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Former Maharashtra minister and Congress leader Suresh Warpudkar on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party along with his supporters, giving a boost to the ruling party in Parbhani district of Maharashtra. BJP's state unit president Ravindra Chavan welcomed Warpudkar into the party fold...
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Aviation safety regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has come across around 100 violations and observations related to Tata Group-owned Air India's training, crew's rest and duty period norms, and airfield qualification, among others, sources said on Tuesday. Of these, as many as...
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An Indian diplomat has held meetings with Syrian ministers in Damascus in what appears to be India's first formal outreach to Syria's transitional government led by former Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.Suresh Kumar, director of the West Asia and North Africa division in the...
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Lord Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, the eminent economist of Indian origin and Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics, is dead. He was 85. The first Asia-born, first generation immigrant to become a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords, he was an influential leader of...
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Raja Raghuvanshi (right)
Family members of Indore-based transport businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, murdered during his honeymoon trip to Meghalaya, have consented to a film on the crime, which caused ripples following the arrest of his wife Sonam and her suspected lover. The film, being directed by SP Nimbawat, is...
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Jammu and Kashmir director general of police Nalin Prabhat on Tuesday said the terrorists are being eliminated one by one in ongoing operations across the region.They (terrorists) have been operating here for the past four years. Operations are going on continuously. One by one, they are being...
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An Indian-origin pilot was arrested on charges of sex crimes against a child, shortly after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport, US authorities said. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, a Delta airline pilot, was arrested on the evening of July 26, the Contra Costa County Office of...
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The police arrested two men under the love jihad law for their alleged involvement in raping a 17-year-old girl from Amethi, attempting to forcefully change her religion and pressure her to marry, officials said on Tuesday. Additional Superintendent of Police Shailendra Kumar Singh...
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A 43-year-old security manager of the Wankhede stadium here has been arrested for allegedly stealing 261 Indian Premier League jerseys worth Rs 6.52 lakh from the BCCI's store, police said on Tuesday. Accused Farooque Aslam Khan, a resident of Mira Road, was arrested a few days ago...
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Maharashtra recorded six COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 2,726 since January, the state public health department said. It stated that 43 patients, including 42 with comorbidities and one with another disease, have succumbed to the infection so far this year. Of the six...
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Pakistani security forces have killed at least 15 militants and destroyed their hideouts in a series of operations in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Tuesday.Over 200 personnel from the Pakistan Army and police are participating in the 10-day operation across Hangu,...
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The US team will visit India on August 25 for the next round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Tuesday. Though the team is coming at the end of next month, both sides remain engaged to iron out differences for an interim...
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Reservation activist Manoj Jarange was admitted to a private hospital in Maharashtra's Jalna district on Tuesday after he complained of weakness and discomfort, a doctor at the facility said. He was admitted to a hospital in Shahagad in the evening. Jarange suffered from hyperacidity,...
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A Mumbai court has issued a notice to Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty, seeking her response to the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. The central agency had in March filed its closure report in the five-year-old...
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The government approved the construction of 2280 km of roads in border areas of Rajasthan and Punjab in October 2024, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai was replying to a query from Lok Sabha MP Rahul Kaswan about the total length of all-weather...
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A 25-year-old chartered accountant killed himself by inhaling gas at a hotel in New Delhi's Bengali Market area, the police said on Tuesday.According to a note he left behind, Dheeraj Kansal was alone since his father died in 2003. After his father's death, his mother married someone else,...
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Operation Sindoor makes it clear that India has decided on 3 points. 1) If there is a terrorist attack on India, we will respond in our own method, on our conditions and on our time. 2) No nuclear blackmail would work now. 3) We will not see terrorist-supporting governments and terror masterminds...
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Superstar Aamir Khan on Tuesday announced that his latest release Sitaare Zameen Par will be available on YouTube Movies on demand, after its theatrical run. Starting August 1, the film will stream exclusively on YouTube in India at Rs 100, and in 38 international markets, including US,...
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I was abroad on 22nd April. I returned immediately. And immediately after coming back, I called a meeting and we gave clear instructions that a befitting reply has to be given to terrorism and this is our national resolve, PM Narendra Modi tells the Lok Sabha. The army was given a free hand...
