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Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Three Indian-flagged crude oil tankers carrying over 8.6 lakh million tonnes of cargo with 94 crew members from the country transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday (June 20, 2026) and are en route to India, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. Also…
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A total of 87,357 children in the district will be administered polio drops during the intensive pulse polio immunisation programme to be conducted on June 28 (Sunday). In a statement, District Collector Ranjeet Singh said no case of poliomyelitis had been reported in the country for the past 15 years thanks to the intensive pulse…
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Aryan Nehra clocked 7:59.36 to better his own record with a ‘best Indian time’ and secure the men’s 800m freestyle gold medal at the National aquatics championships in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Aryan sliced two seconds off his three-year-old record to earn qualifying standards for both the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. B. Benedicton Rohit lowered…
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French firm SUEZ, which took over the operation and management of water supply in Kochi, recently deployed AI-powered inspection technology to address a blockage in the pipeline network of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA). The inspection on Friday (June 19, 2026) involved detailed examination of underground pipelines without excavation and helped resolve a blockage caused…
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Yamal’s potential return to the starting line-up will be a boost for Spain. | Photo Credit: AFP This is a city that became the capital of The New South, where civil rights history meets corporate America, where the headquarters of Coca-Cola rises above streets lined with reminders of a more complicated past. In June, the…
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Bengaluru Blasters’ Shubhang Hegde in action against Gulbarga Mystics in the DACSS Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament at Mysuru on Saturday, June 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bengaluru Blasters recorded a last-gasp victory over Gulbarga Mystics in the opening match of the DACSS Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament at Mysuru on Saturday. Blasters…
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Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Dansari Anasuya (Seethakka) urged the Centre to withdraw the proposed VB GRAM G Act and restore the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as a rights-based law. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Minister Dansari Anasuya said she had written three separate letters to Union Rural Development…
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. FIle | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistan court on Saturday (June 20, 2026) sentenced four senior leaders of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party to 10-year imprisonment in a case related to the 2023 riots, while it acquitted former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Violent protests erupted across the…
Jemimah Rodrigues will be eager to come up with a big score. | Photo Credit: AFP This is the city that gave the world Emmeline Pankhurst. She fought hard to give the women of this country the right to vote and impacted other parts of the world, too. Women have come a long way since…
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File | Photo Credit: AP The wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez must stand trial on corruption charges and has been banned from leaving the country, a judge ruled on Saturday (June 20, 2026). Also Read:Spain’s PM Sánchez announces anti-graft measures as corruption inquiries ensnare his party Begoña Gomez…
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