La Paz, June 28 (UNI) As many as 17 people, mostly members of the military, have been arrested in Bolivia for their role in a failed coup, Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo said Thursday. On Wednesday, hundreds of soldiers led by Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga marched on Murillo Square, the epicenter of Bolivia’s political power,…
Chicago, June 28 (UNI) A freight train derailed Thursday morning in Matteson Village, about 56 km south of Chicago, U.S. state of Illinois, according to local media and authorities. No injuries have been reported. Canadian National, owner of the freight train, said 10 railcars carrying “various substances” derailed. Shortly after the derailment, a mandatory evacuation…
Ulan Bator, June 28 (UNI) Mongolians are voting in the regular parliamentary elections on Friday morning to elect 126 legislators. In May 2023, the State Great Khural, the country’s parliament, passed amendments increasing the number of legislators from 76 to 126. A total of 1,294 candidates from 19 political parties and two coalitions, alongside 42…
Malé, (UNI) Fitch Ratings, a prominent credit rating agency globally, has downgraded the Maldives’ long-term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC+’, drawing attention to the potential for the island nation to become deeply indebted, the island nation’s media reported on Thursday. Fitch publicised a report on Wednesday, revealing that Maldives long-term IDR has been…
Beijing, June 28 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Off East Coast of Honshu, Japan at 01:46 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 37.55 degrees north latitude and 142.22 degrees east longitude.
New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed six consecutive developmental trials of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’ with improved booster configuration from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. With this, Abhyas has successfully completed 10 developmental trials demonstrating…
New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) Leading telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday announced massive up to 27 percent hike in mobile tariff from July 3 and made unlimited 5G services on specific tariff plans with higher tariffs. As on April 30 this year Jio’s market share is 40.48 per cent followed by Airtel at…
Srinagar, June 27 (UNI) Director General of Police, J&K R.R. Swain, visited the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra at Baltal in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and directed the officers to strictly maintain a high vigil throughout the pilgrimage. The DGP also visited the base camps at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu and Chanderkot in Ramban…
Guyana, June 27 (UNI) England won the toss and chose to field first against India in their T20 World Cup semi final here on Thursday. Bot sides retained their previous line ups – the decisions probably influenced by weather conditions and the nature of the pitch, which England captain Jos Buttler believes will favour bowlers…
Bengaluru, June 27 (UNI) A potential power tussle within the Karnataka Congress has once again come to the fore after Vokkaliga seer Chandrashekar Swamiji publicly urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step down in favour of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. During the Kempegowda Jayanti event on Thursday, which was attended by Siddaramaiah, Swamiji made a…
