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A Ugandan doctor vaccinates the contact of a patient. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Africa’s top public health agency said on Friday (May 15, 2026) that there was a confirmed Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, with 65 deaths out of 246 suspected cases so far. The Africa Centres for Disease Control…
A man stands near graffiti on a mosque wall, which Palestinians say was written by Israeli settlers, near Birzeit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Palestinian Authority said on Friday (May 15, 2026) that Israeli forces shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank,…
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Tenders for maintenance work have also been awarded, with the corporation planning to spend ₹2 lakh or more per km to repair existing footpaths by removing obstructions and constructing missing links. The North Corporation, which had earmarked ₹935 crore in its maiden budget for a major road and footpath upgrade plan, including the development of 1,000…
Israel on Thursday (May 14, 2026) threatened to take The New York Times to court over a piece it published denouncing allegedly widespread sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar have ordered the “initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times”, according to a joint statement…
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Writing about workers’ rights and reporting on labour issues is part of journalism, not a crime in a democracy, said Press Club of India. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Press Club of India (PCI) on Friday (May 15, 2026) condemned the decision of the Uttar Pradesh police to invoke the National Security Act (NSA)…
Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan being received on his arrival at the Cochin International Airport on Friday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin With V.D. Satheesan emerging as the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s chief ministerial face, the party unit in Ernakulam, his stronghold, appears to be set for a political reset. Mr. Satheesan’s elevation as the party’s…
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S. Bindu, Director of KIRTADS, inaugurating the seminar on ‘Tech-driven sustainable Scheduled Tribe in the era of AI’, in Kozhikode on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT As part of the ‘Janjatiya Garima Utsav’ celebrations, the Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (KIRTADS) on Friday (May 15, 2026)…
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Philip Sekulic packed too much punch for Kriish Tyagi to counter. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Philip Sekulic snapped Kriish Tyagi’s fine run with a facile 6-0, 6-2 victory in the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger semifinal at the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium here on Friday. Sekulic (World no. 357), the fourth seed, dominated his wildcard opponent from…
In today’s episode: a new political row erupts after petrol and diesel prices were hiked by ₹3 per litre. We also track Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s crucial visit to the UAE, more than 100 people lose their lives in devastating storms and lightning strikes across Uttar Pradesh, while new developments emerge in the U.S. bribery…
A 63-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and attacked his son before reportedly dying by suicide at Manjapetty near Perumbavoor in the early hours of Friday. The deceased woman was identified as Ambika. Her husband Chandran Plavinparambil was later found dead in a nearby vacant plot. Chandran allegedly attacked Ambika and their son Sanal, 38,…