Month: June 2026

U.S. imposes sanctions on Cuban President, Treasury website shows

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U.S. imposes sanctions on Cuban President, Treasury website shows

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. File | Photo Credit: AFP ​​The U.S. on Thursday (June 4, 2026) imposed sanctions ‌on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel ​and some affiliated people and ⁠entities, the U.S. Treasury Department’s website showed. The Cuban government did not immediately ‌respond to a request for comment on the sanctions, ‌which also targeted four other…

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Kharge and Praveen Chakravarty among Congress Rajya Sabha nominees

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Kharge and Praveen Chakravarty among Congress Rajya Sabha nominees

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File picture | Photo Credit: The Hindu Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is among the seven Rajya Sabha candidates across five States that the party announced on Thursday (June 4, 2026) for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on June 18. Mr. Kharge is one of the three candidates from Karnataka. The party’s…

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Trump announces $700 million funding for coal plants, energy infrastructure

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Trump announces 0 million funding for coal plants, energy infrastructure

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced he was using Cold War-era legislation to tap $700 million in funding for a slew of coal…

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BJP rattled as Congress swept Himachal’s rural, urban local body polls, says Negi

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BJP rattled as Congress swept Himachal’s rural, urban local body polls, says Negi

Himachal Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In Himachal Pradesh, where the political fate of the State is largely decided in its villages, the election of nearly 2,400 Congress-aligned Pradhans (village heads) and 2,600 Deputy Pradhans across 3,754 Panchayats is a testament to the faith people have reposed in the…

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KS Bharat announces retirement from international cricket

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KS Bharat announces retirement from international cricket

Indian wicket keeper K.S. Bharat. File picture | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India wicketkeeper-batter Kona Srikar Bharat, who played seven Tests for the country between 2023-2024, on Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced his retirement from international cricket. The 32-year-old made his debut against Australia in Nagpur in February 2023, though he got a call-up in…

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Bid to rename Barkatullah University as ‘Vagdevi Bhojpal University’ sparks political row in Bhopal

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Bid to rename Barkatullah University as ‘Vagdevi Bhojpal University’ sparks political row in Bhopal

The executive council of Bhopal’s Barkatullah University has passed a resolution to change the name of the government-run institution to ‘Vagdevi Bhopal University’, prompting sharp reactions from the Opposition parties in Madhya Pradesh.  On Wednesday (June 3, 2026), the executive council passed a resolution to rename the university honouring goddess Saraswati, who is also known…

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Tractor-trolley carrying bricks does not void insurance liability, rules Delhi High Court

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Tractor-trolley carrying bricks does not void insurance liability, rules Delhi High Court

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court has ruled that an insurance company cannot avoid paying compensation merely because a tractor involved in an accident was pulling a trolley loaded with bricks, holding that the principal cause of the accident remains the movement of the insured tractor and not…

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Kolkata to join Centre’s water metro project, says West Bengal CM

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Kolkata to join Centre’s water metro project, says West Bengal CM

Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal calls on West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to discuss the possibility of transforming West Bengal into a major maritime and logistics hub, in Kolkata on Thursday. (@SuvenduWB X/ANI Photo) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said that Kolkata will join the…

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Draft Supreme Court rules prohibit use of AI for judicial outcomes, witness profiling

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Draft Supreme Court rules prohibit use of AI for judicial outcomes, witness profiling

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to determine judicial outcomes, the Supreme Court AI committee has proposed draft regulations that bar AI-assisted sentencing without mandatory human oversight, prevent AI systems from profiling parties or witnesses, and disallow the use of “opaque” or “unexplainable”…

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