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July 21, 2025 11:02 AM

Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens

At least 67 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for U.N. aid trucks in northern Gaza on Sunday, the Gaza health ministry said, as Israel issued new evacuation orders for areas packed with displaced people. The ministry said dozen...

July 20, 2025 1:14 PM

Clashes rage in Druze region as Syria struggles to enforce ceasefire

Sectarian clashes escalated on Saturday in Syria’s predominantly Druze region of Sweida, with machine gun fire and mortar shelling heard after days of bloodshed, as the Islamist-led government struggled to enforce a ceasefire. Reuters reporters he...

July 19, 2025 2:32 PM

‘Step toward justice’: Tharoor applauds US for naming TRF a global terrorist organisation

As the United States has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based LeT, as a global terrorist organisation, the move has been welcomed by former diplomat and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The Thiruvananthapuram MP ...

July 19, 2025 2:04 PM

Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida

Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Isr...

July 19, 2025 10:57 AM

‘Symbol of courage and patriotism’: PM Modi remembers Mangal Pandey on birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid rich tributes to freedom fighter Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary, describing him as a "pioneering warrior" who stood up to British rule and remains a symbol of courage and patriotism. In a post on...

July 18, 2025 3:44 PM

PM Modi announces ₹15,000 incentive for first-time private sector employees at Motihari rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Bihar on Friday, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over ₹7,200 crore at a massive public gathering at Gandhi Maidan in Motihari, East Champaran. As part of th...

July 17, 2025 4:39 PM

Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai top Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 rankings

Indore, Surat, and Navi Mumbai have once again secured the top spots in urban sanitation, emerging as the cleanest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 rankings. The three cities were ranked first, second, and third, respectively, in the newly int...

July 17, 2025 5:01 PM

UK to lower voting age to 16 in landmark electoral reform

The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system. The government said the proposed changes, which are subject to parliament ap...

July 17, 2025 3:05 PM

President urges citizens to adopt zero-waste practices, lauds school-level cleanliness drive

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards at a ceremony organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in the national capital. The awards, which recognise the cleanliness efforts of cities across the country...