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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope of progress on ending the war with Iran, as he looked to Pakistani mediators to help advance efforts to strike an agreement. Previous comments by President Donald Trump had suggested weeks of stop-start negotiations to strike a permanent end to the war were teetering on the “borderline”…
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The study, published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, analyses ambulance registry data from Tamil Nadu’s 108 emergency response system from 2017 to 2024. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU A study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has found that Tamil Nadu’s emergency medical services and maternal healthcare system has showed significant improvement…
File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 21, 2026) said the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Mr. Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe….
Barricades are being gradually removed from road stretches where work has been completed.file photoVIBHU H | Photo Credit: The Hindu Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has offered to improve the road safety and traffic management measures along the Kakkand route where the phase 2 project work is progressing in view of the impending monsoon. The…
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Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will perform the State-level inauguration of the school Pravesanotsavam (school reopening celebration) at Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Pattom, here at 9 a.m. on June 1. Minister for General Education N. Samsudheen will preside over the function, to be attened…
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Four years ago, Halley Kalyan moved from Moti Nagar to a gated community in Manikonda for a reason that had little to do with luxury or status. In a rapidly changing Hyderabad, the 40-year-old product manager simply wanted his seven-year-old daughter to have a safe place to ride a bicycle. Back in Moti Nagar, learning…
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R G Kar Medical College. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) ordered setting up a three-member special investigation team (SIT) of the CBI to probe the developments from the time the R G Kar Medical College’s trainee doctor had dinner on the night of August 2024…
Republicans struggled Thursday (May 21, 2026) to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Mr. Trump’s military…
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File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 21, 2026) said the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Mr. Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe….
Sixteen-year-old Lakshmi’s voice travels through the streets of Mubarakpur. She sings in the Hindi-Bhojpuri strain of Chandauli, a district in Uttar Pradesh bordering Bihar. “Apne bojh bhale Papa, lihab utaare, hamra ke deb Papa, jite di ki maari. Kam hi umar mein Papa, kar na biyah ho,” (Papa, even if you get me married thinking I…