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The first batch of Amarnath pilgrims left from Jammu. Meanwhile, QUAD condemned the Pahalgam attack in a joint statement.

Amarnath pilgrims leaving from base camp -Photo-ANI

PM Modi will go on an important visit to five countries including Ghana from today till July 9

The first batch for the Amarnath Yatra left from Jammu today. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of pilgrims from Bhagwati Nagar base camp. The pilgrims will reach the Kashmir Valley in the afternoon.

The Quad foreign ministers meeting in Washington, USA unanimously condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April. The foreign ministers of the four member countries participating in this Quad meeting called this incident condemnable.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on an important visit to five countries from today to July 9, which include Ghana, Trinidad, Tobago, Argentina, Brazil and Namibia. In some countries, this will be the first visit in several decades.

‘Thailand’s PM Shinawatra suspended by court, called the leader of the enemy country ‘uncle’, phone call leaked

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Patongtarn Shinawatra from the post till the investigation of the leaked phone call case with former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is pending.

A strange case of theft has come to light in Jaipur, Rajasthan, which has not only troubled the common people but also surprised the administration. This theft is neither of any big thing nor of precious things like gold and silver, rather it is the theft of a shroud.

Cricketer Mohammed Shami has received a setback from the Kolkata High Court. The court has ordered that Mohammed Shami pay Rs 1.5 lakh per month as alimony to his wife Hasin Jahan and Rs 2.5 lakh to his daughter. Hasin Jahan had earlier challenged the order of the Alipore Court.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer key of CUET UG 2025. PDFs of all subjects are available on the official website exam.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a telephone conversation on Tuesday. This was the third conversation this year, in which defence cooperation, terrorism and regional security were discussed.

Pakistan has got the presidency of the UNSC for July 2025 from Tuesday. It has got this responsibility as a temporary member, whose term started from January 2025. Pakistan got 182 votes out of 193.

The situation is serious in Odisha’s Balasore district due to the flooding of the Subarnarekha and Jalaka rivers. Nearly 100 villages have been submerged, roads and fields have been submerged. The administration has set up 17 relief camps, where 2,916 people have been shifted so far.