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June 26, 2024 4:02 PM

Glastonbury music festival opens and revellers start pouring in

Thousands of people began pouring into Worthy Farm in southwest England as the Glastonbury music festival kicked off on Wednesday (June 26) , with hundreds of artists including Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Shania Twain set to enthral fans. "I'm super exci...

June 26, 2024 1:07 PM

UN warns of overdose deaths after Afghan opium production plummets

The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths as heroin users switch to synthetic opioids already proving deadly in Europe, a U.N. report said on Wednesday. The culti...

June 26, 2024 1:00 PM

CBI arrests Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi excise policy case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case. Kejriwal was produced before the court of vacation judge Amitabh Rawat at the Rouse Avenue court in New D...

June 26, 2024 3:24 PM

NATO picks Netherlands’ Mark Rutte as next boss

NATO on Wednesday selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as NATO's next boss, as the war in Ukraine rages on its doorstep and uncertainty hangs over the United States' future attitude to the transatlantic alliance. Rutte's appointment became a f...

June 25, 2024 5:31 PM

Sensex, Nifty close at record highs, led by banking sector rally

Indian benchmark indices closed at record highs on Tuesday, buoyed by a surge in financial and banking stocks. The Sensex closed at 78,053.52, up 712.44 points or 0.92 percent, while the Nifty closed at 23,721.30, up 183.45 points or 0.78 percent, b...

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