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Brazil will be hosting the next BRICS Summit in its capital city of Rio D Janeiro on 6-7 July. The country will lead the block of some of the fastest developing economies of the world. This leadership will last throughout 2025 and will aim to reform global governance and strengthen corporation amongst Global South...

Mohsin Hendricks, popularly known as the world's first gay Imam, was shot dead and killed near Gqeberha a city in South Africa on Saturday. The Imam was in his car with another person when an unknown vehicle blocked their way. “Two unidentified suspects with covered faces exited the vehicle and fired multiple shots at the...

Renowned folk singer and Padma Shree awardee Sukri Bommagowda died at her home in Badageri village in Uttara Kannada district on Thursday this week. Popularly known as Sukrajji, the artist received medical care at Manipal Hospital during the last days leading up to her death.  Hailing from the Halakki community, Sukrajji was often described as...

Coca-Cola company’s chief executive, James Quincey, said that they may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles if US president Donald Trump ended up making aluminium cans more expensive. During a call with the investors, the beverage company chief said “If one package suffers some increase in input costs, we continue to have...

United Nations Human Rights released a report of a fact-finding mission inside Bangladesh’s political turmoil in the past two years. According to the unnerving findings of the report, former government and security officials systematically committed serious human rights violations against the protesting masses of Bangladesh, last summer. The high Commissioner for human rights, Volkar...

Flames have engulfed the French territory of Amsterdam Island in the Southern Indian Ocean for nearly a month now. The islands are located about halfway between Australia, Antarctica and Madagascar. Up till now, about 55% of its 54 km sqr. area has been burnt down. The island does not have any permanent population, but the...

Unable to find a successor to the caretaker chief minister Biren Singh in Manipur, the state is likely to witness the president's rule as the deadline for convening the assembly session comes closer. Ex-CM Biren Singh resigned on Sunday, last week. Since then the BJP has been conducting meetings with the party’s Northeast coordinator,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 98th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan on the 21st of this month. The literature festival brings together authors and critics in Marathi and other languages under the same roof. This conference was first held in 1878 with renowned scholar and social reformer, Mahadev Govind Ranade as...

TMC party leader in the Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien, criticised the ‘archaic’ exception provided to marital rape in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The parliamentarian further explained that such incorrect exceptions in the law can send a dangerous message to the masses that a woman’s right to consent is irrelevant once she enters into...

India offers an indigenously developed Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher system to France during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Emmanuel Macron. The discussion expanded on the defence and security cooperation between the two countries. The Pinaka system was developed by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) for the use of the Indian Army....

After a directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs, India’s top security agencies have collaborated together a list of 12 gangsters based in the US, as reported by an Indian daily newspaper. According to the report published in the newspaper, the list could be shared with relevant authorities even in Washington on the sidelines of...

United States President Donald Trump signed an order to halt the prosecution of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials with overseas business. The order aims to provide relief to US citizens. However, it will also come as a problem-solving breather for chief executives of the Adani group, who currently face bribery charges in...