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Sri Lanka’s Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) launched the Kumari Jayawardena Feminist Archive, marking the 95th birthday of one of South Asia’s foremost feminist scholars, whose contributions to the study of labour, ethnicity and nationalism, women’s history and movements, are internationally acclaimed. The archive aims to collate and showcase Dr. Jayawardena’s published work —…
The Secunderabad Cantonment Board approved the renaming of several roads bearing colonial-era names, replacing them with names of war heroes, national icons and locally significant landmarks. Photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Roads named after British military officers in the Secunderabad Cantonment will soon bear the names of Captain Vikram Batra, Major…
South Korea players train in Guadalajara, Mexico, on June 17, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Mexican military forces intercepted and brought down a drone that flew near the South Korean national football team’s training camp ahead of its World Cup match against Mexico, a federal official told The Associated Press on Wednesday (June 17, 2026)….
Thick plumes of smoke with flames rise from an oil refinery following what the authorities say is a Ukrainian drone strike in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia, on June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights…
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The 500 kilos of marijuana seized from the SUV by the EAGLE force. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A night-long pursuit through the forests of Odisha ended with the seizure of 500 kg of marijuana after Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit, EAGLE, intercepted a vehicle suspected of transporting the contraband towards supply networks linked to the State….
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Several leading private hospitals across Kerala are being raided simultaneously by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of its probe into alleged money-laundering linked to a suspected organ trade racket busted by the State police in Kochi last month. Sleuths from the Kochi zonal unit of…
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TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: ANI Calcutta High Court on Thursday (June 18, 2026) refused to stay the decision of the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose to recognise rebel Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition instead of Trinamool chairperson Mamata Banerjee’s choice, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay. “No prayer for…
An Indian teenager died while trying to save his mother, who was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage after the horse suddenly bolted at the famous Central Park in New York City. Romanch Mahajan, 18, was on his first trip to New York with his family when the incident took place on Wednesday (June 17, 2026),…
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Dr. Syed Mohammad Ali Al Hussaini, owner of Gulbarga Mystics cricket team, shared his vision for promoting sporting excellence and nurturing local talent, in Kalaburagi on June 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The demand for an stadium of international standards in the Kalyana Karnataka region has gained momentum with stakeholders urging the Karnataka…
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Government will undertake efforts to move education from Concurrent to State list: Governor The government will undertake all necessary efforts to move education from the Concurrent List to the State List, Governor Arlekar said. “This government will strongly oppose the National Education Policy, 2020. The TVK government will also demand the release of ₹3,458 crore…