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Screengrab of the visual from the site of furnace explosion at Gummidipoondi copper recycling unit | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 24-year-old migrant worker was killed and five others sustained burn injuries after a copper melting furnace exploded at a private copper scrap recycling unit in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district…
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File. Photo: @MEAINDIA via PTI. India has backed Palestine’s bid for United Nations membership and reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution to the festering conflict between the Palestinian people and Israel. New Delhi’s position on Palestine was apprised by Sripriya Ranganathan, a secretary at the External Affairs…
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which mainly factors in CPI when arriving at its monetary policy, has been mandated by the government to ensure that headline inflation remains at 4%, with a 2% margin on either side. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Wholesale price inflation shot up to 9.87% in June, from 9.68% in…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations on July 14, 2026. Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar discussed global developments, including West Asia, Ukraine and Sudan, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations. “Always good,” Mr. Jaishankar told PTI when asked how his meeting…
Rescuers talk outside the music bar where a fire killed a number of people in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30, officials said Tuesday (July 14, 2026). More than 70 people remain hospitalised, with 24…
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The story so far In the face of continued criticism on social media, the government has once again come out with a detailed document addressing various concerns related to its ethanol blending programme, including the impact this would have on mileage, the advantages ethanol poses in terms of the environment and also in times of…
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Indian officials are less concerned by the quantum of the trade deficit with China than by the nature of the basket of goods. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s imports from China rose 21.8% in the first half of 2026 to a record $79.41 billion, according to data released on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) by…
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Satish Jarkiholi. File. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar The Congress party will face the upcoming 2028 Karnataka Assembly elections under the capable leadership of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Satish Jarkiholi, minister and senior Congress leader, said in Belagavi on Monday (July 13, 2026). “There is no question of ignoring former CM Siddaramaiah. It is…
Despite a heartbreaking 2-1 extra-time quarter-final defeat to England, supporters celebrated Norway’s best-ever World Cup run. The festivities featured a Royal Palace ceremony, a “Viking row” led by Crown Prince Haakon, and an open-top bus parade through the capital. Erling Haaland, who scored seven goals in the tournament, left early and missed the final celebrations….
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Chirag Veer Singh Sarao has become the first ‘keshdhari’ Sikh American to join the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. Photo: americansikhcouncil.org Chirag Veer Singh Sarao has become the first ‘keshdhari’ Sikh American to join the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, the American Sikh Council said. A ‘keshdhari’ Sikh maintains unshorn hair…
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