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October 17, 2024 3:56 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act inserted by way of an amendment in 1985 in furtherance of the Assam Accord. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Surya Kant, MM Sundresh, and Manoj Misra gave the majority ver...
October 17, 2024 3:43 PM
The winner of November's U.S. presidential election will govern a nation of more than 330 million people, but the contest will almost certainly be decided by just tens of thousands of voters – a tiny fraction of the populace – in a handful of states. That's because only seven of the 50 states a...
October 17, 2024 2:41 PM
A $3.3-billion initial public offering by Hyundai Motor India was fully subscribed on the final day of bidding on Thursday, with domestic banks and mutual funds buying into the country's first automaker to go public in two decades. As companies rush to go public after a sharp run-up in the Indian e...
October 17, 2024 2:34 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden takes off for Berlin on Thursday for a rapid visit to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the leaders of Germany, France and Britain as Kyiv urges its western allies to take urgent steps to end the fighting. The rapidly expanding conflict in the Middle East is also ex...
October 17, 2024 5:13 PM
Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana for a second term on Thursday, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) third consecutive government in the state. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office to Saini and his council of ministers at a cerem...
October 17, 2024 12:48 PM
Japan's ruling party may lose its majority in the lower house, according to media polling ahead of the Oct. 27 election, meaning it would likely have to rely on coalition partner Komeito to stay in power. The Liberal Democratic Party may not reach the 233 seats it needs for an outright majority in ...
October 17, 2024 12:40 PM
In his final months in office, President Joe Biden is signaling new willingness to use U.S. military assistance to Israel as both a carrot and a stick to influence its high-stakes confrontation with Iran and Iran-backed militant groups. But while the approach increases Washington's involvement in I...
October 17, 2024 12:06 PM
Western Pacific nations are unlikely to meet the United Nations target of reducing premature deaths from lifestyle-related diseases including cancer and diabetes, due to the slow decline in alcohol and tobacco consumption, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. Chronic lifestyle diseases, ...
October 17, 2024 11:40 AM
Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in the southern region of Mykolaiv as they launched 56 drones and one missile in an overnight assault on Ukraine. Mykolaiv regional governor Vitaliy Kim said the attack had cut power to some consumers and said there were no casualties in a statement on ...
October 17, 2024 11:31 AM
North Korea has designated South Korea a "hostile state", its state media said on Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with their leader's vow to drop unification as a national goal. The North's KCNA news agency reported that the military had blasted ...
