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Standing in his eight-acre rainfed farm in Aroor village of Sangareddy district in mid-July, P. Narasimhulu gently pulls out a black gram sapling from the parched soil. The frail plant barely reaches his ankle. Raising his hand nearly three feet above it, he says, “By now, it should have been this tall.” Last monsoon, excess…
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Launched in 2024 ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly election, the Ladki Bahin scheme initially delivered a vital financial lifeline to farm widows in the mostly rain-starved Marathwada region. But with the political dust settled, mass deletions of beneficiaries have abruptly turned that brief security into deep anxiety, finds Radheshyam Jadhav Source link
Senior member of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Alam Badi Azami. Photo: X/ @yadavakhilesh Alam Badi Azami, 90, the oldest member of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and a five-time MLA from the Nizamabad assembly constituency in Azamgarh district, died at his residence in Azamgarh in the early hours of Thursday (July 23, 2026). The…
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U.S. Senator Roger Wicker speaks to the press as he walks from a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The House on Thursday (July 23, 2026) narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the…
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. imposed 10% tariffs on goods purchased from India and 16 other countries over the issue of the use of forced labour in the production of such items. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the new tariffs on 60 countries under Section 301 of the Trade…
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The Philippine military on Monday (July 20, 2026) accused China’s coast guard of allegedly injuring a Filipino sailor during an incident in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The military said Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck the sailor on the head with a wooden baton, injuring him and damaging…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Washington against making “unacceptable” arms deliveries to Ukraine during a Thursday (July 23, 2026) meeting in Manila with U.S. counterpart Marco Rubio, Moscow said. Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Rubio’s meeting on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit, their…
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The United States said Thursday (July 23, 2026) that it would impose new tariffs on 60 trading partners over forced labour concerns, replacing an expiring global duty rolled out by President Donald Trump earlier this year. The levies, which take effect Friday (July 24, 2026), range from 10% to 12.5% and impact major economies like…
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Jaishankar during a meeting with Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi in Manila, Philippines. Participating in the 21st East Asia Summit in Manila, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday (July 23, 2026), that the global maritime channels “must remain safe and unimpeded”. In the meeting, Mr. Jaishankar also called for…
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People shift their belongings to a safer place on a boat after floods and heavy rain in Sivasagar, Assam, on July 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI More than 7.21 lakh people have been affected by the floods of “an unimaginable scale” in Assam, which claimed six more lives on Thursday (July 23, 2026), taking…
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