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Stock markets fell for the third day running on Monday (May 11, 2026), with the benchmark Sensex tumbling 1,313 points amid rising crude oil prices after the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a peace deal to end the war in West Asia. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,312.91 points, or 1.70%, to settle at…
“India has “ample” stocks of fertilizers to meet demand for the upcoming Kharif sowing season,” the government said on Monday (May 11, 2026), as it appealed to farmers not to engage in panic buying. In an inter-ministerial briefing on recent developments in West Asia, Aparna S. Sharma, Additional Secretary in the Department of Fertilizers, informed…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. File photo: X/Manvender Vashist Lav via PTI “The Maldives has settled payment to India on a $50 million treasury bill,” President Mohamed Muizzu said on Monday (May 11, 2026), according to a local media report. The move is aimed at reducing the country’s external debt burden. India had extended financial support…
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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Turk | Photo Credit: AP At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN rights office said on Monday (May 11, 2026), warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a “new, even deadlier phase”. Drone attacks…
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Cardinal Anthony Poola, chairman of CBCI (Catholic Bishops Conference of India) & chairperson of National Federation of Churches in India; Archbishop Joseph D’Souza, president, Good Shepherd Church in lndia & All India Christian Council; Archbishop Joseph Kallarangatt, Mar Bishop of the Eparchy of Palai, and Rt. Rev. Vincent Vinod Kumar, Bishop of Church of South…
In the face of growing calls for him to step down following the Labour Party’s disastrous performance in subnational elections, British Prime Minister and party leader Keir Starmer said he would continue in his post, as he took responsibility for the results and acknowledged that a “bigger response” was needed than was anticipated. “…We need a…
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The Cyberabad Police Commissioner has directed Deputy Commissioner of Police (Kukatpally Zone) Ritiraj, to personally supervise the investigation into the PoCSO case registered at Petbasheerabad police station, based on a statement by a 17-year-old girl. According to official orders issued on Monday (May 11, 2026), the officer was directed to ensure that the investigation is…
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KPCC president Sunny Joseph, MLA-designate, is likely to relinquish the organisational post to take up a significant role in the next UDF government | Photo Credit: th-online Administrator On the heels of the crisis in the Congress in Kerala over the selection of the Chief Minister has come an equally intense battle for the post…
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Drug enforcement agencies of China and the U.S. jointly cracked down on a transnational drug smuggling case, arresting five suspects, Chinese authorities said on Monday (May 11, 2026). The announcement comes ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to…
At least 11 people, who were on their way to attend a marriage, were killed and several were injured when the van they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in northwest Pakistan on Monday (May 11, 2026), rescue officials said. The incident occurred in Malam Jabba, a popular tourist area, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat…
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