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The Marshall Islands-flagged dry bulk vessel Summit Success also entered the Gulf on Monday (June 22, 2026), LSEG data showed. File (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Reuters Four liquefied natural gas tankers controlled by Qatar were heading into the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (June 22, 2026), despite a fall in ship traffic after Iran…
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Hundreds of farmers from more than five districts gathered at BGS Circle in Bidadi to commence a bike rally to Bairamangala called by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) in support of farmers protesting against the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township, popularly known as the Bidadi Township project. This marks the first large-scale farmers’ agitation, although…
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IS 18663:2024 is the Indian Standard to be followed for manufacturing Note Sorting Machines The digital world is increasingly up against the counterfeit. ‘Fake news’ is ubiquitous. AI-generated images and voices add a deadly dimension to it, making it challenging to sift reality from a malicious representation of it. But the world has always been…
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Bengal’s first BJP budget likely to balance welfare spend, debt reduction and industry reforms The BJP government’s first full budget in West Bengal, to be presented in the Assembly on Monday (June 22, 2026), is expected to strike a balance between sustaining welfare commitments and pursuing fiscal consolidation amid one of the heaviest debt burdens…
(This article is part of the Gender Agenda newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Sunday, subscribe here.) This week, Himanshu Jangra apologised for making derogatory comments towards women during a comedy show. He was there as an audience member. Another clip on X of another Indian comedian also caused a stir recently. He…
Security has been strengthened at the zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate in Kochi. FIle | Photo Credit: The Hindu Continuing its probe into the alleged pay-off case involving Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd. (CMRL) and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T. Veena, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started questioning the CMRL Chief…
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A firefighter attempts to put out a fire after a Russian strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Odesa Region, Ukraine, in this still image from video released on June 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday (June 22, 2026)…
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IS 18663:2024 is the Indian Standard to be followed for manufacturing Note Sorting Machines The digital world is increasingly up against the counterfeit. ‘Fake news’ is ubiquitous. AI-generated images and voices add a deadly dimension to it, making it challenging to sift reality from a malicious representation of it. But the world has always been…
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Bhuvanagiri MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy alleged that BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao became accustomed to the film industry in ten years of power, and continues to speak the language of cinema even in politics, adding that the lives of ordinary people appeared to be viewed “like a movie” by the former minister. In…
U.S. Central Command said that they notified the U.S. Coast Guard. Photo credit: X/@Southcom The U.S. military has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday (June 18, 2026), immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin…
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