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Flood fears in China’s east as rain swells Yangtze River levels

Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding. Water levels in the Jiangsu section of China's longest river continued to rise on Wednesday...

July 3, 2024 5:28 PM

Agencies given free hand to take strict action against corrupt: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he had given a free hand to agencies to take stringent action against corruption and there will be no interference from the government. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks in Rajya Sabha, PM ...

July 3, 2024 5:04 PM

Union Health Ministry issues advisory to states in view of Zika virus cases from Maharashtra

In response to reported cases of Zika virus in Maharashtra, Dr. Atul Goel, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has issued an advisory urging states to stay vigilant about the Zika virus situation. Zika virus c...

July 3, 2024 5:00 PM

N.Ireland’s Donaldson to go to trial over rape, other sexual offence charges

Charges of historical sex offences against the former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Jeffrey Donaldson, can proceed to trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday after prosecutors presented further charges. Donaldson, 61, stepp...

July 3, 2024 4:49 PM

India and ADB sign $170 million loan to enhance pandemic preparedness and response

India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $170 million policy-based loan to enhance India's preparedness and response capacity for future pandemics. The agreement, part of the 'Strengthened and Measurable Actions for Resilient and Transform...

July 3, 2024 4:36 PM

Far-right majority can be avoided, French PM says

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said he believed a cross-party bid to deprive Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally of a majority in next Sunday's parliamentary run-off could succeed. Attal was spea...

July 3, 2024 4:26 PM

Israel conducts new strikes in Gaza, families seek shelter after evacuation order

Many Palestinians were seeking shelter on Wednesday after fleeing their homes in southern Gaza and complained of water shortages as Israel pressed on with its military offensive in the densely populated enclave. Israeli forces carried out new milita...

July 3, 2024 3:40 PM

Rajya Sabha: Dhankhar condemns opposition walkout during PM’s speech

Opposition MPs staged a walkout during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, alleging that the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge,...

July 3, 2024 3:01 PM

Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti and Dominican Republic

Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least three people. At around 0600 GMT, the hurricane was...

July 3, 2024 2:46 PM

In his Rajya Sabha address, PM Modi hails voters for ‘rejecting politics of propaganda, deceit’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded voters for rejecting the politics of deceit, defeating propaganda, and endorsing the politics of trust in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, the prime minister sai...

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