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President Murmu clears anti-paper leak Bill; Opposition says debate was rushed

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Friday, gave her assent to a law raising the punishment for unfair means in public examinations, days after the Bill was pushed through the Lok Sabha b... Read More


Assam flood toll reaches 82; 379 villages remain under water, over 1.92 lakh people affected | Top updates

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The death toll from this year's floods in Assam has risen to 82 after two more people died, even as the overall flood situation improved with the number of affected people droppin... Read More


Arctic Incident Prevention Mechanisms With Norway Not Fully Functional, Russian Ambassador Says

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- OSLO - The safety channels designed to prevent a dangerous military encounter between Russia and Norway in the Arctic are no longer functioning as intended. That is the blunt ass... Read More


Russia's Air Defenses Shot Down More Than 21,000 Ukrainian Drones in July

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- MOSCOW - In a single month, Russia's air defenses intercepted more than 21,000 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory. That figure comes from Russian Defense Ministry data revie... Read More


US and Israel Target Iran's Energy Infrastructure This Weekend, CBS News Reports

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- TEHRAN - The timeline, according to CBS News, is this weekend. Unnamed sources with knowledge of the planning told the network that the United States and Israel have coordinated ... Read More


Zimbabwe Police Crush Anti-Mnangagwa Protests in Harare Before They Begin

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- HARARE - Armed police units arrived in Harare's central business district before sunrise on Thursday, taking up positions across the city's main arteries hours before the first pr... Read More


Anthony Edwards Needed a Point Guard. Minnesota Emptied Its Vault to Get One.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 1 -- The night Anthony Edwards' season ended in San Antonio, he spent the final quarter forcing plays for teammates who could not finish them, the most visible expression of a proble... Read More


Congo's Ebola Epidemic Becomes World's Second Largest Outbreak Ever as Deaths Hit 1,556

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- the Ebola epidemic tearing through eastern Congo had become, by confirmed case count, the second largest in the disease's recorded history. With 3,532 confirmed cases and 1,556 d... Read More


Gross GST collections rise 15.4% to Rs.2.11 trillion in July

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- India's gross goods and services tax (GST) collections rose 15.4% year-on-year to Rs.2.11 trillion in July, marking one of the strongest monthly performances this fiscal year, dri... Read More


SML Mahindra July sales climbs 12% YoY

Mumbai, Aug. 1 -- The company's cargo vehicle sales declined 7% YoY to 417 units, while passenger vehicle sales rose 21% YoY to 1,186 units from 978 units in the year-ago period. For the period from ... Read More