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China held its most extensive war games encircling Taiwan in December, after the United States unveiled a record $11.1 billion arms package for the island, whose government rejects China’s sovereignty claim. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China began two days of live-fire drills on Thursday (July 23, 2026) in some parts of the Taiwan Strait…
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Opposition members protest in the well amid proceedings in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament in New Delhi on July 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV via PTI The Opposition’s demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation continued to stall proceedings of the Monsoon Session of Parliament for the fourth day…
Google recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. File | Photo Credit: AP The European Union on Thursday (July 23, 2026) hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said…
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Mirabai will be competing in 48kg in Glasgow. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Changing weight categories is never easy for an elite weightlifter. The real challenge is to reduce the weight while maintaining the same strength or even better it. Mirabai Chanu has seamlessly and tactfully shifted between 48kg and 49kg and…
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Gukesh has been going through tough times. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Becoming the World champion is probably easier than being one. This might be running through the mind of D. Gukesh, who is set to defend his title in a few months’ time. The 20-year-old Grandmaster has been going through a prolonged lean…
European Council President Antonio Costa. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters European Union countries on Thursday (July 23, 2026) agreed a new, watered-down round of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war after weeks of haggling, freezing the level of an oil price cap. The package — the 21st by the EU since Moscow’s 2022…
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India is planning to build two additional commercial-cum-strategic petroleum reserve facilities (SPR) under a public-private partnership (PPP) model at an estimated project cost of ₹14,527 crore as part of strengthening its energy security. The viability gap funding (VGF), — a government assistance provided to make essential, economically beneficial infrastructure projects commercially feasible — has been…
More than 450 people received hospital treatment for heat-related issues in a single day in Tokyo — the highest number since records began 16 years ago, emergency services said on Thursday (July 23, 2026). The figure was released as Japan sweltered in a heatwave that has killed at least 14 people over the past week….
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Students affiliated to SFI and teachers who are members of MUTA stage a demonstration in front of V.O. Chidambaram College in Thoothukudi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RAJESH N College teachers, non-teaching staff and students staged a protest in Thoothukudi on Thursday condemning the assault on students who have been protesting in New Delhi against…
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One month after Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated commercial gold production at the country’s first private sector gold mine on June 24, 2026, the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday officially renamed the Jonnagiri Gold Mine in Kurnool district as Swarnagiri Gold Mine. Principal Secretary (Mines) Mukesh Kumar Meena issued G.O. Ms. No. 181 to…
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