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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.