Highlights | Missing Titanic submarine has 'about 40 hours' of oxygen left: US Coast Guard

Missing Titanic submarine has 'about 40 hours' of oxygen left, says US Coast Guard. 

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York for his State visit. 

Rajasthan CM Gehlot writes to PM Modi asking him to amend rules of NDRF and SDRF, claims "change in rules by Centre" has caused delay in release of compensation to affected people. 

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Delhi LG V K Saxena on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal cautioning him against "politicising crime", saying it provides no solution at all.

Saxena said incidents of crime have been taking place despite vigil. His letter comes hours after it was reported that Kejriwal had shot off a missive to Saxena, dated June 19, highlighting the "alarming" spurt in crime and suggesting a meeting between the LG and the Cabinet.

The LG said Kejriwal and ministerial colleagues were welcome to meet him for a "meaningful discussion that leads to solutions rather than creating political opportunities for you and your party to exploit the Media gallery".

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Indian community members arrive at JFK Airport in New York ahead of PM Modi's arrival.

A two-storey house collapses in Ater due to heavy rains in Bhind.

CMO Virendra Tiwari said, "A complaint was received that a two-storey house has collapsed due to rain. On inspection, it was found that the house was not constructed properly. The land was excavated without permission, due to which the house collapsed." 

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Three minors died in lightning strikes at two places in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag on Tuesday, an official said.

In Salwar area, two persons died and 12 others were injured in a lightning strike while returning from a Rath Yatra procession, he said. Eight of them suffered grievous injuries, he said.

The incident took place around 4.45 pm along a stretch of National Highway-100 (Hazaribag-Bagodar Road).

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Ukraine has successfully used a domestically produced drone with a range of 1,000 km (620 miles), state arms producer Ukroboronprom said on Tuesday.

Ukroboronprom spokesperson Natalia Sad posted a selfie with a smiling Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Mykola Oleshchuk, commander for the air force, and Yurii Husev, head of Ukroboronprom on Facebook. She said the picture was taken "after successful use of our drone for 1000 km". She provided no other details nor say if use of the drone meant it had been tested or actually deployed in the conflict.

Ukraine's military, government, and private companies are working to create an arsenal of cheap and easy-to-produce drones whch they hope could become a game changer in the war against Russia. It has already employed drones for both reconnaissance and attacks.

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Tata-owned Air India on Tuesday firmed up its order to buy 250 Airbus aircraft and 220 new Boeing jets worth $70 billion.

“Happy to share that we have signed purchase agreements with @Airbus and @BoeingAirplanes at Paris Air Show today to add 470 new aircraft to enhance our fleet strength! Air India is committed to playing its part in building New India”, Air India tweeted.

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Security heightened around the place of PM Modi's stay in New York ahead of his arrival. 

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An unprecedented global canvassing of Catholics has called for the church to take concrete steps to promote women to decision-making roles, for a “radical inclusion” of the LGBTQ community and for new accountability measures to check how bishops exercise authority.

The Vatican on Tuesday released the synthesis of a two-year consultation process, publishing a working document that will form the basis of discussion for a big meeting of bishops and laypeople in October. The synod, as it is known, is a key priority of Pope Francis, reflecting his vision of a church that is more about the faithful rank-and-file than its priests.

Already Francis has made his mark on the synod, letting lay people and in particular women have a vote alongside bishops. That reform is a concrete step toward what he calls “synodality,” a new way of being a church that envisions more co-responsibility in governance and the key mission of spreading the Catholic faith.

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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to a letter filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware.

As part of the agreement, made public Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user. It is somewhat unusual to resolve a federal criminal case at the same time the charges are filed in court, though it is not totally unheard of.

The deal ends a long-running Justice Department investigation into Biden’s second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction following the 2015 death of his brother Beau Biden. It also averts a trial that would have generated days or weeks or distracting headlines for a White House that has strenuously sought to keep its distance from the Justice Department.

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Delhi government extends permit validity of taxis running on CNG and other clean fuels up to 15 years.

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One person died and eight people were injured after balcony of a two-storeyed building collapsed during the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Dariyapur area of Ahmedabad.

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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a meeting with DM, SP and State govt officials in Balasore, today. 

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Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find a missing submersible carrying five people on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic.

The carbon-fiber submersible named the Titan, part of a mission by OceanGate Expeditions, carried a pilot, a renowned British adventurer, two members of an iconic Pakistani business family and a Titanic expert. Authorities reported the vessel overdue Sunday night about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, according to Canada's Joint Rescue Coordination Center.

Every passing minute, however, puts the Titan's crew at greater risk. The submersible had a 96-hour oxygen supply when it put to sea at roughly 6 a.m. Sunday, according to David Concannon, an adviser to OceanGate.

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National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two people for the 2019 attack on security forces by CPI (Maoist) operatives near Tiriya village in Chhattisgarh. So far four accused have been arrested in the case.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting African leaders discussed the importance of Russian grain supplies to the continent at weekend talks in St Petersburg, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

"The importance was underlined of grain deliveries, especially Russian grain, to the African continent, to the poorest countries," Peskov told reporters.

"The importance of continuing these deliveries was underlined."

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Indonesian police have this month arrested nearly 500 suspects involved in the trafficking of more than 1,500 victims, officials said Tuesday, as Jakarta cracks down on human smuggling.

Indonesia is one of the largest migrant worker-exporting nations in Southeast Asia, with hundreds of thousands from the poorest parts of the archipelago nation leaving the country every year through unofficial routes in search of higher-paying work.

Several shocking cases have highlighted the issue of human trafficking in the country in recent years and police created a human trafficking task force this month to ramp up efforts to stem the exploitation of Indonesians.

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At least six teenagers were shot on Monday afternoon around where Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up, according to police and fire officials.

The shooting happened about 4:20 pm outside Greater Philadelphia Church of God in Christ, according to witnesses and a Facebook Live video taken by a bystander in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, according to local media outlets.

Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said six teens were shot, including a 17-year-old who may have been a gunman himself and is in custody. Police were still seeking additional suspects who hadn't yet been identified. Police said the victims, four girls and two boys, ranged in age from 14-19.

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Two Israelis were arrested on Monday for planning to perform a ritual sacrifice atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

The two, members of "Return to the Mount," had in their possession a lamb they intended to slaughter at the holy site. The pair were arrested outside the gates of the Temple Mount and taken for questioning.

"Bringing a sacrifice is the signal to start the struggle to renew the Temple service. The time has come after two thousand years to stop crying and start changing the situation," Return to the Mount said in a statement Monday.

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Russia jailed a dual Ukrainian and Russian national for 16 years on Tuesday on terrorism-linked charges for fighting alongside Kyiv's forces in Ukraine.

A judge in a military court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don handed down the ruling to a man named Denis Muryga, accusing him of fighting as part of Ukraine's Aidar battalion, Russian news agencies reported.

The unit is active around Bakhmut, a persistent hotspot of fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed last year.

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Highlighting the "alarming" surge in crimes, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has proposed a meeting of the cabinet with the Lieutenant Governor to discuss the matter.

In a letter dated June 19, he wrote to LG V K Saxena over the rising crimes in the national capital and the dire need to deliberate on the issue.

Karnataka Congress on Tuesday protested against the Central govt accusing them of not providing rice to the state.

WHO has flagged 7 India-made syrups in list of medicines linked to global deaths.