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I stand here to make a case for India, and to show mirror to those who do not understand this, PM Modi says in Lok Sabha. When I speak of this Parliament session being a Vijayotsav, it is of destroying the headquarters of terror, he adds. I had said that we will teach the terrorists...
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The rupee depreciated 12 paise to close at 86.82 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, weighed down by a jump in the US dollar index and a surge in crude oil prices. Forex traders said month-end dollar demand from Oil Marketing Companies and importers further pressurised the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday described separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference as an outfit of terrorist organisations and made it clear that the Modi government will never engage with it for any dialogue.Participating in a special discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, Shah...
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Discussion on Operation Sindoor: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, The moment Operation Sindoor began, in fact even before it began, the Opposition committed itself, all the parties, that we will stand like a rock with the Forces and with the elected Govt of India. We heard the odd jibe, the...
17:21
Stating that offering milk to snakes may be appropriate on the occasion of 'Nag Panchami' today, but not every day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Operation Sindoor against cross-border terrorism will continue without a full stop. Singh made it clear that India would no longer tolerate...
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The government has not taken any decision to update the National Population Register (NPR), the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Replying to a written question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Centre has notified its intent to conduct the census in the Gazette on June...
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Pt Nehru's name was mentioned several times today by the BJP
Launching a broadside at the Congress, Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said a blunder by the main opposition party led to the creation of Pakistan and claimed that Pak-occupied Kashmir was the legacy of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Participating in the special discussion on Operation...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back after a three-day fall, ending higher on Tuesday, powered by a rally in blue-chip stocks Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 446.93 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at 81,337.95. During the day, it surged...
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LG defamation case: Delhi HC upholds Medha Patkar's conviction in the criminal defamation case lodged against her by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001. Saxena is the LG of Delhi at present.The Court said that Patkar failed to demonstrate any defects in the procedure which was followed or any error...
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China has not intruded even an inch into Indian territory nor occupied any additional land in Arunachal Pradesh since the 1962 war, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Rijiju said this while intervening during the debate on Operation Sindoor to...
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President Droupadi Murmu will visit West Bengal and Jharkhand from July 30 to August 1. On July 30, the President will grace the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS, Kalyani in West Bengal. On July 31, the President will grace the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS, Deoghar in Jharkhand and the...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asked the government in Lok Sabha to fix responsibility for the intelligence failure that led to the Pahalgam terror attack, saying it cannot get away after such incidents by merely admitting to a lapse. Participating in the debate on Operation...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over a spike in polio cases in Afghanistan and Pakistan, confirming nine new infections this year and warning of increased cross-border transmission risks due to refugee movements and limited access to vulnerable populations, Khaama Press...
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A delegation of leaders of the Congress-led UDF alliance in Kerala on Tuesday visited the Durg central jail in Chhattisgarh, and met two Catholic nuns arrested for alleged human trafficking and forced religious conversion. Nuns Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis along with Sukaman Mandavi were...
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Discussion on Operation Sindoor: Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge says, Along with the entire country and this House, I condemn the barbaric attack (in Pahalgam) and the continuous support to terrorists by Pakistan. We had condemned Pakistan earlier too, we will condemn them today as well and...
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A day after Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai justified police action against two Keralite Catholic nuns in that state, the BJP in Kerala on Tuesday virtually rejected his statements, saying that they were not involved in any human trafficking or forced conversion attempts. BJP...
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Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old New York Police Department officer, was among four people killed Monday evening in Midtown Manhattan when a gunman stormed the lobby of the sprawling 345 Park Avenue office tower and opened fire. Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who New York...
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Participating in a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on India's strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam, the Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Home Minister Amit Shah talked about Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, even her mother's...
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Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused P Chidambaram, a previous incumbent of the ministry, of giving clean chit to Pakistan in the Pahalgam terror attack, asserting that it amounted to questioning India's attack on terror facilities in the country. Shah lashed out at the senior Congress...
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DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Centre during the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor, questioning its handling of recent terror incidents and accusing it of deflecting accountability.She emphasised that the government's failure to learn from past mistakes has led to a...
