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NASA astronaut Anil Menon attends a press conference ahead of the Soyuz MS-29 expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on July 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Anil Menon, a NASA astronaut of Indian heritage, is scheduled to begin an eight-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS), launching…
Representative image. A special court sentenced three men to five years in jail for smuggling red sanders from the Seshachalam forest in Tirupati district. | Photo Credit: menonsstocks The Red Sanders Special (RSS) Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court judge A. Narasimha Murthy on Monday (July 13, 2026) sentenced three smugglers to five years’ imprisonment for…
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The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday (July 14, 2026) morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Mr. Trump separately suggested the United States will charge other ships for safe passage, upending hundreds of years of American policy supporting freedom of navigation…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Deputy CM K. Pawan Kalyan at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai on Monday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called on Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai on Monday (July 13, 2026) and enquired…
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The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), dragged by a sharp rally in crude oil prices due to the renewed flare-up in West Asia. Fresh foreign fund outflows and a weak trend in…
The rupee depreciated 48 paise to 96.16 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on July 14, 2026. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The rupee depreciated 48 paise to 96.16 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), as heightened geopolitical uncertainty put pressure on most Asian currencies, including the…
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Brent crude futures were last up $1.50, or 1.8%, to $84.80 per barrel at 0330 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.70, or 2.2%, to $79.84 a barrel. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil prices rose nearly 3% on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) to their highest in four weeks, as the U.S. reimposed…
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The number of confirmed Ebola cases across the country had risen to 1,926, including 702 deaths, official data showed late on July 12, 2026. File | Photo Credit: AP The Trump administration on Monday (July 13, 2026) said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from travelling to the U.S. on…
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The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a suo motu case against former Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel over an incident in which he allegedly reprimanded a student during a felicitation function at Mannarkkad in Palakkad recently. Commission chairperson K.V. Manoj Kumar initiated the proceedings after videos of the incident circulated…
The story so far: Carbon emissions from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have jumped drastically between 2024 and 2025 as Big Tech firms jostle to stay ahead in the AI race. These companies are expanding their data centre capacities and the world is paying a steep environmental cost. How are carbon emissions reported? Per the Greenhouse…
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