Month: August 2026

Journalists, rights bodies condemn curbs on media freedom in Pakistan

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Journalists, rights bodies condemn curbs on media freedom in Pakistan

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP Journalists and rights bodies on Thursday (August 6, 2026) strongly condemned the latest curbs on freedom of expression imposed by Pakistan after some foreign media outlets reported ongoing protests and polls in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in which several people lost their lives. Under the new SoPs…

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Ukraine strikes more oil facilities deep inside Russia, Zelenskyy says

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Ukraine strikes more oil facilities deep inside Russia, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in overnight attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday (August 6, 2026), as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow’s wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin. The repeated strikes have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are enduring regular barrages that Kyiv’s depleted air defences…

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Govt. reconstitutes Cusat Syndicate – The Hindu

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Govt. reconstitutes Cusat Syndicate – The Hindu

The United Democratic Front government has nominated Mohammed Shiyas and Najeeb Kanthapuram to the Syndicate of Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) under the MLA category. Mr. Shiyas is the MLA representing Kochi, while Mr. Kanthapuram represents Perinthalmanna. They were nominated as part of the reconstitution of the Syndicate. The nominees in the category…

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Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say

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Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman to help end five months of war between Iran and the United States ‌would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional ​officials told Reuters on Wednesday (August 5, 2026), one of the biggest concessions yet…

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Bangladesh to hold presidential election on August 20: EC

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Bangladesh to hold presidential election on August 20: EC

Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s presidential election will be held on August 20, the Election Commission announced on Thursday (August 6, 2026), two weeks after President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigned on health grounds before completing his five-year term. Mr. Shahabuddin, 76, was a longtime ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. “Chief Election…

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Nod for Rahul’s U.P. meet revoked; Cong. says event still on

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Nod for Rahul’s U.P. meet revoked; Cong. says event still on

U.P. Congress chief Ajay Rai said the proposed interaction with students will be held in Prayagraj on August 8. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Thursday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of creating obstacles in the upcoming ‘Chhatraon Ki Goonj’ interaction scheduled between students and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul…

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Pakistan’s ruling party leads in PoK vote despite boycott call by banned group

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Pakistan’s ruling party leads in PoK vote despite boycott call by banned group

A woman votes during the second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections at a polling station in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, August 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s ruling party has taken a commanding lead in elections for the legislative assembly in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, results from the first two phases of…

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Delhi government directs agencies to expedite NHAI highway projects, tackle chronic waterlogging

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Delhi government directs agencies to expedite NHAI highway projects, tackle chronic waterlogging

Traffic snarls at NH-24 following incessant rainfall in parts Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi government on Thursday (August 6) directed civic and infrastructure agencies to expedite pending national highway projects and implement permanent measures to address chronic waterlogging and traffic bottlenecks across the Capital.  At the fifth meeting of the Union Territory-level Coordination Committee chaired by Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh…

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Rights groups decry Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist as ‘war crime’

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Rights groups decry Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist as ‘war crime’

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. File. | Photo Credit: AP Rights groups said Thursday (August 6, 2026) that an Israeli attack in south Lebanon that killed reporter Amal Khalil and wounded another journalist earlier this year was an apparent “war crime”. The attack took place in the village of Al-Tiri on April 22, days after a…

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