Month: July 2026

New York to impose the country’s first state-wide moratorium on data centres

July 14, 2026 admin

Governor Kathy Hochul set to sign the country’s first state-wide moratorium on hyperscale data centres. File | Photo Credit: AP New York will block the construction of any new large data centres for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment and energy grid from the power-hungry facilities that…

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Ukraine downs five Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv looks to harden air defences

July 14, 2026 admin

A civilian vessel is on fire, as Ukraine’s navy spokesman reported a Russian military strike on a civilian vessel, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine, July 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian air defences intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks,…

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Delhi court acquits ex-MSMCL officials in Adkoli coal block irregularity case

July 14, 2026 admin

A Delhi court has acquitted two former Maharashtra State Mining Corporation Limited (MSMCL) officials in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Adkoli coal block, saying the foundational ingredients of the offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy remained wholly unestablished. Special CBI Judge Dheeraj Mor acquitted Dominic Gabriel Philip, a former…

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Dara Singh, prime convict in murder of Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines, two sons, to set free

July 14, 2026 admin

Advocate A P Singh with Dara Sena chief Mukesh Jain and other, talking with the media persons after hearing of Dara Singh’s case, outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Dara Singh, the prime convict of the gruesome murder of Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons…

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Direct tax mop-up grows 16% to over ₹6.51 lakh crore so far in FY27

July 14, 2026 admin

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Net direct tax collection grew 16.40% to over ₹6.51 lakh crore till July 13 this fiscal, driven by higher corporate tax mop-up, government data showed on Tuesday (July 14, 2026). Net corporate tax collection rose 22% to ₹2.40 lakh crore, and mop-up from net non-corporate tax (NCT), which…

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Ankit Sharma murder case: Tahir Hussain and four others convicted

July 14, 2026 admin

More than six years after the deadly northeast Delhi riots of 2020, a Delhi court has delivered a key verdict in one of the most prominent cases linked to the violence. Former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four others have been convicted in the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, whose death…

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Could the sugar in our bodies have first come from space?

July 14, 2026 admin

Astronomers have spotted a complex sugar called erythrulose in a giant interstellar molecular cloud near the centre of the Milky Way. | Photo Credit: John Fowler/Unsplash A: It is possible, though we don’t yet know for sure. In fact, astronomers recently found a complex sugar in deep space for the first time. Using powerful radio…

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Two arrested as firefighters battle Fontainebleau forest fire near Paris

July 14, 2026 admin

A firefighting helicopter in action as wildfires are seen in the Fontainebleau forest region, about 60 kilometres south of Paris, France, on July 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Firefighters battled through the night to tackle a blaze that tore through a historic forest near Paris on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), with at ‌least two…

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Peace in Ukraine unlikely to be reached soon, Polish PM says

July 14, 2026 admin

Prime Minister Tusk ‌said Poland would host military exercises with French and British troops so that they can be prepared to ensure security for Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) ‌it seemed very unlikely that peace in Ukraine would be ⁠reached soon and he…

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Lebanon and Israel hold talks in Rome amid renewed West Asia fighting

July 14, 2026 admin

A motorcade arrives at the United States’ Embassy in Rome, Italy, where ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon are expected to take place on July 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Lebanon and Israel are holding new negotiations under U.S. auspices in Rome on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), against the backdrop of a regional escalation…

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