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KUHS warns students against enroling on unrecognised medical, health science courses
Kerala University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal. The Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) has cautioned students and parents against enroling on unrecognised medical and health-science courses offered in Kerala, other States and abroad. Issuing an advisory on Friday (July 17, 2026), KUHS Vice-Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal urged aspirants to verify the legal status of…
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U.S. airstrikes on Iran appear to have damaged Chabahar port
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared the image of the surveillance tower appearing to collapse. Credit: X/@PeteHegseth U.S. airstrikes on Friday (July 17, 2026) appeared to have collapsed a tower at Iran’s Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman, a key trade route for Afghanistan. U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared the image of the surveillance…
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Asaram’s plea for interim bail: Don’t want any untoward thing to happen, says Supreme Court
Asaram was convicted on April 25, 2018 for sexually assaulting a minor student at his ashram and was sentenced to life imprisonment under multiple provisions of the IPC, the POCSO Act, and Juvenile Justice Act. File | Photo Credit: PTI “We don’t want any untoward thing to happen,” the Supreme Court said on Friday (July…
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Andy Burnham confirmed as new Labour leader, U.K. PM-designate
Andy Burnham arrives for a labour party leadership special conference in London, on July 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Andy Burnham was on Friday (July 17, 2026) confirmed as the newly elected leader of the U.K.’s governing Labour Party, becoming the Prime Minister-designate to take charge at 10 Downing Street next week. Labour’s National…
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Sonam Wangchuk loses over 9 kg, weakens significantly on 19th day of hunger strike: CJP
Activist Sonam Wangchuk during his 19th Day hunger strike along with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke, seeking resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and NEET paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Activist Sonam Wangchuk has lost…
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Europe’s early heat wave led to rise in deaths, may have killed over 10,000
Heat that hit Europe exceptionally early and hard this year appears to have led to a spike in deaths, with well over 10,000 more people dying at the height of the heat wave than would normally have been expected, according to figures that are still emerging across the continent. Measures of what researchers call “excess…