24-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The head of India’s National Testing Agency (NTA) has been dismissed following accusations of irregularities in recent exams for higher education. The government has also appointed a committee to recommend reforms in the fiercely competitive process. There have been calls to rerun a …

24-06-2024 RIYADH: More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday that the Egyptian …

23-06-2024 WEST BANK: The Israeli military has said its forces violated protocol by strapping a wounded Palestinian man to the front of their vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the incident after it was captured on video and shared on …

23-06-2024 PARIS/ BEIJING: A satellite developed by France and China has blasted off on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant. On Saturday, the 930kg (2,050-pound) satellite carrying four instruments, two French, two Chinese …

23-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Led by State NSUI president and MLC Venkat Balmoor, several student organizations tried to barge into the residence of Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday, demanding Central government to conduct the NEET examination again and also order a …

23-06-2024 NIAMEY: Niger’s military government has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, as it continues to cut ties with former colonial power France. State-owned Orano said on Thursday that it had been ordered out of the Imouraren mine …

23-06-2024 SEOUL: A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia. The arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group in Busan …

23-06-2024 GAZA CITY: At least 42 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli attacks on the Shati refugee camp and the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza, the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office told media. The WHO says the health system in Gaza is near collapse as casualties from an Israeli attack …

23-06-2024 NEW YORK: Justin Timberlake has admitted it’s been “a tough week” after he was charged for driving while intoxicated. Addressing fans at a concert in Chicago on Friday night, the singer also thanked them for continuing to support him. The 43-year-old pop star was arrested in New York on …

23-06-2024 LONDON: Four members of the UK’s richest family have received prison sentences for exploiting staff brought over from India to work at their Geneva villa. Prakash and Kamal Hinduja, as well as their son Ajay and his wife Namrata, were found guilty of exploitation and illegal employment by a …