Sonia Gandhi: ‘Abdication, not neutrality’: Sonia Gandhi slams PM Modi’s silence on Khamenei assassination | India News

PM Modi with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on 23 May 2016. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sharply criticised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for its silence over the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling it an ‘abdication’ rather than neutrality.In an opinion piece published in…

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Kp Unnikrishnan Passes Away: Former Union minister and Congress leader KP Unnikrishnan passes away in Kozhikode | Kozhikode News

KOZHIKODE: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader KP Unnikrishnan passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Tuesday. He was 90.A veteran Congress leader, Unnikrishnan represented the Vadakara constituency for nearly three decades and was widely regarded as an experienced parliamentarian with a long-standing public life.Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has expressed deep…

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Rare moment: India’s Sunnis, Shias unite in grief over Khamenei death | India News

NEW DELHI: The death of Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the recent US-Israel strike in Tehran has triggered an unusual response among sections of India’s Muslim community. In Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Aligarh, condolence meetings, funeral prayers in absentia and messages online suggest a rare moment when Shias and Sunnis appear to…

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Six lakh babies born with anomalies each year, but no national registry to track them | India News

NEW DELHI: Every year, nearly 6 lakh babies in India are born with congenital anomalies. Yet, the country has no national registry to track them.With congenital conditions now accounting for a growing share of child deaths as infectious mortality declines, experts say the gap in surveillance and coordinated care is becoming urgent. India contributes 16%…

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Middle East crisis: Global oil markets on edge as Iran closes Strait of Hormuz — Why it matters

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, warning that any vessel attempting to pass will be attacked. Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said ships trying to transit the narrow waterway would be “set ablaze”.The strait, which lies between Iran and Oman, is…

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