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Twitter urges shareholders to approve sale to Musk in revised proxy filing

Microblogging site Twitter's board of directors unanimously recommended that its shareholders vote to approve tech billionaire Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of the company

New Zealand reports 9,241 new community cases of Covid, 29 deaths

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers of Covid in New Zealand now sits at 9,984. 761 current hospitalisations, including 15 cases in ICU or HDU, and 29 deaths reported

Over 164,000 pilgrims performed ongoing Amarnath yatra, 5,838 en route

Since the commencement of Amarnath yatra on June 30, as many as 164,024 people have completed, including 12,000 who paid obeisance at the cave shrine on Friday: Officials

84 dead in 1st three days of Spain's heatwave; death toll likely to rise

Eighty-four people are known to have died from the heatwave that has struck Spain, the Carlos III Health Institute, which reports to the Spanish Health Ministry, said

EU to ban Russian gold imports in new sanctions package amid war

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a seventh package of measures that will ban the importation of Russian gold

Ukraine accumulates 59.5% of natural gas needed for heating season: PM

Ukraine has accumulated 11.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas in its storage, or 59.5 per cent of the country's needs for powering its heating facilities during the cold season, Ukrainian PM said

G20 finance leaders seek consensus to overcome global economic threats

The third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting began on Friday in Indonesia's Bali resort island, with the finance leaders seeking ways to tackle global economic threats

Income Tax Department conducts searches in 18 places in Delhi, Mumbai

The official said that a total of 18 premises across Delhi, Mumbai and Daman were covered during the search action

Anti-party activities in Goa Cong unit, protest held against defections

The Congress has removed Lobo as Leader of Opposition, alleging he is one who hatched a conspiracy with Kamat to split the Congress MLAs

India, China to hold 16th Corps Commanders talks on July 17: Report

The 16th round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China will be held on Sunday at Chushul-Moldo on the Indian side in Ladakh, sources said

Williams set to play in WTA 1000 event in Toronto after losing at Wimbledon

After a disappointing run at Wimbledon 2022 where she lost in the first round, former World No 1 Serena Williams is set to play her first North American hard-court event in two years

Arunachal to impose fine, cancel licence if eateries don't remove 'beef'

The Naharlagun district administration in Arunachal Pradesh has asked all the hotels and restaurants in the state to remove the word 'beef' from their signboards

BA.5 Omicron subvariant 4 times more vaccine-resistant, says study

The BA.5 Omicron subvariant, now the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, is four times more resistant to Covid-19 vaccines, according to a new study published in Nature

Sri Lanka's ruling party to nominate interim President for presidency

Sri Lanka's ruling party has said they would nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the presidency when the Parliament elects a new President on July 20

Nitish didn't even respond to my messages during poll campaign: Yashwant

Sinha was in Patna during his presidential election campaign and all the opposition parties including the RJD, Congress, the CPI, the CPI-M, and the CPI-ML unanimously expressed their support.

Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez signs two-year contract extension

Riyad Mahrez on Friday signed a new two-year contract extension with Premier League champions Manchester City, which will keep him at the club until June 2025.

'Large deficient' rainfall for UP, IMD warns extreme rains from Jul 19

Uttar Pradesh has registered a "large deficient" rainfall as of Friday but the IMD has warned that it is likely to receive extreme rainfall from July 19.

Trump escapes impeachment but Speaker orders independent 9/11 style probe

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced her plans to establish a 9/11 style independent commission outside the Congress to probe the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hills insurrection

Why Rohit Sharma is backing Virat Kohli amid growing talk over lean patch?

The lean patch of talismanic India batter Virat Kohli has been the subject of a burning debate. With every low score off Kohli's bat, the decibel levels of discussion over his poor form increase

Women in healthcare sector globally paid 24% less than men: UN report

The report documents a raw gender pay gap of roughly 20 percentage points which jumps to 24 percentage points when factors such as age, education and working time are taken into account.