'We Will Fight Till Wrestlers Get Justice,' Say Farmers After Mahapanchayat

NEW DELHI: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait today said the final decision on the issue of wrestlers' protest will be taken at a meeting in Haryana tomorrow. The farmers and the khaps of Haryana have been extending support to the wrestlers and what remains to be decided is the strategy to pursue....more

Japan Says North Korea Missile Launch Violates UN Resolutions

TOKYO: North Korea's launch of a "ballistic missile" violates UN Security Council resolutions, Japan said Wednesday, after what Pyongyang said was a failed attempt to put a satellite in space. "As a ballistic missile launch like this one violates relevant UN Security Council resolutions, Japan firmly protested against North Korea and strongly condemned" the launch, Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said....more

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UN chief, US condemn launch

NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the military satellite launch, the spokesperson for the U.N. chief said. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the military satellite launch conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General, said in a statement. The secretary-general added any launch by Pyongyang using ballistic missile technology was “contrary” to the relevant Security Council resolutions....more

US House votes to suspend debt ceiling

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers voted Wednesday to raise the national borrowing limit as a crucial first step to averting a catastrophic default, greenlighting a pact struck between Washington's warring parties after weeks of brinkmanship and fraught backroom deal-making. Hammered out between Democratic President Joe Biden and the Republicans in the House of Representatives, the measure suspends the debt ceiling through 2024, slightly cutting government spending next year....more

Key Opposition meet likely on June 12 in Patna: Nitish Kumar

PATNA: The Grand Alliance (GA) leaders familiar with the development said that more than 18 like-minded parties will attend the meeting. The opposition parties meeting would likely be held in Bihar’s capital Patna on June 12, chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Sunday. The meeting is being planned in a bid to unite Opposition forces against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre before the 2024 Lok Sabha election....more

Modi To Visit US On June 22, Biden To Host State Dinner: White House

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to the US on a state visit on June 22 following an invitation from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, the government said in a statement today. The US President and the First Lady will also host Modi to a state dinner. "The visit will underscore the growing importance of the strategic partnership between India and the United States as the two nations collaborate across numerous sectors. The leaders will have the opportunity to review strong bilateral cooperation in various areas of mutual interest, including technology, trade, industry... and deepening people-to-people connections," the government said....more

55% Patients Couldn't Understand Seriousness, Died: AIIMS Study On Heart Attacks

NEW DELHI: Only a small proportion of patients (10 per cent) with cardiac and stroke emergencies reach health facilities within an hour, which is critical in preventing death, a recent Indian study has shown. The sooner such patients reach a hospital, the better the result of their treatment. The study, conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and published in the top medical journal The Lancet, sought to address the reasons for delays at multiple levels in reaching the facilities....more

New Parliament is symbol of aspiration of the 140 crore Indians: Modi

NEW DELHI: In his first address from the new Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said in the development journey of every country, some moments come which become immortal and “May 28 is such a day”. Amid chants of "Modi" "Modi" and a standing ovation, the prime minister walked into the new Parliament building, he had inaugurated in a ceremony earlier this morning. Modi arrived at the chamber of the new Parliament building for the second phase of the inauguration ceremony....more

Zimbabwe Named 'Most Miserable Country In The World', Switzerland 'Happiest', India Ranked 103

NEW YORK: Zimbabwe has emerged as the most miserable country on renowned economist Steve Hanke's Annual Misery Index (HAMI), which judges nations on mainly economic conditions. The African country that has surpassed war-torn nations like Ukraine, Syria, and Sudan, has majorly been plagued with skyrocketing inflation, which touched 243.8 percent last year. A total of 157 countries were analysed for the rankings, as per New York Post....more

22 MLAs, 9 MPs May Quit Eknath Shinde Faction, Claims Team Thackeray

MUMBAI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has claimed that 22 MLAs and nine MPs from the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, are feeling suffocated due to "step-motherly treatment" by the BJP and could quit. An editorial in Sena (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' has dubbed the MPs and MLAs belonging to the Shinde group as "fowls" in BJP coop and there's no saying when they could be slaughtered.In 2019, the Sena had severed its ties with the BJP for the same "step-motherly treatment", the editorial also mentioned....more

Turkey's Erdogan Wins Historic Runoff Election, Extends His Two-Decade Rule

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for national unity Monday after winning a historic runoff election that extended two decades of his transformative but divisive rule until 2028. The 69-year-old overcame Turkey's worst economic crisis in a generation and the most powerful opposition alliance to ever face his Islamic-rooted party on his way to his toughest election win....more

As Heatwaves Bake South Asia, Study Says Temperature Reached 'Extremely Dangerous' Level

LONDON: Countries in South and Southeast Asia baked in record-breaking heatwaves in April with the temperature rising well above 40 degrees Celsius. While temperature in Bangladesh reached its highest level in 50 years, Thailand registered a record 45 degrees Celsius and Laos exceeded 42 degrees Celsius. Such heatwaves were made "30 times more likely" as a result of human-induced climate change, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday. They also said that many cities in India may face maximum temperature 7-8 degrees hotter than the current levels....more

China's Youth Unemployment Hits Record High At 20.4 Per Cent In April: Report

BEIJING: China released official statistics showing that the unemployment rate for people aged between 16-24 years in the country had touched a record high of 20.4 per cent in April, Khabarhub reported. The statistics have been released just one month before another 11.6 million students will graduate from college and vocational schools and all set to enter the job market. China imposed lockdowns under the government's zero-COVID policy and economically damaging than other nations' containment policies, Nancy Qian, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University said in the KhabarHub report....more

India's Q4 GDP Growth Rises To 6.1% After Falling For Two Quarters

NEW DELHI: The Indian economy grew 7.2 per cent in the last financial year with the gross domestic product (GDP) expanding 6.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, the government said today. The GDP growth in the January-March quarter marked a rise after slumping for the previous two quarters. The third (October-December) quarter saw a growth of 4.5%. The fourth quarter estimate beats the 4% growth clocked in the year-ago period....more

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