics

Today politics has made false gods and false villains. The greatest threat to the state, Aristotle said, is not faction but distraction. The digital media ecosystem has disempowered the public sphere which has undermined democratic discourse. Infocrats and practitioners of necropolitics have taken full advantage of the current age of abundant distraction

Stalin dials NCP chief amid Maharashtra political turmoil; extends support

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday extended his support to NCP chief Sharad Pawar after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) experienced an internal division as senior leader Ajit Pawar joined the BJP-led Eknath Shinde Maharashtra government along with a group of MLAs.

Don;t know who will emerge as Ajit Pawar in Karnataka, says Kumaraswamy

Reacting to the development in Maharashtra politics, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said that he doesn't know who will emerge as Ajit Pawar in Karnataka.

KTR takes a dig at BJP over Maharashtra

Says BJP’s much touted double engine govt was a past and now it was promoting triple engines fitted with washing machines

Stop voting for those, who have stopped state's dues: Shashi Panja

Dr Shashi Panja, veteran Trinamul Congress leader and state minister for women and child development urged people not to fall in the trap of the saffron party and exercise their franchise against those who have stopped the dues of Bengal.

PM the biggest protector of corrupt leaders: Abhishek

The PM has said that he is the guarantor against corruption, but have you noticed that those political leaders, against whom the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI has started investigations, have joined the BJP-led government, alleged TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Purulia today.

Home ministry confirms deployment of additional central forces for polls

The West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) informed the Calcutta High Court on Monday that the Union Home Ministry has confirmed sending 485 additional companies of central armed forces for the July 8 panchayat elections.

BJP deliberately kept Anubrata out: Mamata

Chief minister mentions Birbhum strongman in her virtual address

Catchy campaign songs strike the right chord with voters

Songs, videos by ruling Trinamul Congress catches voters’ attention ahead of rural body polls

EC launches portal for political parties to file financial statements

Political parties will now be able to file their financial accounts online to the Election Commission, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Monday.

SC to begin hearing plea challenging abrogation of Article 370 on 11 July

The Supreme Court has constituted a five-judge constitution bench that will hear on July 11, a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 - that had conferred the special status to J&K - and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, bifurcating the erstwhile state into two Union territories – J&K and Ladakh.

PM reviews performance of cabinet ministers

In a stock-taking of Central Ministers’ performance in the light of coming Assembly and Parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting of his Council of Ministers at the newly-built convention centre at Pragati Maidan.