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International Yoga Day 2025: What's open, what's closed on June 21 - Banks, offices, schools, shops, more

New Delhi, June 21 -- The nation is all set to celebrate 11th International Yoga Day today. Wide-scale celebrations will be held across the country as the Centre is organising a multitude of events na... Read More


Kroger closing 60 stores across US: What shoppers need to know

India, June 21 -- Grocery chain Kroger announced it will close 60 stores across the United States over the next 18 months, representing about 5% of its 1,239 Kroger-branded locations operating in 16 s... Read More


Spotting Purvanchal of 1800s in the Caribbean

India, June 21 -- It is 2022. I am in the queue at the immigration section in Mumbai airport, holding my passport with a crisp boarding-pass neatly tucked in it. Even though I have made many such trip... Read More


Supreme Court orders tax removal on sanitary pads after four-year legal battle

Kathmandu, June 21 -- After nearly four years of legal proceedings, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of removing tax on sanitary pads. On Wednesday, a bench comprising justices Manoj Kumar Sharm... Read More


India must push Taliban on upholding women's rights

India, June 21 -- Afghanistan's Taliban government has shown a willingness to deal with other countries, including India, on various issues. However, on the issue of women, it has taken several steps ... Read More


President decides to expand Sekolah Rakyat to 200 locations

Jakarta, June 21 -- President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the expansion of the government's tuition-free school program, Sekolah Rakyat, through the addition of 100 locations, which would bring the t... Read More


Black money whitening slammed as 'useless'

Dhaka, June 21 -- Planning Adviser Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud has strongly criticised the continuation of black money-whitening provisions in the proposed national budget, calling them "ineffective" and "u... Read More


International Yoga Day: Uttarakhand CM participates in Yoga Sangam program with representatives of eight countries

Gairsain, June 21 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday participated in the Yoga Sangam program with representatives of eight countries on the occasion of International Day of ... Read More


Blinded by devotion to power and her son

India, June 21 -- Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Her most authoritative and profound biographer, Srinath Raghavan, whose book Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transfor... Read More


Soaring costs are preventing Nepalis from having more kids

Kathmandu, June 21 -- The rising cost of living in Nepal is discouraging couples from having as many children as they would like, a new report of the United Nations Population Fund says. According to... Read More