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August 19, 2026 11:30 AM
South Korea and the United States will cut short annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in U.S. participatio...
August 19, 2026 11:29 AM
Team India arrived at the Galle International Stadium on Wednesday ahead of the fifth and final day of the first Test against Sri Lanka, needing six more wickets to secure victory. India, having set Sri Lanka a target of 372 runs, will look to take ...
August 19, 2026 11:18 AM
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha attended a high-level organisational meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Agartala on Monday to discuss preparations for the upcoming Village Committee, Agartala Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council ...
August 19, 2026 11:06 AM
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government data showed late on Tuesday, as health officials warn that response efforts are failing to contain the deadly disease. Congo's 17th Ebola epidemic ...
August 19, 2026 10:58 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday no talks were taking place with Iran and insisted the Strait of Hormuz was open, contradicting Iran's assertion that the critical waterway remained shut to shipping. The receding prospects of a deal to end...
August 19, 2026 10:58 AM
Israel bombed an airbase in Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, drawing condemnation from Turkey and criticism from a U.S. envoy who called it an "unnecessary escalation". Syria's state-run Ekhbariya television, citing a military source, said...
August 19, 2026 11:01 AM
The ninth batch of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will enter India on Wednesday, August 19, the Uttarakhand government said. The batch comprises 48 members, including three cooks from Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN). The 10th batch, comprising 44 mem...
August 19, 2026 10:56 AM
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's sister Noreen Niazi met him at Adiala Jail on Tuesday after a gap of around nine months, following a Pakistani Supreme Court order allowing weekly meetings between the former prime minister and his ...
August 19, 2026 10:42 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared a Sanskrit 'Subhashitam' highlighting that the true fulfilment of human life lies in constantly working for the welfare and well-being of other living beings. Sharing the 'Subhashitam' on X, the PM wrote: “...
August 19, 2026 10:41 AM
Flash floods in the Karpat Nallah in Miyar Valley and the Gawadi Nallah in the Chowkhang Naingar area of tribal Lahaul-Spiti district have disrupted road connectivity, officials said. Lahaul-Spiti MLA Anuradha Rana said the road in Karpat village wa...
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