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Azam Khan holds meetings with Shivpal as rift widens with Akhilesh Yadav

The rift between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and senior party MLA Mohd Azam Khan is now getting wider and meetings between Azam Khan and another estranged leader Shivpal are getting increasingly frequent.

Power outages in Canada caused by storm stretch into fourth day

Power outages caused by the destructive storm that swept across Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec stretched into the fourth day.

Bihar govt to hold all-party meeting on June 1 over caste-based census

The Bihar government has decided to hold an all-party meeting on the issue of caste-based census on June 1 in Patna

CBI to question Karti Chidambaram in Chinese visa scam case today

Karti's Charted Accountant S. Bhaskararaman is currently on custodial remand of the CBI and there are possibilities that Karti might be confronted with him

Russia to continue military operation in Ukraine until 'all goals met'

Russia will continue its "special military operation" in Ukraine despite the sanctions and increased Western assistance to Kyiv, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said

Assam flood: Situation continues to improve as death toll rises to 27

The situation in Assam, where the pre-monsoon floods have affected large parts of the state for the past 12 days, continue to improve for the third day on Tuesday

French Open: Tsonga's tearful farewell to tennis after first round defeat

The 18-year career of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came to end at Roland Garros after losing to Casper Ruud of Norway in the first round of the French Open here on Tuesday.

Hungary amends constitution to extend govt's state of emergency powers

The amendment would enable government to declare a state of emergency in case of an armed conflict, war or humanitarian disaster in a neighbouring country

Coal production rose to 34 MT in 1st half of May to meet power demand: Govt

The total coal dispatch including non-CIL coal producing units has been to the tune of 71.77 MT for the entire month of April, registering a growth of 9.39 per cent on a year-on-year basis

NRAI says no illegality in levying service charge by restaurants

Ahead of its June 2 meeting with govt, the top hotel industry body said that the levy of service charge is a matter of individual policy to decide if it is to be charged or not.

LG unveils new OLED TV lineup, including rollable TV, for India market

With the aim to expand its TV lineup in the country, LG Electronics on Tuesday announced the availability of its highly anticipated 2022 OLED TVs in India at a starting price of Rs 89,990.

Over 80% of India's youngsters get vax first dose, total coverage 1.9 bn

In another tweet, Mandaviya said that over 70 per cent of teenagers between 12-14 age bracket have also received the first dose of vaccine

Snapchat slows down hiring, to only hire 500 more people this year

CEO Evan Spiegel told employees that company plans to hire 500 people this year, versus 2,000 it hired over past 12 months, after warning investors that its revenue wouldn't grow as fast as expected

Allowing MFs to launch passive ELSS a welcome step: Motilal Oswal AMC

SEBI allowed mutual funds to launch passively managed ELSS, though with a caveat that mutual funds can have either an actively-managed ELSS scheme or passively-managed one, but not in both categories

Denied ticket by BJP for K'taka bypoll, Yediyurappa's son appeals for calm

B.Y. Vijayendra, son of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, urged his supporters to exercise restraint after they launched a social media campaign against the BJP for denying a ticket to him

Conditions favour further advance of southwest monsoon in next 48 hrs: IMD

The IMD has a set criterion for declaring the onset of SW monsoon over Kerala that are dependent on factors such as rainfall, wind field and Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR)

Feels like Shane Warne is watching me from heaven: Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals' leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal said that playing for the franchise made him feel that legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne was watching him bowl from the heaven

Uber hires Namit Jain as India senior director; to lead core platform head

Ride-hailing company Uber on Tuesday announced that it has hired Namit Jain, as a new Senior Director, Engineering, to lead its data, core infrastructure and platform teams in India.

US reports over 107,000 child Covid cases in a week, up by nearly 72%

More than 107,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US during the past week, up by about 72 per cent from a fortnight ago, a latest report has revealed

Bengal SSC scam: CBI approaches I-T for details on assets of 2 ministers

In the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, the CBI approached the Income Tax department to seek details of the assets and properties held by two ministers