Australia: Mass blackout in East Coast due to powerful storm

July 1, 2025 6:10 PM

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Australia: Mass blackout in East Coast due to powerful storm

  In Australia, a powerful storm lashes the east coast, leaving thousands of people without power, and authorities warn the situation will worsen overnight. Evacuations are underway as residents in waterfront homes on the Central Coast, north of Sydney, have been ordered to leave amid fears of destr...

India achieves robust growth in production of key minerals

July 1, 2025 5:32 PM

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India achieves robust growth in production of key minerals

Production of key minerals and non-ferrous metals has witnessed robust growth in the current financial year. As per the data released by the Ministry of Mines, production of iron ore has increased from 52.7 million metric tonne in the last financial year to 53 million metric tonne in the current fin...

Six-year-old Teghbir becomes youngest mountaineer to scale Mount Elbrus

July 1, 2025 4:31 PM

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Six-year-old Teghbir becomes youngest mountaineer to scale Mount Elbrus

 Teghbir Singh, a six-year-old from Punjab, has set a new world record by becoming the youngest mountaineer to scale Mount Elbrus. It is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe, which is 18,510 feet (5,642 metres) high. This is the tenth-most prominent peak in the world as well. Teghbir started th...

Bangladesh: Rape victim decides to pursue case for justice

July 1, 2025 3:12 PM

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Bangladesh: Rape victim decides to pursue case for justice

In Bangladesh, a 25-year-old woman, who was the victim of a heinous rape, has decided to pursue legal action, despite initially considering withdrawal after alleged pressure from her husband and some local residents. Police have arrested the prime accused, Fazar Ali Fazar, aged 36, from the Sutrapur...

Remittances by Indians working abroad scale record high of $135 billion in FY25

July 1, 2025 2:40 PM

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Remittances by Indians working abroad scale record high of $135 billion in FY25

The remittances sent back home by Indians working abroad have registered a 14 per cent rise in the financial year 2024-25 to a record 135.46 billion dollars, according to data compiled by the RBI. Indians working abroad sent home a record 129.4 billion dollars in 2024. The RBI said the inflows, clas...

Thailand PM suspended by court over leaked call with Cambodian PM

July 1, 2025 2:38 PM

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Thailand PM suspended by court over leaked call with Cambodian PM

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over a leaked phone call with former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.   The court today announced it has accepted a petition filed by 36 senators, accusing Paetongtarn of dishonesty and violating et...

Former MLC N Ramchander Rao appointed as BJP Telangana President

July 1, 2025 2:25 PM

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Former MLC N Ramchander Rao appointed as BJP Telangana President

The Bharatiya Janata Party today appointed former MLC N Ramchander Rao as the next President of the Party’s Telangana State Unit, succeeding Union Minister Kishan Reddy. Union Minister and election observer Sobha Karandlaje gave away the appointment letter to Ramchander Rao at a short function held ...

58 child marriages averted in Punjab in last 15 months

July 1, 2025 2:15 PM

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58 child marriages averted in Punjab in last 15 months

In Punjab, 58 incidents of child marriages have been averted in the last 15 months. Quoting official sources in the state’s Department of Social Security, Women and Child Development, our Jalandhar Correspondent reports that out of them, surprisingly, 55 are those who belonged to families in Punjab,...