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A doctor, right, examines educationist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, center, who undertakes an indefinite hunger strike during a Cockroach Janta Party protest demanding the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and repeated paper leaks in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The Delhi High…
Smoke rises from an explosion at an unknown location during what U.S. Central Command says are strikes on Iran in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: U.S. Central Command via Reuters The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early on Thursday (July 16, 2026),…
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From the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, and Bajaj Finance were among the major winners. Eternal, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, and Bharat Electronics were among the laggards. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed during initial deals on Thursday (July 16, 2026) led by IT…
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New Perungalathur junction At New Perungalathur junction, ever since motorists from Gandhi Road – Kamarajar Salai were allowed to take a right turn towards Peerkankaranai, pedestrians are complaining. Earlier, poles were placed to check vehicular traffic. The poles were removed recently. Taking advantage of the situation, motorists from Otteri and Irumbuliyur make U-turns and from…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) that arch foe Iran has freed an American citizen detained since December 2024 and allowed her to leave the country. West Asia war LIVE: U.S. airstrikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run…
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The U.S. Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump’s image. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Mint will begin producing $1 coins with President Donald Trump’s face on the front as part of its commemoration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday (July 15, 2026)….
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos The rupee declined 6 paise to 96.31 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Thursday (July 16, 2026) amid volatility in global crude oil prices and a stronger greenback with the West Asia crisis showing no signs of abating. FII outflows continued to weigh on the local…
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Image used for representationa purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The dip in SpaceX’s shares below its blockbuster IPO price of $135 a share is an ominous sign for Elon Musk’s internet and rocket company as it faces more potential volatility in early August, when the number of shares available for trading on the Nasdaq…
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The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has held the State liable to pay ₹30 lakh as compensation to the families of two labourers who died while cleaning a septic tank at a private residence in Nanded district in 2021. A division bench of Justices Nitin Suryawanshi and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav ruled that the State’s…
A file photo of the launch of PSLV-C54/EOS-06 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam With about 100 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) personnel quitting the space agency in various centres across the country, the Department of Space (DoS) has issued a memorandum to curb the…
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