Month: July 2026

CREDAI welcomes AP Building Rule Amendments, predicts boost to Realty Sector

July 30, 2026 admin

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), Visakhapatnam chapter, lauded the State government’s decision to amend the Andhra Pradesh Building Rules, 2017 through G.O. 161, issued on July 29, 2026. Industry leaders believe the revised framework will significantly simplify approvals, lower compliance costs, and invigorate sustainable urban development across the region. Addressing…

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Crisis-hit Cuba opens pharmacies, gas stations to private firms

July 30, 2026 admin

Cuba moved to open crisis-ravaged parts of the state-run economy to private firms Wednesday (July 30, 2026), as the communist government struggles to ease acute shortages resulting from a U.S. energy blockade. Also read | Cuba plunged into third nationwide blackout in two weeks as fuel runs low A lengthy decree lifted restrictions on a…

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Mahanadi river water dispute likely to be resolved in 3 months: Majhi

July 30, 2026 admin

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday expressed confidence that the long-standing Mahanadi river water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh would be resolved within the next three months. An important meeting held in New Delhi was attended by Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil,…

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Death toll from China landslide rises to 51, 10 missing: authorities

July 30, 2026 admin

Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Pengshui County in southwestern China’s Chongqing. | Photo Credit: AP The death toll from a landslide in southwestern China earlier this month rose to 51, with 10 people still missing, authorities said on Thursday (July 30, 2026). The landslide, which occurred on July 17 in Chongqing’s…

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July 30, 2026 admin

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Israeli strikes kill four in Gaza, including two children, amid new ceasefire push

July 30, 2026 admin

Israeli strikes killed at least four people, including two children, in the Gaza Strip ‌on Thursday (July 30, 2026), health officials said, as mediators held new talks with Hamas leaders to work towards full implementation of a U.S.-brokered Gaza peace plan. Also read | Israeli military kills four Palestinians after settler killed in West Bank…

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Brazil withholds approval of Trump’s ambassador pick, deepening rift with U.S.

July 30, 2026 admin

The Brazilian government has for weeks withheld the ‌formal diplomatic approval needed for the next U.S. ambassador to take up his post, angering U.S. officials and deepening a rift between the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies. The dispute could leave Washington without an ambassador ⁠in Brasilia ahead of Brazil’s October election, adding to bilateral tensions…

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Youth hacked to death near Madurai

July 30, 2026 admin

A 25-year-old youth, Sanjay Kumar, was hacked to death at Thenkarai in Madurai district police limits on Thursday evening. The police suspect that a previous motive could have led to the murder. When the deceased was at a coconut godown, a three-member armed gang attacked him with lethal weapons and killed him. The body has…

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Tensions prevail in PoK as clashes continue between security forces and JAAC activists amid elections

July 30, 2026 admin

People gather in support of a protest by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil society groups, during a demonstration in Kotli, Pakistani Kashmir, July 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Tensions prevailed in Rawalkot region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Thursday (July 30, 2026) as clashes continued between security forces…

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Raid on a Pakistani police post leaves 11 officers and 15 attackers dead

July 30, 2026 admin

The death toll from an overnight deadly militant attack on a police post in northwestern Pakistan rose to 11 early Thursday, police and a government official said. Security forces killed 15 militants in an hourlong gunbattle after they targeted the Khazina police post in Hangu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, police official…

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