Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Rower beats serious head injury to win Olympic gold

Georgie Brayshaw wins gold after defying doctors who said she might never walk again.

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Team GB win five more medals on day five at Olympics

Triathlete Alex Yee and the women’s quad sculls rowers win Britain’s fifth and sixth gold medals at the Paris Olympics.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Outer Manipur MP Alfred Arthur tears into government over Budget, asks why CM Biren Singh is not being replaced

The Congress MP asks the Prime Minister how is he expected to maintain peace all over the country “if you cannot bring peace in a small State”.

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Great Britain's Hales wins men's trap shooting gold

Nathan Hales wins Great Britain's third gold medal of the Paris Olympics in the men's trap shooting final.

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Lobster dinner for King Charles cost France €450,000

The country's audit office has warned that "significant efforts" are needed to restore financial balance after an increase in spending.

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Monday, July 29, 2024

Chris Mason: Reeves dollops blame on Tories as she outlines choices

The Chancellor has announced public sector pay settlements and spending cuts in her first big statement.

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Sunday, July 28, 2024

Parisians’ Olympic spirit not dampened – but grumbles remain

The vibrant opening ceremony and a flurry of French medals seem to have put paid to pre-Games gloom.

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Obituary: Edna O'Brien, the writer whose novels created scandal and were banned

Edna O'Brien will always be known as the controversial Irish novelist who scandalised Catholic Ireland.

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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Gaganyaan astronaut to travel to ISS in joint mission with NASA, says Centre

India's Astronaut Selection Board had selected four astronauts from the group of test pilots from the IAF for the Gaganyaan mission, India's first human space flight planned to take place next year

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Canada deducted points and coach banned over drone

Canada's Olympic women's football team are deducted six points and coach Bev Priestman is banned for a year by Fifa over a drone spying scandal.

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Friday, July 26, 2024

John Lewis allowed to build homes for first time

The department store is pushing to build rental flats as it looks for new ways to bring in money.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Bangladesh PM Hasina surveys destruction as unrest recedes

Sheikh Hasina, 76, spent the morning surveying destruction in the capital Dhaka, where the commuter rail network connecting the sprawling megacity of 20 million people was shut down after mob attacks

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Seal is found 18 miles from the sea... in a park

The seal has been bathed and is ready for some fish, South Essex Wildlife Hospital says.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Return of the mullet, the hairstyle that refuses to dye

Long on top and flowing in the back is the hairstyle of choice at this year's Royal Welsh?

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Eluned Morgan hopes to 'turn new page' for Welsh Labour

The first female leader of Wales says she will "go out and listen to what the people want".

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Union budget focus on Bihar in tourism infra development

The Centre would also support the development of Nalanda and Rajgir in Bihar as tourist centres. The budget also announced an industrial node at Gaya on the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor.

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Children returned to family after Leeds disorder

Four children whose removal into foster care sparked Leeds disorder are back with extended family.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Laxmi Hebbalkar’s visit to flood-hit areas only a formality, says Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna

None of the local MLAs were taken into confidence and informed about the visit, alleges MLA

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Who is Kamala Harris, the VP who now has Biden's endorsement?

As President Biden ends his re-election run, some see a fresh start in the US's first female vice-president.

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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Turkish president dampens hopes for restarting talks on Cyprus’ 50-year ethnic split

Turkey’s president has reaffirmed his commitment to a two-state peace deal for ethnically split Cyprus that Greek Cypriots have dismissed out-of-hand, again putting a damper on prospects for a quick resumption of talks to resolve the half-century-old conflict

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Friday, July 19, 2024

Proposal mooted to extend working hours of IT employees to more than 12 hours a day in Karnataka; unions resist move

As per the new proposal ‘an employee working in IT/ITeS/BPO sector may be required or allowed to work for more than 12 hours in a day and not exceeding 125 hours in three continuous months’

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Telangana Skill University Bill to be introduced in the Assembly sessions

The university to be set up in PPP mode along with industry particants is expected to start functioning this year itself

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Cheng Pei-pei dies at 78

The China-born star died in San Francisco after suffering from a neurodegenerative brain disease since 2019.

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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Super bowl winner 'wrongly handcuffed' on United flight

The airline has apologised to Terrell Davis and says it has removed the flight attendant from duty.

