Thursday, July 2, 2026

INDIA

Veteran RTI activist stabbed to death in Bihar’s West Champaran

A veteran RTI activist was stabbed to death in Bihar’s West Champaran district on Tuesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Mahmed Haroon,...

Indian-American executive sentenced to 24 months in jail for insider trading

An Indian-origin executive was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly a million dollar fine in the US for...

Kenya to abolish visa requirement for all foreign visitors beginning January

Foreign visitors to Kenya will not be required to have a visa beginning January 2024, President William Ruto announced during the celebration of...

I’d rather die than ask for something for myself: Shivraj on last day as...

On the eve of the swearing-in ceremony of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Mohan Yadav and his two Deputy CMs Rajendra Shukla and...

What bankers call colourfully ‘hair cut’ is almost 85%, says Congress in attack on...

The Congress on Tuesday criticised the government over banks writing off an aggregate loan amount Rs 10.42 lakh crore between 2014-15 to 2022-23....

Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Rachakonda police commissioners transferred

In the first major shakeup in bureaucracy after a change of guard in Telangana, the new government has transferred three police commissioners in...

UNHCR to open office on Lebanese-Syrian border to control refugee movement

The UNHCR will open an office on the Lebanese-Syrian border to control the movement of refugees, said the Lebanese Council of Ministers. The decision,...

UN vows to help Somalia promote human rights

The United Nations has reaffirmed its resolute support to Somalia in the full realisation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UN Secretary-General's Special...

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone attack on West Bank’s Jenin

At least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone attack on the West Bank city of Jenin, a medical source said. Wissam Baker,...

Kailash Satyarthi: I will see the end of child slavery in my lifetime

When Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Prize nine years ago, he was often asked "What now?". It was, however, a seven-year-old Devli's...