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Juneteenth 2025: Significance, celebration and everything you need to know

New Delhi, June 19 -- The Juneteenth National Independence Day falls on June 19, and on this day in 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with 2,000 troops to enforce t... Read More


Welfare scheme helpdesk for workers involved in building, construction soon: Vij

Chandigarh, June 19 -- Haryana labour minister Anil Vij has announced that helpdesks will be established at the block level across the state to facilitate access to various welfare schemes for workers... Read More


Pertamina inks US$120 mln partnership with Philippines green energy co

Jakarta, June 19 -- Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE), through Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency (Danantara Indonesia), has invested US$120 million (around Rp1.95 tril... Read More


Nepal drops plan to expand maternal and perinatal death tracking

Kathmandu, June 19 -- The Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services has not proposed expanding the maternal and perinatal death surveillance programme for the upcoming fiscal yea... Read More


Daunne stretch of Butwal-Narayanghat road becomes a mud trap again

Nawalparasi East, June 19 -- A relentless overnight rain turned the notorious Daunne stretch of Butwal-Narayanghat section of the East-West Highway into a muddy road, trapping hundreds of vehicles tha... Read More


Health dept directs PMC to test water samples as precautionary measure to prevent communicable diseases

India, June 19 -- The public health department has asked Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to start testing drinking water samples from its high-risk areas to prevent communicable disease outbreaks dur... Read More


'Decide in 30 days or resign without severance': Amazon asks employees to relocate closer to their teams

New Delhi, June 19 -- Amazon has asked some of its employees to relocate closer to their managers and teams or resign without a severance package, according to a new report. As per a Bloomberg report... Read More


Tourism, defense ministries train youth for MBG program

Jakarta, June 19 -- The Ministry of Tourism is collaborating with the Ministry of Defense and the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to organize training activities for operators of kitchens dedicated to... Read More


'Cannot be allowed to exist, will be accountable for war crimes': Israel vows to eliminate Khamenei after Iran strikes hit Soroka hospital

Tel Aviv, June 19 -- Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday issued a stark warning, declaring that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "can no longer be allowed to exist" after an Ir... Read More


Raf for now: Don't look back in anger!

Kuala Lampur, June 19 -- Raf for now: Don't look back in anger! JUNE 19 - It only took 70 years to get here. Not sure it'll last, but for now, it's real. In Malaysian mainstream politics when top po... Read More