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Residents walk through the rubble after what Taliban officials said were Pakistani airstrikes a day earlier that killed civilians, including children, in the village of Mandokhail, Chamkani district, Paktia province, Afghanistan, on June 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP India on Monday (June 29, 2026) strongly condemned Pakistan’s air strikes on Afghan territory in which…
The CPI and the CPI(M) have the same position on the Centre’s PM SHRI (Prime Minister Schools for Rising India) school scheme, CPI State secretary Binoy Viswam said on Monday (June 29), rejecting the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) allegation that the CPI(M) had signed up for it without informing its Left ally. Addressing reporters here,…
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The late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli-U.S. strikes on February 28. | Photo Credit: West Asia News Agency via Reuters Bihar Governor Lt. General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) and Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita are likely to lead the Indian delegation that will travel to Iran for…
Emergency responders and forensic investigators in Stade, Germany, June 29, 2026 as police say five people have been killed in a shooting. | Photo Credit: AP A gunman killed six people Monday (June 29, 2026) in a German youth welfare centre for mothers and their children in what police said was a likely “family tragedy”,…
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Azerbaijan on Monday (June 29, 2026) denounced a decision by its ally Israel to recognise the World War I massacres of Armenians as a genocide, a move widely seen as a rebuke by Israel to Turkey. Azerbaijan and Israel are allies but Baku’s closest foreign partner is Turkey and the Caucasus country hinted the move…
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Canadian aerospace electronics manufacturer Firan Technology Group (FTG) inaugurates its first India manufacturing facility at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park in Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Advanced avionics and cockpit interface electronics for global aerospace and defence programmes will now be manufactured in Hyderabad, with Canadian aerospace electronics manufacturer Firan Technology…
Italy and the Balkans felt the impact on Monday (June 29, 2026) of a record-breaking heatwave that has caused hundreds of excess deaths and disrupted daily life across the continent for more than a week, with growing concerns over the spread of wildfires. Across the Atlantic, the National Weather Service warned of “dangerous heat with…
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The Fast Track Special Court II, Manjeri, on Saturday (June 27) sentenced a 22-year-old man to 24 years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl under the guise of love. Judge Varun K.S. convicted Swalih V. under multiple sections of the POCSO Act and imposed a fine of ₹65,000. The court found that Swalih…
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Israel has occupied a swathe of southern Lebanon in a war with Hezbollah that began on March 2, when the group opened fire at Israel after Iran came under U.S.-Israeli attack. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a key ally of Hezbollah, on Monday (June 29, 2026) slammed a U.S.-brokered agreement…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Dutch investment firm Prosus-owned PayU has posted its first operational profit of USD 18 million (about Rs 1,701 crore) for FY26, mainly due to its exit from low-margin businesses, the company said on Monday (June 29, 2026). PayU, which operates in India, has posted an…
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