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Thai authorities received reports of the blast in Tak province, opposite Myanmar’s Karen state, on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) afternoon and rushed to the scene, police said. Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Three migrants from Myanmar have been killed and two wounded after a drone used in their country’s civil war…
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Outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar during a press meet in Bengaluru on May 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain Despite an intense power tussle within the Congress in Karnataka over the last three years, the party high command appears to have managed a smooth transition of power to ensure…
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People watch results at an election night event for California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra in Los Angeles on June 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Republican television commentator Steve Hilton and Democratic former Cabinet Secretary Xavier Becerra took the early lead in the open primary race for California governor on Tuesday (June 2, 2026). They…
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) amid uncertainty over US–Iran negotiations, a fresh spike in crude oil prices, and persistent foreign fund outflows. Also read | Stock markets decline in early trade as U.S.–Iran talks face repeated setbacks The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 699.74 points to…
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Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of police on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) carried out searches in several districts of the valley in a case related to terror activities, officials said. The officials said based on recent intelligence inputs, technical analysis and sustained investigation, they had identified eight locations in six districts where searches were conducted…
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This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee depreciated 28 paise to 95.64 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Wednesday (June 3, 2026), after the U.S. Trade Representative proposed 12.5% additional duties on India and 53 other countries over forced labour import violations. Forex traders said…
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Shortly after Pope Leo XIV issued his sweeping manifesto calling for the robust regulation of artificial intelligence, the Instagram meme account Saint Hoax posted a video to its more than 3 million followers about the pope’s call to “disarm” AI. “Love my woke pope (I’m not even Catholic),” the caption read. In another viral post,…
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He is already the richest man in the world, but when SpaceX finally makes its hotly anticipated stock market debut, Elon Musk could become the planet’s first trillionaire. Forbes magazine on Tuesday estimated Musk’s net worth at nearly $835 billion, as compared with $342 billion in its annual rich list in March 2025. He is…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. Trade Representative has proposed slapping 12.5% additional duties on 54 countries, including India, for failing to prohibit the import of goods produced with forced labour. The action follows investigations launched against 60 countries over what the USTR described as their failure to…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces Majorana 2 | Photo Credit: REUTERS Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new quantum computing chip that it redesigned with the help of AI, saying it now believes it will have commercially useful quantum machines by 2029. The new target date puts Microsoft on track to have quantum computers the same…
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