Bhopal: A young woman in a live-in relationship tragically died by suicide at a private hospital in the Shahpura area after a dispute with her partner over marriage. The deceased, identified as Tanya Suryavanshi, worked at the same hospital where her body was found hanging. According to police, the conflict arose when Tanya’s partner, from…
Washington, Aug. 26 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), later this year. Speaking to reporters at the White House during the outset of his meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Trump said he…
Washington, Aug 26 (UNI) Two of Elon Musk’s companies on Monday sued Apple and OpenAI, accusing the pair of “perpetrating their anticompetitive scheme” to maintain monopolies in smartphone and generative AI markets. The lawsuit was filed by Musk’s AI startup xAI and social media platform X in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District…
Los Angeles, Aug. 26 (UNI) U.S. private space company SpaceX scrubbed the 10th flight test of its powerful Starship rocket on Monday due to unfavorable weather conditions. The launch had initially been scheduled for Sunday from the company’s Starbase facility in the U.S. state of Texas, but was delayed by a ground system issue and…
Islamabad, Aug. 26 (UNI) Five terrorists and a passerby were killed and eight policemen injured in a joint operation by police and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the CTD said in a statement. The intelligence-based operation was launched in Upper Dir District of the province on Sunday, and the…
Yaounde, Aug. 26 (UNI) At least 63 people have died following a cholera outbreak in eastern Chad, the country’s health ministry said in a statement on Monday. A total of 938 suspected cases have been recorded, 52 samples analyzed, and 39 cases confirmed in Ouaddai Province, where the outbreak has been ongoing since July, according…
Washington, Aug. 25 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. “Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, as amended, you are hereby removed from your position on the…
Colombo, Aug. 26 (UNI) Sri Lanka’s exports rose to nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2025, up 7.79 percent from the corresponding period in 2024, the Export Development Board (EDB) said Monday. According to the EDB, merchandise exports totaled around 7.8 billion dollars, reflecting a 7.22 percent increase compared to…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (UNI) The Kerala Government has launched the ‘Namukku Keralam – Digital Kerala Initiative’ aimed at strengthening digital governance and ensuring faster, citizen-friendly delivery of services. A preliminary meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reviewed the project framework, which seeks to make government services more transparent and people-centric. The initiative envisages a…
Hanoi, Aug. 26 (UNI) At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in northern and central Vietnam due to heavy rains, strong winds, and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kajiki, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam said Tuesday. The storm also damaged over 6,800 houses, inundated more than 28,800 hectares of rice…
