Highlights: Russian President Putin addresses the nation

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Putin thanked Lukashenko for his efforts to resolve the situation peacefully, but he said it was society's unity that played the decisive role.

In his address, Putin also says all necessary decisions to neutralise threat were taken at the very beginning.

The mutiny would have been suppressed anyway and organisers realised their actions were criminal, he adds.

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation on state TV.

The body of a missing 17-year-old girl was recovered from Narwana branch canal, about 20 km from Ambala city, police said on Monday.

The teen had gone missing from her house in Ismailpur village on the night of June 22, they said.

Nobel winning creator of the lithium-ion battery John B. Goodenough dies

Amazon's profitable cloud business will invest roughly $7.8 billion by the end of 2029 to expand its data center operations in central Ohio, state leaders announced Monday, further advancing the state's efforts to establish itself as the Midwest's technology hub.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said it will bring a no confidence motion against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh in the monsoon session of the Assembly scheduled to be held from July 18.

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Wagner head Prigozhin released a 11-minute audio file in first message since halting mutiny. He said that the mercenary group did not march to overthrow Russian leadership.

Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the U.S. Midwest and South on Sunday, leaving dozens of homes damaged and at least three people dead in Indiana and Arkansas, authorities said on Monday.

The National Weather Service said multiple tornadoes and severe storms were reported on Sunday in central Indiana and Arkansas.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has expressed concern over the changing nature of violence in the northeastern state. The union home minister is reportedly concerned over the shifting of violence and civil unrest from peripheral areas to districts in the Imphal valley. 

Newly-appointed Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Swaminathan Janakiraman will look after six departments, including supervision and financial inclusion, the central bank said in a release on Monday.

Janakiraman replaced M K Jain who recently demitted office after completion of his term

A sessions court in Islamabad on Monday ordered the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BSF of scaring voters in the bordering areas of the state at the behest of the saffron camp and asked the police administration to keep a close watch on their activities.

Pakistan's army said on Monday that over 100 people are being tried in military courts over civil unrest after the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan last month, while three of its officers have been dismissed.

The BJP's Rajasthan unit will organise mass contact programmes across the state on June 27 to generate awareness about the Centre's welfare schemes, party state secretary Vijender Poonia said on Monday.

The initiative is a part of the BJP's national campaign to mark the completion of the Modi government's nine years in office, he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday appeared in a Kremlin video address, speaking for the first time since the aborted mutiny of a mercenary chief this weekend.

Putin addressed a youth forum dubbed the "Engineers of the future" where he praised companies for ensuring "the stable operation" of the country's industry "in the face of severe external challenges".

PM Modi's visit to Lalpur and Pakaria (of Shahdol) has been postponed due to the possibility of heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh tomorrow.

The Delhi Police has asked the Central Electricity Authority of India to inspect the site at the New Delhi Railway Station complex where a woman teacher died of electrocution and give its opinion about how the incident may have occurred, an official said on Monday.

It has also written to the divisional railway manager asking about who was responsible for the maintenance so that suitable action can be taken, the official said.

Germany on Monday said it was prepared to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania after the Baltic nation called on NATO to strengthen its eastern flank.

"Germany is ready to permanently station a robust brigade in Lithuania," Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on a visit to Vilnius.

He said this was conditional on the "necessary infrastructure" and "compatibility with NATO plans".

Lenders to Go First, which is under bankruptcy protection, have approved interim funding of 4.50 billion rupees ($54.9 million) to resume operations and restart the airline, Reuters said citing banking sources.

IAS officer Anurag Verma has been appointed as the new Punjab Chief Secretary.

A Serbian court on Monday ordered the release of three police officers from Kosovo who were detained earlier this month as tensions escalated between the Balkan foes and following U.S. and European Union demands that they be set free.

A woman died while at least a dozen others were injured in a stampede during the disbursement of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) funds at the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Ground on Monday, officials said, reported Dawn.