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On Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement in Lok Sabha, TMC MP Kirti Azad says, You got an intelligence report on 22nd April about the terrorists after the attack took place. You did not have an intelligence report before that? If not, why did you extend the term of the NSA chief for another...
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In Lok Sabha, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, Yesterday, the Defence Minister spoke for an hour, during which he spoke about terrorism, protecting the country, and also gave a history lesson. But one thing was left out -- how did this attack happen?Why was not even one security personnel...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaking in the Lok Sabha, They were saying yesterday that the perpetrators escaped into Pakistan. They wanted us to take the responsibility. 'Hamari toh Sena ne thok diya'... But I want to ask them... a number of terrorists escaped during the Congress government....
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in Rajya Sabha on Operation Sindoor. Our Security Forces have successfully neutralised the three terrorists of The Resistance Front who killed 26 people in Pahalgam on 22nd April. The role of our armies and other security forces in ensuring India's internal...
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Lt Narwal's wife at his funeral
Rajesh Narwal, father of Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who died in the recent Pahalgam terror attack, has praised the Indian Army, paramilitary forces, and the Jammu and Kashmir Police for their courage during Operation Mahadev. Speaking to reporters, he said, I am thankful to our armed forces,...
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In Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, On 30th April, there was a meeting of the CCS, in which the security forces were given complete operational freedom. Operation Sindoor was launched on 7th May and carried out between 1:04 am and 1:24 am. In this operation, nine terror sites in...
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In the Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, All three terrorists - Suleman, Afghan and Jibran were killed in yesterday's operation. The people who used to supply food to them were detained earlier. Once the bodies of these terrorists were brought to Srinagar, they were identified by...
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Five students from India are among the 50 finalists shortlisted for a prestigious USD 100,000 award for making a real impact on learning and society at large.The Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2025 is open to all students who are at least 16 years old and enrolled in an...
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HM Amit Shah speaking on Operation Sindoor in Parliament.Operation Sindoor killed those who sent the terrorists and Operation Mahadev killed those who carried out the attack. I thought that after hearing this news, there would be a wave of happiness in the ruling and the Opposition parties,...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, In a joint Operation Mahadev, the Indian Army, CRPF and J&K Police have neutralised three terrorists who were involved in the Pahalgam terror attack. Security forces were instructed not to allow terrorists responsible for Pahalgam attack leave the...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's speech in Parliament proved beyond doubt that he acts on behalf of Pakistan. Sarma alleged that with Gogoi's wife and both kids having foreign citizenship, he can leave India any time.Speech delivered by...
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Former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse on Tuesday claimed the arrest of his son-in-law in a drugs case in Pune was a conspiracy to defame him as he had raised his voice about a honeytrap scandal. Speaking to reporters at his residence here, NCP (SP) leader Khadse further claimed someone...
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On Union Home Minister Amit Shah to address the Lok Sabha today, Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury says, Let him speak. We are waiting to see what he will say and how he will twist the topic. He will tell lies, as he is accustomed to doing. What will they say? They will thrash Congress, or will...
11:41
An IT employee belonging to a Scheduled Caste has been hacked to death by a youth, allegedly over an inter-caste relationship, police have said. The 27-year-old victim was employed as an engineer with a software firm in Chennai.He was murdered near a Siddha facility here on Sunday by the accused...
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Three people lost their lives, and one woman is reported missing after heavy rains lashed Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district late Monday night, triggering a flood-like situation and widespread damage, officials said on Tuesday. Speaking to ANI, District Commissioner (DC) Apoorv Devgan said,...
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American FMCG major Procter & Gamble Company has named India-born Shailesh Jejurikar as its next Chief Executive Officer, who will lead the consumer goods multinational from January 1, 2026. Jejurikar (58), who joined Procter & Gamble (P&G) as an assistant brand manager in 1989,...
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Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday evoked Manoj Kumar's iconic song from Purab aur Pashchim -- Bharat ka rehne waala hoon, Bharat ki baat sunata hoon -- as he shared on X a media report on being benched by his party during the Operation Sindoor debate.There had been intense speculation whether...