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Common blood-thinning drug neutralises cobra venom

Heparin can neutralise the necrosis-causing toxins in some spitting cobras' venom, scientists discover.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Families living in encroachments on Jaffar Sarang Street, Narayanappa Street in Mannadi to be resettled

During the drive, 100 families were identified for resettlement, the location for which is yet to be finalised

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North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim Jong-un

South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea

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'Vile' Jay Slater trolling 'devastating' for family

A charity boss close to the Slater family says "vile and hurtful" comments had put huge strain on the family.

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Sunday, July 14, 2024

North Malabar rail passengers submit plea to Union Minister of State George Kurian



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Videos show how gunman shot at Trump despite public alerting police

BBC Verify examines footage, eyewitness testimony and satellite imagery showing how the attack unfolded.

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IDF says senior Hamas commander killed in Israeli air strike

The Hamas-run health ministry said that Israel's strike killed at least 90 Palestinians and injured 289 others.

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Friday, July 12, 2024

Naidu is claiming credit for works done during YSRCP’s tenure, says Amarnath

When will the NDA government start implementing the ‘Super Six’ schemes and other promises made in the run-up to the elections, asks the former Minister

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Poland considers downing Russian missiles over Ukraine

Foreign Minister Sikorski says of the proposal, included in a defence agreement, "at this stage this is an idea".

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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Post Matric Scholarship for SC students | Money cannot be remitted directly to educational institutions, Centre tells Madras High Court

Additional Solicitor General says the government had decided to credit the tuition fees too in students’ bank accounts because of certain fraudulent activities noted in the past

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History-sheeter killed in police encounter in Pudukottai district



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How do you dispose of a whole pod of 77 whales?

BBC Scotland heard about various options after a minke whale washed up in East Lothian in April.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

CMs and Ministers give a free hand to IAS officers in T.N., says former health secretary R. Poornalingam



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Why has it been raining so much?

Some parts of the UK have seen a month's worth of rain in the first week of July. Is there any end in sight to this wet spell?

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Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Steve Wright: BBC DJ died from stomach ulcer rupture

The causes of death for the DJ were were acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer.

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Monday, July 8, 2024

UK weather: Why has it been raining so much?

Some parts of the UK have seen a month's worth of rain in the first week of July. Is there any end in sight to this wet spell?

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Historic theatre saved after closure U-turn

The Oldham Coliseum gets a repreieve after a campaign led by actor Julie Hesmondhalgh.

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Sunday, July 7, 2024

Police arrest Hubballi chemist who supplied prescription drugs to Coimbatore peddlers



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Raducanu knocked out of Wimbledon by qualifier Sun

Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon after being hampered by a back injury in the deciding set of her fourth-round match against Lulu Sun.

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Senior Hamas official killed as Israel orders fresh evacuation

Ehab al-Ghussein had been appointed to manage the affairs of the Hamas government in Gaza City and northern Gaza.

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Saturday, July 6, 2024

New NI secretary Hilary Benn meets local parties

Mr Benn travelled to Hillsborough Castle on Saturday where he met the main Stormont parties.

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Friday, July 5, 2024

Safe Sound Mission launched to check sound pollution



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Sunak's 'dismal end' and 'bland' Starmer: World media reacts to UK election

Labour's landslide victory has been followed closely by media commentators around the world.

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Labour jubilation and disbelief at 'nuts' election

A rare general election win and a vast majority left one campaigner pinching himself.

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

Women Helpline run by WCD functioning since Wednesday: Kailash Gahlot



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Watch: Pooches at polling stations across the UK

It has been a day filled with dogs standing outside polling stations, as their owners head into voting booths to cast their ballots.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Sand worth ₹5,000 crore excavated, traded in Godavari during YSRCP tenure, says Pawan Kalyan

The government has not yet received at least ₹1,000 crore of AP Mineral Development Fund, which is generated on sand trade, says the Deputy Chief Minister

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It's been an election of disputed claims - BBC Verify has fact-checked them

Here is what you need to know about some of the potentially misleading things the parties have been saying.

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Monday, July 1, 2024

Committee recommends scrapping of entrance exams, banning coaching classes

The Justice D. Murugesan Committee, constituted to draft a distinct State Education Policy, also suggests regulation of deemed-to-be universities, autonomous colleges, foreign universities, and self-funding institutions. It favours more investment by the government in higher education

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A.P. Women’s Commission seeks report on ‘stripped woman’ incident under Home Minister’s Assembly constituency in Anakapalli district

The Commission Chairperson urges the government to take action to prevent crime against women

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Charity founder dies in Ukraine 'battlefield'

Peter Fouché died last week while working as a combat medic in Ukraine, his charity said.

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