Top 10 world news: Exit Polls predict BJP win in India Election 2024; Russia-Ukraine war update; and more
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With the last phase of Lok Sabha polling done and dusted on June 1, the results ofexit polls started to roll in. Analysts are scrutinising the data to predict the outcomes and the fate of the political parties in India. In other news, the supporters of former US president Donald Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts in the New York Hush money case, have called for riots, revolution, and violent retribution.
Also,Pakistan's government has acknowledged before the Islamabad High Court that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is a foreign territory.
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The dance of the world's biggest democracy came alive during the last 80 days of relentless election campaign in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance sought a third consecutive term in power. To deny PM Modi another term in power amid the BJP-led NDA's ambitious goal to win 400 of 543 Lok Sabha seats, top opposition parties banded together as 'INDIA' bloc.
Russia launched a total of 100 projectiles overnight targeting energy sites across Ukraine in a fresh salvo, the Ukrainian officials said on Saturday (June 1).
Pakistan's government has acknowledged before the Islamabad High Court that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is a foreign territory. The rare admission was made on Friday (May 31) during the hearing of the abduction case of local Kashmiri poet and journalist Ahmed Farhad Shah.
The supporters of former US president Donald Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts in the New York Hush money case, have called for riots, revolution, and violent retribution.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday (May 31) that the Gaza war would not end until the "elimination" of Hamas's capacity to govern and make war.
Twenty people, including children, drowned in a boat accidentin Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said in a post on X.Quraishi Badloon, the head of the province's information department, said that the boat sank at 7 am local time in the river in the Basawul area of Momand Dara district.
Rahul Gandhi, a top leader of India's opposition Congress party, was asked by a Bengaluru court on Saturday (Jun 1) to appear before it on June 7 in a defamation case filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.
South Africa is poised to break three decades of dominance of the party that liberated it from apartheid, as voters, frustrated by joblessness, inequality, and power shortages, reduced the the vote share ofAfrican National Congress'(ANC) to 40%.
Indian keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement from professional cricket on Saturday (June 1). The Tamil Nadu-based star player took to his social media handles to announce his decision to step aside from all forms of games. In a heartfelt note, DK, as most fans call him, thanked his parents, coaches, and wife, Dipika, for being the pillars in his life and contributing immensely to his success.
Marvel actor Chris Evans has issued a clarification about an old photo of him sighing a weapon that appeared to be a 'bomb'. Evans, who is known for playing the role of Captain America, addressed the viral photo that started resurfacing days after former Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was criticised for writing ‘finish them’ on an artillery shell during her visit to northern Israel amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