10:28
The Union Bank of India has put on sale 10 brands of Future Brands Ltd -- including Bare, Haute N Spicy and Studio NYX -- to recover its dues, with a reserve price of Rs 230 crore.The auction of secured assets of Kishore Biyani's Future group is slated for mid-August.The dues include...
10:26
US based high-frequency trading firm Jane Street has sought more time from the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to respond to Sebi's order dated July 3.The market regulator had given a 21-day period for the trading giant to respond to the allegations made in the ex-parte...
10:23
India has become the second-largest international market by air passengers for Thailand in the summer of 2025 (June and July), based on the number of seats, according to data released by global research agency OAG.In the summer of pre-Covid 2019, India was Thailand's sixth-largest international...
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Only 1.37 per cent of eligible central government employees have opted for the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) so far.In a written reply, the finance ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that as of July 20, 2025, a total of 31,555 employees had opted for the scheme. The government has...
10:19
The government is developing a voluntary code of conduct for companies utilising artificial intelligence (AI), along with procurement guidelines on the responsible use of AI in the public sector, a senior government official announced.Risks and risk-based assessment are something that has become...
10:16
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty fell in early trade on Tuesday, extending their downward journey to the fourth day running, amid uncertainty related to the India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 270.77 points to 80,620.25 in...
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Rani Kapur
Rani Kapur--former Chairperson of Sona Comstar and mother of the late Sunjay Kapur has spoken publicly for the first time since her son's untimely death in London. Her message carried the weight of grief, longing, and a steadfast resolve to protect the legacy she helped build alongside her...
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As the Meghalaya high court pulled up the state government over the disappearance of over 4,000 tonnes of coal, a minister on Monday claimed that heavy rain in the state might have washed it away.The high court has directed the state government to take action against officials under whose watch...
09:52
Asserting that Israel's military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide, Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Modi government for being a mute spectator to this affront to humanity, and said this was a cowardly betrayal of our constitutional values. ...
09:41
Heavy rains lashed several parts of the national capital on Tuesday morning, disrupting traffic and leading to waterlogging in many areas. Areas such as ITO, Dhaula Kuan, Naraina, Patel Nagar, Vijay Chowk, Jangpura and Rohini received heavy rain. The heavy downpour in the morning...
09:27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the speeches of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the Lok Sabha for articulating the success of Operation Sindoor and India's global outreach respectively. In a post on X, PM Modi said, An excellent...
08:51
A man from Afghanistan, who used to sell blankets on streets in Nagpur city, was critically injured after three persons allegedly attacked him following an argument, with one of them calling him a terrorist, police said.The incident took place in Yadav Nagar under Yashodhara Nagar police station...
08:46
The Delhi Police on Monday called a video shared by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media, alleging that a Bengali-speaking woman and her child were assaulted in the national capital for speaking their language, fabricated and politically motivated. Deputy Commissioner...
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At least five Kanwariyas were killed and several injured in a road accident in Jharkhand's Deoghar on Tuesday, a police officer said.The incident took place when a bus carrying Kanwariyas collided with a vehicle transporting gas cylinders near Jamuniya forest under Mohanpur police station limits...
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IMAGE: Police officers work near the scene of a reported shooter situation in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, July 28, 2025. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
At least four people, including a New York City police officer, were reportedly killed in a shooting in New York's central Manhattan on Monday (local time).The NYPD Commissioner on X said that the lone shooter 'has been neutralised'.According to local media reports, the suspect was identified as...
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A 23-year-old man was strangled to death allegedly by his sister and brother-in-law to protect family's honour after she discovered that he was HIV positive, police said on Monday. The victim, who hailed from a village in Holalkere taluk of Chitradurga district, met with an accident...
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The figures for domestic tourist visits to Jammu and Kashmir during January-June this year stood at more than 95 lakh, according to data shared by the government. Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response on Monday to a query on whether the Centre...
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US President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has reduced the 50-day deadline given to Russian President Vladimir Putin from 10 to 12 days to reach a peace deal with Ukraine, CNN reported.Speaking to reporters alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his golf resort in Turnberry,...
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