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Rio de Janeiro: The countries of the Global South are most adversely impacted by the food, fuel and fertilizer crisis caused by global conflicts and G20 must focus on addressing it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday. In an address at a session at the...

New Delhi: Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Monday, leaving people gasping for breath with itchy eyes and sore throats as the Air Quality Index stood at 494, the second-worst in the last six years. Doctors raised concerns about health risks, cautioning that...

Beijing: China Monday said it stands ready to deliver on important common understandings reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the recent BRICS summit leading to a thaw in the relations frozen for over four years due to military standoff...

New Delhi/Imphal: Amid the escalating violence in Manipur, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Monday decided to provide an additional 50 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to the state government to deal with the prevailing law and order situation, officials said. A top...

Imphal: A protester was shot dead during a clash between security forces and a mob in Manipur's violence-hit Jiribam district, officials said Monday. A police official in Imphal said that a youth identified as K Athouba (21) was killed in firing Sunday night, and who...

Patan (Gujarat): Police have registered an FIR against 15 students of a medical college in Gujarat's Patan district following the death of an 18-year-old student who was allegedly ragged by them, officials said Monday. The accused, all second-year MBBS students, allegedly made some juniors, including...

Mumbai: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday promised to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations and conduct a caste census in the country. “Caste census is the biggest issue before us and we will get it done; it is our central pillar,” Gandhi said...

New Delhi: Former Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot joined the BJP on Monday, a day after resigning from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He joined the BJP at its headquarters in the presence of Union ministers Manohar Lal Khattar and Harsh Malhotra, Delhi unit president Virendra...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday questioned the Delhi government over delay in implementation of stricter anti-pollution measures under GRAP-4, and said it will not allow scaling down of the preventive measures without its prior permission. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine...

Jerusalem: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Monday claimed responsibility for an airstrike in central Beirut that killed Mohammed Afif, the Chief Propagandist and Spokesperson of Hezbollah. According to the Israeli military, Afif was a senior Hezbollah military operative who maintained contact with high-ranking officials and was...