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The meeting will mark the first interaction between Modi and Trump since they last met in February 2025 in Washington DC. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit taking place in Evian, France on June 16-17, official sources…
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Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah “Balen” limited his intervention in a parliamentary discussion on the boundary dispute between India and Nepal over Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura (areas claimed by both countries) on May 31 to a few minutes. He seemed to suggest that the issue was not one-sided. “What surprised me after becoming Prime Minister…
Modern computing is often effortless. You pick up a calculator or open the calculator app on your phone, and you’re on your way in seconds. But getting here took humans several centuries from when they first tried to speed up computing. One particularly important passage in this history involved the English mathematician Charles Babbage, who…
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N. Jagadeesan has switched allegiance from Vijay CC to Sea Hawks in one of the biggest moves ahead of the TNCA first division league 2026-27 season, which begins on Wednesday. Meanwhile, reigning champion MRC ‘A’ has been busy in the transfer market, bolstering its squad by recruiting S. Mohamed Ali, P. Vignesh (both from Vijay…
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he West Bengal government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will remove the word ‘Dham’ from the name of the Jagannath temple in Digha, founded by the previous Trinamool Congress government. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri The West Bengal government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will remove the word ‘Dham’ from the name of…
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According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2025, the country’s ‘floating population’ or rural migrants, stood at around 358 million, making up 25% of the population | Photo Credit: AFP China’s State Council, on May 22, issued guidelines to ‘promote basic public services at people’s place of residence,’ regardless of hukou, or…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) said that a U.S. military helicopter was shot down by Iran and that the United States “must” respond. The Apache helicopter is the second crewed aircraft that Washington has confirmed was shot down by Iran during…
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A 31-year-old man died after falling while attempting to board a moving train at Secunderabad railway station on Monday (June 8). The deceased has been identified as Md Azad Ansari, 31, a labourer from Garhwa district of Jharkhand. The incident was reported around 9.45 p.m. at platform number 8, where the man tried to board…
Seven people were killed in eastern Afghanistan when a scrap collector sawed into a recovered shell, residents and the police told AFP on Tuesday (June 9, 2026). Decades of conflict have left Afghanistan littered with the explosive remnants of war, with the country registering the third-highest casualty rate globally according to the United Nations. The…
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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Cuba’s President said in an interview published Monday (May 9, 2026) that the United States was considering three possible scenarios for its pressure campaign against the communist-led island: fomenting social unrest, assuming control of the economy or launching a military campaign. The remarks by Miguel Diaz-Canel…
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