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The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early on Friday (June 5, 2026) morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the Bill. Senators voted 52-47 for the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border…
To think you can deforest in Nicobar and manage its ecological impact by doing some compensatory afforestation in Haryana is a bogus argument, said Jairam Ramesh, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, speaking at the session titled ‘From the Aravallis to the Nicobar: At the edge of ecology’ as part of The Hindu Huddle in Bengaluru on…
A proposed Lebanon-Israel truce faces uncertainty after Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the conditional ceasefire announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys. Hezbollah is demanding a comprehensive ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal, while warning of renewed attacks on northern Israel. Source link
Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi. File | Photo Credit: AP “China is willing to work with Myanmar to maintain peace and tranquility in their border region,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Myanmar counterpart Tin Maung Swe in Beijing on Friday (June 5, 2026). Mr. Wang said Beijing hoped Myanmar would ensure the safety…
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Indian regulators need to be more accessible and approachable in order to encourage deeper banking penetration and private sector activity in the banking sector, according to Joe Wilson of Bunq, a Netherlands-headquartered unicorn non-banking financial company. Speaking on the sidelines of the South Summit 2026, co-organised by IE University in Madrid, Mr. Wilson, previously the…
The court was informed that an individual named M. Liyakath Ali had in 2022 filed an application under the Right to Information Act of 2005, seeking information regarding the fee structure of private schools. Representational image. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The Madras High Court on Friday (June 5, 2026) refused to grant an…
People swim on a public beach as smoke, background, rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qlaileh village, seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli strikes overnight in the historic south Lebanon city of Tyre killed seven people, a source from the civil defence told AFP on…
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The move comes at a time when FIIs sold ₹2.5 lakh crore worth of Indian securities, going by data from NSDL. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The Government of India (GoI) on Friday (June 5, 2026) waived the 12.5% long term capital gains tax (LTCG) charged on foreign institutional investment in government bonds. The exemption…
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A boundary wall and an adjoining storage room collapsed during rainwater drain and sewage line construction work at Lodhi Crematorium, in New Delhi on June 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI “A 55-year-old labourer was killed and two others were injured after a boundary wall and an adjoining storage room collapsed during rainwater drain and…
The charge sheet in a TCS sexual harassment and alleged forcible conversion case in Nashik has brought to light what investigators termed an orchestrated plan by the accused to target the victims. One of them alleged that she was made to watch videos of Pakistani Islamic cleric and preacher Tariq Jamil and Indian preacher Zakir…