Month: July 2026

Calcutta High Court orders halt in demolition of Abhishek Banerjee’s office in Amtala

July 19, 2026 admin

People gather amid the demolition of the party office of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee after it was allegedly found to be constructed without an approved building plan and in violation of applicable rules, in Amtala, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on July 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on…

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England opts to bat against India; Bumrah misses 3rd ODI with left knee injury

July 19, 2026 admin

Jasprit Bumrah had an impact injury on his left knee while fielding in the second ODI in Cardiff. | Photo Credit: AFP England skipper Harry Brook won the toss and elected to bat against India in the series-deciding third ODI here on Sunday (July 19, 2026). The series scoreline is currently tied at 1-1. However,…

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Jewellery shop owner held for false complaint

July 19, 2026 admin

An investigation by the Belagavi police revealed that a jewellery shop owner who had claimed that his shop was burgled had committed the offence only to file a false complaint. Investigators from the Khade Bazar Police arrested the complainant, Krishnanand Vishwanath Vernekar, for staging the midnight heist in V. P. Vernekar & Sons, a shop…

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Gang robs cash and jewels in two houses in Salem

July 19, 2026 admin

A seven-member gang robbed cash and 14 sovereign jewels from two houses at knifepoint in the district on Saturday (July 19, 2026) night. On Saturday (July 19, 2026) night, a seven-member gang came in on three bikes, covered their faces and tried to rob things from Chandran (65), a resident of Kondaiyampalli near Tammampatti, but…

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Afghanistan seeks deeper trade ties with India, pitches for easier business access

July 19, 2026 admin

Afghanistan’s top trading body has called for expanding trade and investment ties with India, stressing the need to ease business procedures, remove administrative barriers and facilitate the issuance of business visas. The proposals were discussed in Kabul during a meeting between Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) Chairman Sayed Karim Hashemi and Indian Ambassador…

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How did we identify fossil fuels to be remains of fossils, particularly those of dinosaurs?

July 19, 2026 admin

Many of the world’s coalbeds formed during the Carboniferous era, depicted here, from 359 million to 299 million years ago. | Photo Credit: Public domain — Vivek Keshri, Patna A: Scientists identified fossil fuels to be the remains of ancient life using physical and chemical evidence. Early on, some scientists thought oil was a mineral…

Science

Afghanistan seeks deeper trade ties with India, pitches for easier business access

July 19, 2026 admin

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Nigerian children pay the price for Iran war as malnutrition, poverty surge

July 19, 2026 admin

Maryam Aminu was hardly surprised when the last of her six children was diagnosed with malnutrition in April for a second time. She was barely feeding the 18-month-old regularly, let alone with nutritious foods. Although the family in northwest Nigeria has struggled with economic hardship, their situation deteriorated after February, when her husband, Shehu Aminu,…

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India’s rice fields now rank among world’s top methane hotspots

July 19, 2026 admin

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from paddy fields worldwide have doubled since the 1960s, a new study in NatureFood has found. In the most recent decade, 2011-2020, paddy fields around the world produced around 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2-e) emissions every year — a 90.4% increase from the annual emissions between 1961 and 1980,…

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Doctors assault case: Bombay High Court cancels bail of Shiv Sena corporator

July 19, 2026 admin

Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his associates were arrested for allegedly assaulting two doctors and nurses at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli on the night of July 6 after a family was advised to shift a newborn to another facility. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Bombay High Court, in a special Saturday sitting,…

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