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(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) For many across the world, the poll outcomes of the United Kingdom, Iran, and France herald some relief and hope, as they broadly reflect a setback for conservative…
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A three-year probationary period was set to expire this year. New York: Boeing said Monday it had reached a deal with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes, which court papers show would see the aviation giant plead guilty to fraud. The agreement comes after prosecutors concluded Boeing flouted an earlier…
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Kim Yo Jong. File | Photo Credit: AP The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps on July 8 if further provoked. The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea resumed firing exercises near its tense land…
Desperate to level the three-match series after the second game was washed out, India would hope weather doesn’t play spoilsport, besides eyeing a much-improved bowling effort in the final women’s T20I against South Africa here on Tuesday. India are trailing the three-match series 0-1 after losing the opener by 12 runs. Their problems…
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New Delhi: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) used the ‘Hannibal directive’ during the Hamas attack on October 7, Haaretz, a leading daily, has reported. This directive allows soldiers to use force to prevent kidnappings, even if it puts the lives of hostages at risk, it said. What is the Hannibal directive? The Hannibal Directive is a…
Abhishek Sharma celebrates his century during the second T20I match against Zimbabwe, at Harare Sports Club in Harare on July 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI India opener Abhishek Sharma has revealed that his mentor Yuvraj Singh was delighted when he got out for a duck on his T20I debut against Zimbabwe here as the…
Three children — two boys aged three and six, and a 10-month-old girl — were killed. Sydney: Australian authorities have accused a Sydney father of trying to stop rescuers from saving his own family in a “horrifying” home fire that killed two boys and a baby girl. Flames engulfed the home in western Sydney’s Lalor…
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A policy update allowing the microblogging site X to manually review the direct messages (DMs) of some users has sparked major privacy concerns. An X user, @kimdotcom, on Sunday flagged the new update that goes against the X policy of providing end-to-end encryption to every content on the platform. A screenshot of the policy update…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court laid down guidelines against “disparaging” portrayal of persons with disabilities in visual media and films on Monday, saying that terms such as “cripple” and “spastic” have acquired “devalued meanings” in societal perceptions. The verdict came on a plea filed by one Nipun Malhotra, who submitted that the Hindi film ‘Aankh…
Commuters also encountered delays or cancellations of suburban local trains. Mumbai: Heavy rain overnight pounded large parts of Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), affecting suburban and long-distance trains, roads, and highways. This deluge stranded lakhs of commuters on their way to work on the first working day of the week and led to…
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