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WorldTags: Print EditionSOUTH AFRICA: A challenge on Mandela Day on July 18 to prepare and serve up 67,000 litres of soup to the needy resulted in 94,359 litres of soup being distributed in the ensuing days, according to organisers…

WorldIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Droupadi Murmu after she was elected as the country's first President from the tribal community, in New Delhi, India on Thursday.Tags: Print EditionINDIA: Droupadi Murmu has…

WorldRussian President Vladimir Putin Tags: Print EditionRUSSIA: The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in good health, dismissing rumours that he is unwell. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told…

WorldGautam Adani and Bill GatesTags: Print EditionINDIA: Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest billionaire and chairman of the Adani Group, has now become the fourth richest person in the world, overtaking the wealth of Microsoft co-founder…

WorldTags: Print EditionAfter the third round of counting of votes in the Presidential polls, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu crossed 50 per cent mark securing her win in the presidential battle against Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha…

WorldPeople in Story County, Iowa voting at the 2020 Presidential Election.Tags: Print EditionUS: A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying…

WorldTags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Foreign journalist Lynne O’Donnell said the Taliban in Afghanistan asked her to tweet an apology or go to jail for articles on forced marriages by Taliban commanders. Taking to Twitter, the…

WorldBritain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (Left), and Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.Tags: Print EditionUK: Former British Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will face each other in a…

WorldA woman gets a COVID-19 test at a drive-through testing centre in Sydney, Australia.Tags: Print EditionAUSTRALIA: Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital…

Spain records 679 deaths in eight daysWorldThe UK is sizzling under temperatures so high that it’s causing roads and train tracks to bend, expand and buckle. Here, a train signal that has melted amid the unprecedented…