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Five Telangana tourists rescued after being swept into sea at Visakhapatnam’s RK Beach
A police constable runs to rescue tourists swept into the water at RK Beach in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Screengrab | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Five tourists from Telangana were rescued from drowning by the Coastal Security Police (Marine) in coordination with community guards, after they were swept into the sea by strong waves at RK…
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New Zealand detects H5 bird flu
New Zealand authorities have sought to protect the country’s five most endangered birds — the kakapo, takahe (in picture), shore plover, black stilt and orange-fronted parakeet — by vaccinating breeding bird populations. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters New Zealand has detected the first case of H5 bird flu after a migratory seabird was…
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Why China’s 4.3% growth is worrying its government | Explainer
China’s economy grew 4.3% in the second quarter of 2026, according to data released on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). With growth falling to the lowest in more than three years and below the government’s already lowered annual target of 4.5-5%, attention has turned to how the Chinese government…
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Tamil Nadu Governor Arlekar, CM Vijay pay tribute to Kamaraj, Maraimalai Adigal on their birth anniversaries
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay pays floral tributes to the portrait of K. Kamaraj near his statue opposite Pallavan Illam on Anna Salai in Chennai on the occasion of the latter’s birth anniversary | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Marking the 124th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister and Congress leader K. Kamaraj, Tamil…
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Refugee scam: Nepal court jails two former Ministers, 14 others
Fourteen other people, including a former top bureaucrat in the Home Ministry and a former Bhutanese refugee leader, were sentenced to up to four years in jail, a court document showed. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “A court in Nepal jailed two former government Ministers after they were found guilty of forging documents to enable…
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon, two others reach International Space Station
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts reached the International Space Station with hugs and handshakes in the early hours of Wednesday (July 15, 2026) onboard Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft after a little over three-hour journey. The Roscosmos spacecraft carrying Mr. Menon and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off from Baikonur at…