The Hague: A French woman and two Americans tested positive or showed symptoms of hantavirus Monday as nations around the world scrambled to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by an outbreak and quarantine or isolate them. Passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the...

Puri: A rare waterspout formed off Odisha’s Astaranga coast in Puri district Monday, drawing crowds of tourists and residents as a giant funnel-shaped vortex appeared between dark storm clouds and the sea. Videos of the phenomenon quickly went viral on social media, sparking widespread discussion across the region. Eyewitnesses said dark rain clouds gathered suddenly over the...

Mumbai: Stock markets fell for the third day running Monday, with the benchmark Sensex tumbling 1,313 points amid rising crude oil prices after the US and Iran failed to reach a peace deal to end the war in West Asia. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,312.91 points, or 1.70 per cent, to settle at 76,015.28. During the...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay Monday met his predecessor and DMK President M.K. Stalin at his Alwarpet residence here, in a politically significant development following the dramatic post-election realignment in the state. Vijay, who recently led his TVK to a historic electoral debut, called on Stalin after attending...

New Delhi: India expects the US team to visit the country for the next round of trade talks, though no dates have been finalised yet, an official said Monday. The Indian side visited Washington, DC, in April for an in-person round of meetings with their US counterparts to finalise the details of the interim agreement and take...

Male: The Maldives has settled payment to India on a USD 50-million treasury bill, President Mohamed Muizzu said Monday, according to a local media report. The move is aimed at reducing the country's external debt burden. India had extended financial support to the Maldives through treasury bills, also called T-Bills, subscribed by the State Bank of India...

Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor celebrated 14 years in hindi film industry as his debut drama Ishaqzaade completed one more year of being released Monday. Dropping a few sketches of his popular scenes from the drama, Arjun claimed that his character Parma still feels like the beginning of his cinematic journey, which he intends to take forward with...

New Delhi: The Centre Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The new Act will have a fresh framework that promises 125 days of statutory wage employment to rural...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and others can file fresh applications regarding their claim that the victory margins were less than the deletion of votes during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in various assembly constituencies. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya...

Jharsuguda: Police have busted a racket engaged in illegal manufacture of diesel exhaust fluid in Odisha's Jharsuguda district by arresting eight people, including one from Rajasthan and another from Chhattisgarh, an official said Monday. Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) is used in modern diesel vehicles to cut harmful emissions by breaking down nitrogen oxides into nitrogen and water....