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Czechia’s Patrik Schick controls a ball during a training session. | Photo Credit: AP South Africa’s return to the World Cup after a 16-year absence has so far resembled much of its footballing history — spirited, organised and competitive, but ultimately punished by fine margins. A 0-2 defeat to host Mexico in the opening match…
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The central bank has issued Amendment Directions on June 17, 2026. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on a review of it’s 2025 direction, has decided to temporarily withdraw interest rate ceiling on fresh Foreign Currently Non-Resident- Bank [FCNR(B)] deposits of 3-5 year tenors and restriction on interest rates on…
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman. File photo: Special Arrangement Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by immigration officials at the Delhi airport on June 14 as his name had been included in a “blacklist” generated by the Ministry of External…
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The company recently introduced a plug-in hybrid variant of the S-Class in India, offering nearly 100 km of electric-only driving range and catering to customers seeking electrification without fully transitioning to battery-electric vehicles. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Despite the series of shocks including the latest West Asia conflict and the resultant supply chain disruptions…
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The story so far: The India-Russia bilateral Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), termed the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS), which had been dragging on for several years, was operationalised in January this year. There was a flutter on social media recently with claims that it allows the stationing of 3,000 Russian troops on Indian soil…
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BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao addressing party workers at Palair in Khammam district on Wednesday. KHAMMAM Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has alleged that the Congress government’s ‘misrule’ crippled welfare and brought development to a standstill in the State. Addressing BRS functionaries in Palair constituency of Khammam district on Wednesday,…
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A man clears the rubble at one of the West Bank mosques that were vandalised and partly set on fire by Israeli settlers overnight in the village of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah, on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli settlers set fire to mosques in two West Bank villages on Wednesday (June 17,…
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Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Thursday will hear two writ petitions filed by the State Bank of India challenging the sale of its five acres of land through e-auction by the State government. The SBI filed the two petitions by way of lunch motions two days ago seeking direction to…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan, Russia, on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is hosting leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a meeting Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that seeks to bolster…
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Tarique Rahman | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s foreign visit plans will not impact bilateral ties with India as Dhaka-New Delhi relation has its own dynamics and requirements that are important on their own, said an official source here on Wednesday (June 17, 2026). The remarks from the official came against the…