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A customer scans a QR code to enable an UPI payment to a business owner. New rules for Unified Payment Interface(UPI) and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) come into effect from Monday, June 1, 2026. These changes are expected to have deep impacts on the ways your finances and household expenses are managed. Here is what…
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A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. FIle | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Five judges were on Monday (June 1, 2026) appointed to Supreme Court, the Union Law Ministry said. The judges appointed to the top court are Venkita Subramani Mohana, Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice…
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Smoke rises in southern Lebanon following an airstrike, as seen from northern Israel, on May 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and has proposed a plan to allow…
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Mexico’s Guillermo Ochoa during training in Mexico City | Photo Credit: Reuters Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa is set to become the first Mexican player to feature at six World Cups after the 40-year-old was named in Javier Aguirre’s squad for the tournament on Sunday (May 31, 2026). Ochoa, who made his World Cup debut in Germany…
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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus cools herself during a break at the French Open tennis championship. | Photo Credit: AP Four-time Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka will go head-to-head in the first French Open women’s night match in three years on Monday (June 1, 2026), as a host of men’s players eye a…
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend an annual parade honouring Israel on Sunday (May 31, 2026), breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights. Though it has gone by different names over the years, the Israel Day parade has always been a must-attend event for Mayors, Governors…
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Bangalore Traffic Police checking for drink and driving. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a week-long special drive against drunken driving, the Bengaluru Traffic Police booked 699 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol after checking more than 41,000 vehicles across Bengaluru. The enforcement campaign, conducted from May 25 to May 31, also…
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Commercial LPG cylinder delivery workers unload cylinders from truck at a distribution centre. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Oil Marketing companies on Monday (June 1, 2026) hiked the price of 19-kg commercial cylinder by ₹42. The prices of 5-kg FTL had also been hiked by ₹11. The increase will be effective from Monday (June…
Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, present the 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Federal Reserve Board Governor and former chair, Jerome Powell, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on May 31, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Outgoing U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Sunday…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Oil prices rose more than 2% in early trading on Monday (June 1, 2026) after Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in the battle with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks ago. U.S. crude futures…
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