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The remarks against the Supreme Court just got a lot more edgier, angrier. First, it was Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. Now, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.  Mr Dubey, an MP from Godda in Jharkhand, launched a broadside against the Supreme Court. Words like “anarchy”, “inciting religious wars” were thrown at the …

London: Dr Mumtaz Patel has been elected as the 123rd president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), a high-profile role heading the UK’s medical professional membership body representing 40,000 members around the world. Dr Patel, born in Lancashire, north-west England, to Indian migrant parents, is a consultant nephrologist based …

Lima: A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Ollanta Humala and his wife to 15 years in prison for graft linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction group Odebrecht paying bribes to politicians. The court found the 62-year-old and his wife Nadine Heredia guilty of money laundering for …

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on Tuesday elected as the central president of the ruling JMM, while his father Shibu Soren was made the “founding patron” of the party, a JMM leader said. Shibu Soren had been the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s chief for the past 38 years, while …

Panama City: The US will take back the Panama Canal, ending China’s influence in one of the world’s most important waterways, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said today after a rare visit to the Central American nation. Marking the first visit by a US defence secretary to Panama in …

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an “extraordinary moment”. At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest ever person to hold the most powerful position in sports governance. …