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President Kovind approves Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir

President Ram Nath Kovind has approved Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. The move comes after the BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP on Tuesday. The announcement was made by BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav in Delhi.​

​​​​​​US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council, accuses it of 'chronic bias' against Israel

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The United States withdrew from a "hypocritical and self-serving" United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform, a move activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult.Trump is upset with Canada again, says its citizens smuggle shoes

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his attack on Canada and accused its America's northern neighbour's citizens of smuggling shoes across the border.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia on brink of knockout stage after win over Egypt

World Cup hosts Russia virtually booked their place in the second round with a 3-1 win over Egypt on Tuesday that moved them to top of Group A with six points from two games.

Failings by 54 officials allowed PNB scam to be perpetrated, internal bank report shows

A $2 billion fraud at India's Punjab National Bank (PNB) may have been orchestrated by a few rogue employees, but it escaped detection because of widespread risk-control and monitoring lapses in many areas of the bank, the bank's own internal probe has found.

This is the world's best restaurant, again

Italy's Osteria Francescana, which serves innovative and artful Italian food, was crowned the world's best restaurant for the second time on Monday at an awards ceremony put on by British trade magazine Restaurant, beating out top eateries in Spain and France.