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Congress MPs stage a protest at Parliament House complex to express their solidarity with the party chief Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi on July 21, 2022.

ED questions Sonia Gandhi over the National Herald case; opposition calls it ‘political vendetta’

Congress workers across the country held protest meetings over the ED questioning Sonia Gandhi.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.

Edappadi K. Palaniswami joins opposition voices demanding withdrawal of GST hike on essential commodities

AIADMK veteran says the hike can make price of all food products spike.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Wastewater analysis can help predict virus breakout faster

Bengaluru-based TIGS is standardising protocols to monitor and analyse pathogens in sewage water.

U.N. body asks India to respond to charges of racial bias against Chakma and Hajong tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) acts under its early warning procedure.

Purnima S. Tripathi

Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray.

Cracks in MVA widen as Uddhav Thackeray is compelled to support Droupadi Murmu for President

Congress says he has made the wrong choice.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya yet to resign; flees to Maldives en route Dubai

This is the second instance of Gotabaya fleeing from a position of responsibility.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Mamata announces slew of developmental projects for Darjeeling hills

“The hills want development. The hills want peace.”

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

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Congress MLAs Michael Lobo (left) and Sankalp Amonkar during the first day of the monsoon session of the Goa Assembly, in Porvorim on July 11.

Mutiny brewing in the Congress in Goa

Anupama Katakam

Uddhav Thackeray during a press conference at Shiv Sena Bhavan, in Mumbai.

Supreme Court asks the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to keep the disqualification proceedings of MLAs in abeyance

At the wholesale market on Avenue Road in Bengaluru on July 11.

Mixed signals on population growth

Findings of the World Population Prospects Report 2022, which looks at population trends in 237 countries, indicate that populations were shrinking an

T.K. Rajalakshmi

AIADMK party headquarters being sealed after two groups of suspected AIADMK workers clashed outside the office, on July 11.

O. Panneerselvam expelled from AIADMK; government seals party headquarters

R.K. Radhakrishnan

At the AIADMK general council meeting presided over by Edappadi K. Palaniswami at the party headquarters in Chennai on July 11. Twitter image posted by @KovaiSathyan

Edappadi Palaniswami elected AIADMK interim general secretary after the Madras High Court refuses to interfere in ‘internal affairs’ of the party; O. Panneerselvam and supporters forcefully occupy party headquarters

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announces his resignation

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Protesters gather inside the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo on July 9.

Protesters storm presidential palace in Colombo as Sri Lanka descends into chaos

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Protesters gather inside the compound of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Palace in Colombo on July 9, 2022.

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of anti-government protesters break into President’s official residence

The protesters were demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Japan’s NHK television says former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech. Abe was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech on July 8.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies at 67

Shinzo Abe sought to reinvigorate Japan with bold economic policies and strong armed forces.

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair.

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Alt News co-founder Zubair in UP case

Mohammed Zubair has been granted bail for five days in connection with an FIR lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Vikar Rasool Wani, a Ghulam Nabi Azad loyalist, likely to be new president of Jammu & Kashmir Congress

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson will resign today as Conservative leader: BBC

Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader on Thursday, the BBC reported, paving the way for a successor to replace him as British Prime M

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