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First in-person Quad summit likely to be announced after Biden-Suga meeting

The first in-person summit of the leaders of the Quad is likely to be announced on Friday after US President Joe Biden’s meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House, a senior Biden administration official has...

‘Mass casualty’ shooting in US city of Indianapolis, gunman dead: Police

Multiple people were shot in an incident Thursday in the US city of Indianapolis, according to police, although the severity of the victims' injuries was not immediately clear. Police spokeswoman Genae Cook told reporters officers found an "active shooter incident"...

Deepika Padukone reminds fans to ‘breathe’, Ranveer Singh is all hearts, see pics

Deepika Padukone is reminding herself and her fans to 'breathe' with her latest Instagram post. The actor took to the social media platform and dropped three sunlit pictures. In them, Deepika was seen seated on the floor while she took a...

‘He puts opposition under pressure to bring their main bowlers’: Irfan Pathan names RCB’s most devastating batsman

Royal Challengers Bangalore began their campaign in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in a terrific fashion. They registered a 2-wicket win in the season opener to outclass the defending champions Mumbai Indians. After a gap of four days,...

Muslim women have right to invoke extra-judical divorce, rules Kerala HC as it overturns 1972 judgment

Overruling a nearly five-decade judgment, the Kerala High Court has restored the rights of Muslim women for divorce without resorting to judicial proceedings. A division bench of the high court pronounced the judgment in a bunch of cases that arose...

US envoy John Kerry’s visit to China on climate will be first by Biden team

US climate envoy John Kerry will visit China this week to discuss efforts to curb carbon emissions, the first visit to the country by a senior member of President Joe Biden’s administration. Kerry will travel to Shanghai and Seoul, South...

US Prez Joe Biden rushes to protect the power grid as hacking threats grow

A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the US power grid will begin with a 100-day sprint, but take years more to transform utilities’ ability to fight off hackers, according to details of a draft...

Sonia Gandhi reviews efforts to tackle Covid-19 in Congress-ruled states

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday reviewed the efforts by the states ruled by her party to tackle the second wave of the coronavirus infection and the vaccination drive. Addressing a virtual meeting with the chief ministers of the Congress-ruled...

Blinken is set to return to Brussels for more NATO meetings

he meetings will take up most of the week, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing plans that haven’t been made public. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be in Brussels at the same time, for a...

US, Iran clash on sanctions; US sees possible ‘impasse’

"All Trump sanctions were anti-JCPOA & must be removed—w/o distinction between arbitrary designations," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Twitter, referring to the deal by its full name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The United States says it...

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Last Mizo insurgent group to lay down arms

A total of 43 members of the Lalhmingthanga Sanate-led faction of the HPC(D) will lay down arms in Mizoram...