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Ukraine’s Parliament approves Serhii Koretskyi as new Prime Minister
Serhii Koretskyi, head of state energy company Naftogaz. File | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday (July 16, 2026) approved Serhii Koretskyi, the head of state energy company Naftogaz, as the country’s new Prime Minister, as part of a major government reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Zelenskyy nominated Mr. Koretskyi, citing…
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Thiruvananthapuram zoo welcomes Nilgiri langur baby
Ranjini, the Nilgiri langur, and its baby, Sona. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Thiruvananthapuram zoo has welcomed the birth of a baby Nilgiri langur after more than a decade. The zoo said the rare new arrival was born on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) to Ranjini and Rajeev, a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old Nilgiri langur,…
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Algeria orphanage fire kills 11, injures 19, Civil Defence report says
A fire burning at an orphanage in a suburb of the Algerian Capital has killed at least 11 people and injured 19, the country’s Civil Defence said Thursday (July 16, 2026). The Civil Defence was “continuing efforts to put out the fire” in the Mohammadia district of Algiers, with the cause of the blaze unknown.…
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Why are rival Trinamool Congress factions competing to hold the July 21 Martyrs’ Day Rally? | Explained
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a gathering in Kolkata during the “Shahid Smarane Shraddhanjali” (Tribute in Memory of Martyrs) programme on July 21, 2025, observed as Martyrs’ Day by the Trinamool Congress. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: Since the change of regime in West Bengal after the recently…
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Protests erupt across Ukraine against removal of Defence Minister
Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Large protests erupted in several Ukrainian cities on Thursday (July 16, 2026) morning against the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. AFP reporters in Kyiv saw more than a thousand people gathered on a central square, singing the Ukrainian national anthem, waving Ukrainian…
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Prisoner Sabari Varman dies in Nagercoil district jail, kin demand probe
S. Sabari Varman | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 35-year old judicial remand prisoner from Ethankadu died in the district jail at Nagercoil on Monday (July 13, 2026). According to police, S. Sabari Varman, who ran a petty shop adjacent to his residence, was arrested on July 9 in connection with sale of banned tobacco…