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U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up talks with world leaders at the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) where he’s been trying to sell his tentative agreement with Iran as a pact that will ensure the Islamic Republic never develops a nuclear weapon, even though he’s offered scant specificity about how…
Singer Rithvik Raja | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vijayalakshmi Krishna says that Kanchipuram, the city of a thousand temples located only two hours from Chennai, has always been an artiste’s playground. Threads of silk from the houses of artisans come together to make fabric in hues that are sometimes yet to be named, making it…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The 14-point Memorandum of Understanding that Iran and the U.S. have agreed upon put out by Al Arabiya English gives several commitments by the U.S. and Iran for shipping and transits through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has lifted the Naval blockade and…
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Tamil Nadu’s actual outstanding debt stands at ₹13.18 lakh crore, including the combined debt of public sector undertakings (PSUs), says a White Paper released by Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson on Tuesday (June 16, 2026). He released the White Paper on the Fiscal Management of Tamil Nadu-An Examination of Public Finances 2021-22 to 2025-26 at the Secretariat. Chief Minister…
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The accused Sharath (25) and the deceased Anusha N.D. (20), were natives of Sakleshpur and had reportedly become acquainted through social media. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A 20-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her live-in partner following a quarrel at their rented house in Malleshwaram, within the jurisdiction of the Seshadripuram police…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Oil inventories held by OECD member countries fell in May to their lowest level since 1990 as governments drew down stocks to offset the blockage of Gulf crude shipments during the West Asia conflict, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday (June 17,…
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When 36-year-old Meenamma swallowed a small amount of herbicide after a fight with her husband, she did not expect it to kill her. “She just wanted me to realise how deeply she had been hurt,” recalled her husband, Venu. “She thought we would take her to a hospital and treat it.” What neither Meenamma nor…
The galaxy NGC 2525 located nearly 70 million light-years from earth. It is famous for its supernova SN 2018gv, which the Hubble space telescope, among others, captured in 2018. The supernova is visible in the image’s left-centre. | Photo Credit: ESA/NASA Taking a fresh look at data involving a type of exploding stars, a team…
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Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress-led UDF government’s Revised Budget for 2026-27, to be presented by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Friday (June 19, 2026) faces the challenge of finding the middle ground between re-aligning Kerala’s fiscal space for tackling the concerns raised in the White Paper on State…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the members of the media on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Thonon-les-Bains, France on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) the firing of warning shots by a Russian frigate to divert a U.K.-flagged civilian…