News brief: Big stories of the day
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
India's GDP growth falls to 5 per cent in April-June 2019
India's GDP growth slowed down to 5 per cent in the first quarter of the financial year FY20 indicating that that slowdown in the Indian economy persists.
Mega bank reforms: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces 4 state-run banks mergers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman on Friday announced four state-run banks mergers. India will now have 12 Public Sector Banks from 27.
Brexit endgame: It's PM Boris Johnson versus parliament in historic showdown
After more than 1,000 days of political brawling, hordes of headlines and dizzying lurches in sterling, the battle of Brexit enters the endgame.
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'NO crossing into Iran': Pakistan shuts Iran border indefinitely after Tehran claims Islamabad 'will attack Israel with nuclear bomb'
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Did Iran test Israel’s limits? Israel deploys Barak Magen air defence system for the first time
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Iran and Israel were once friends, helped each other before proxy battles and direct war. What changed? A timeline
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'If India needs us, we stand ready' | A nation writes back: Operation Sindoor sparks civilian wave of support
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Justin Bieber's emotional outburst on social media sparks debate among fans, shares bizzare pictures
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Helping illegal immigration? US Embassy in India threatens ‘serious consequences’, warns governments of travel ban
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Iran’s parliament mulling withdrawal from nuclear proliferation treaty after Israeli strikes
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Why Prince Al-Waleed is called Saudi Arabia’s 'Sleeping Prince' and has he finally woken up?
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'Pak to nuke Israel if Iran attacked', claims Iranian official; Pakistan refutes
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Israel-Iran war: Air raid sirens blare in Israel after Iran threatens 'LARGEST missile attack in history'
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How Iran identified, monitored, and executed Mossad spy Esmail Fekri | WION Explains
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Israel tried to kill Iranian leader, but Trump intervened - Here's what Netanyahu said about it
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Iran's missile arsenal: What is the reach of Islamic Republic?
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Air India's bad luck continues: Boeing Dreamliner 787 from Hong Kong to Delhi forced to return after 'technical issues'
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is living in bunker with family amid war with Israel: Report
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US travel ban on 36 more countries? Trump considering new travel restrictions - Here's the FULL LIST of nations
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Are you addicted to Reels and Shorts? Here's how your brain is becoming weak with every scroll
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Iron Dome Is just the beginning: Here’s what else Israel has in the sky
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Israel-Iran war: 244 killed in Iran, 17 in Israel. What both nations lost in 3 days of airstrike exchange
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'Trump is their ENEMY number 1': Netanyahu claims Iran tried to assassinate US president twice
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Israel strikes military base in Tehran, several explosions heard, reports Iranian media
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Injury forces change to Australia squad for West Indies Tests but it’s not Steve Smith
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Iran-Israel War: Benjamin Netanyahu's wartime leadership is shaped by his military career, survival instinct | A profile
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'Mysterious' blast during mosque construction injures three in J&K's Handwara
Warsaw, Washington agree on locations for new US troops in Poland: Defence minister
Warsaw and Washington have agreed on six locations for new US troops to be stationed in Poland, the country's Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Friday, a day after Donald Trump cancelled a trip to the eastern European nation.
Hong Kong: Mass rally called-off as pro-democracy lawmaker arrested in protest crackdown
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists including a lawmaker were arrested Friday in a protest crackdown -- a move described by rights groups as a well-worn tactic deployed by China to suffocate dissent ahead of key political events.