Новости за 26.06.2019

Responding to questions with regard to potential CAATSA (Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) sanctions and purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia, foreign minister S Jaishankar said India would act in its national interest but also said the strength of a strategic relationship was in being able to work out areas of divergence.

The government has appointed senior IPS officer Samant Kumar Goel as chief of external intelligence agency RAW. Intelligence Bureau too got a new director in Arvind Kumar, who has handled desks like Kashmir and Left-wing extremism over the years. Goel and Kumar have a strong intelligence background, with the former having first served in RAW in 2001 and Kumar with IB since 1991.

Early in January, Sabina Gomes booked four return tickets to Singapore on the Jet Airways airline website for a cost of Rs 82,400. She and her family were to leave for their ten-day annual summer holiday on May 10, but a month before that, the airline shut down. A few days before Jet operated its last flight, Gomes cancelled the four tickets and sought a refund.

PM Modi said that the lynching of a Muslim man in Jharkhand pained him and the guilty should be severely punished. He countered the opposition’s suggestion that the BJP-ruled state was particularly prone to such incidents. He said all such violence, whether in Jharkhand, West Bengal or Kerala, must invite uniform condemnation.

US President Trump and PM Modi can execute the transformation of the India-US relationship, secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in an exclusive interview to TOI. He said, “These two leaders have a chance to execute it. So, I feel a real responsibility and know foreign minister Jaishankar feels the same, to execute that, to deliver. We will protect our own interests, but we’ll work together.”

At the age of 17, when he wasn’t certain about most things in his life, there was just one exception. Manish Arora was confident that his sexuality was nothing that “needs to be discussed”. “I never had a doubt about my sexuality even as a teenager. But did I ever feel a need to talk about it? No. May be because I thought, ‘Why do I need to discuss it?’ Straight people do not go around telling the world about who they are, so why should I be ‘discussing’ it? I always believed that you should not justify who you are to anyone,” he says.

Fashion designer Manish Arora talks about being #OutAndProud

Science students from the Delhi region who sat for CBSE’s Class XII exam this year and originally scored 84% or less in each of the main papers, physics, mathematics and chemistry, were given a “boost” by the board of 32 marks — nearly 11% of the total marks in the three subjects.

Babar Azam scored an unbeaten century under pressure as Pakistan continued their revival in the World Cup by halting New Zealand's unbeaten run with a six-wicket victory. Chasing 238 on a tricky pitch, Azam (101*) and Haris Sohail (68) showed intent and resolve while batting in Pakistan's must-win game.

Babar Azam scored an unbeaten century under pressure as Pakistan continued their revival in the World Cup by halting New Zealand's unbeaten run with a six-wicket victory. Chasing 238 on a tricky pitch, Azam (101*) and Haris Sohail (68) showed intent and resolve while batting in Pakistan's must-win game.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Thursday (June 27) that comprise the ICC World Cup 2019 match between West Indies and India.

Shah Rukh Khan unveils trailer of Marathi film 'Smile Please'

'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' actress Divyanka Tripathi enjoys romantic getaway with husband Vivek Dahiya

World Cup: Indian players practice ahead of Windies match

'We bleed blue', says Bharat Arun on controversy over orange jersey

Kinshuk Vaidya takes on the Shakalaka Boom Boom challenge

Wisconsin fire kills 6, including 4 children

Deepika Padukone says ‘Aaja baith ja’ to a photojournalist, netizens say 'Ranveer Singh ka assar hai'

Watch: Bhojpuri song 'Hamar Jarat Jawani Khoje Pani Pani' sung by Awdhesh Premi Yadav

Chris Gayle says he's 'one of the greats'

Root insists it's not all doom and gloom for England

Leopard dies after being hit by vehicle in Gujarat’s Vadodara

Indo-Pacific relationship is for peace, security, stability & prosperity: EAM Jaishankar