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Trump withdraws planned 20% levy on Hormuz ships, calls for trade deals with Gulf countries instead
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) that trade and investment deals with the Gulf states will replace the 20% fee for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz that he had proposed a day earlier. West Asia war LIVE: July 14,…
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Statewide agitation in Haryana against parallel power licence, Agri DISCOM and smart meters
Farmers, electricity employees, workers and consumer organisations on Tuesday announced a Statewide agitation against the Haryana government’s proposal to grant a parallel electricity distribution licence in Gurugram and Nuh, create a separate Agri DISCOM, and roll out smart metering across the State. A joint platform, Haryana Electricity Employees & Consumers Struggle Forum, was constituted at a meeting convened at the…
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Nasa’s Anil Menon, two Russians blast off for 8-month International Space Station mission
Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, top, NASA astronaut Anil Menon, middle, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft for launch, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. | Photo Credit: AP NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday (July 14,…
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GTECH promises platform to redeploy employees hit by CorroHealth lay-offs
The Group of Technology Companies of Kerala (GTECH) on Tuesday (July 14) came out in support of the employees affected by the mass lay-off at CorroHealth, a US-based healthcare analytics technology company. The industrial forum promised to facilitate the redeployment of the affected employees in collaboration with the State government. The leaders of GTECH made…
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Heavy rain collapses roof and kills 11 people in northwest Pakistan
Eleven people were killed overnight when heavy rain caused the roof of a mud-brick house to collapse in northwest Pakistan, police and rescue officials said Tuesday (July 14, 2026). The accident occurred in Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, according to Bilal Faizi of the Provincial Emergency Service. Rescuers recovered 11 bodies, mostly women and…
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Kerala celebrates NASA astronaut Anil Menon’s historic journey to ISS
Crew members NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina attend a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Reuters People of the State celebrated and felt proud as Kerala-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon flew to ISS…