Local·2026-07-15T12:22:32+00:00
Karnataka CM D K Shivakumar sets August 6 deadline for feedback on Apartment Bill 2026
Karnataka CM D K Shivakumar sets August 6 deadline for feedback on Apartment Bill 2026.
Indian Express - Bengaluru
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Local·2026-07-15T10:50:47+00:00
Apartment owners in Bengaluru get briefing on new law for property owners from Karnataka CM
| Photo Credit: File photo Over 500 representatives from among apartment owners attended an interaction with Karnataka’s Chief Minister D.K. The event was a public consultation on the draft Karnataka Apartment Ownership & Management Act (KAOMA) 2025, chaired by the Chief Minister, at Professor U. DKS pitches Apartment Bill, seeks apartment residents’ support in GBA polls Interacting with representatives of apartment associations, the Chief Minister said the government is committed to addressing challenges faced by apartment owners through dialogue and consultation rather than litigation.
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Local·2026-07-15T14:37:54+00:00
GCCS are building AI talent internally by reskilling: Report
“Backend Developers are moving into Applied AI Engineer roles, Data Scientists into ML and Model Operations Engineering, Data Engineers into AI Data Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineers into Platform Engineering, QA Automation Engineers into Autonomous QA Engineering, Cybersecurity Analysts into Cloud Security Engineering, and DevOps Engineers into DevSecOps Engineering,” said a statement from Quess Corp, suggesting an increasing focus on specialisation. Professionals with four to twelve years of experience accounted for around 56% of total hiring demand in Q1 FY27, underscoring the GCCs’.
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National·2026-07-15T02:29:29+00:00
Explained: Why Trump dropped his 20% Hormuz fee proposal and how he contradicted his own aides
US President Donald Trump, on 14 July, backtracked from his proposal to impose a 20 per cent fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN's shipping agency, had already opposed the proposal, saying no country should charge for passage through an international strait. Instead, President Trump said the United States would pursue trade and investment agreements with Gulf countries to offset the costs of securing the strategic waterway.
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World·2026-07-14T20:37:04+00:00
US Resumes Hormuz Blockade Against Iran, Launches New Strikes
Iran War: The US military said Tuesday that it has reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iran's attacks on commercial ships on the Strait of Hormuz, as the interim ceasefire deal unravels and concerns grow about a return to all-out war.
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National·2026-07-15T14:16:46+00:00
Canada wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts across US: Which states are affected?
Millions of people across the Midwest and Northeast United States are facing unhealthy air conditions as smoke from large wildfires burning in Canada and Minnesota spreads across the region, prompting air quality alerts and health warnings. Minnesota has issued an air quality alert through Friday, with the heaviest smoke expected in the state's northeast, including Two Harbors and the Grand Portage Tribal Nation, where air quality could reach hazardous levels. Monitoring local air quality alerts before spending time outdoors Forecasters expect smoke to continue affecting parts of the Midwest.
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Politics·2026-07-15T11:46:23+00:00
Venezuela’s interim government and opposition to begin formal talks
Rodríguez, whose sister, Delcy, is the country’s acting president, said a joint working group aimed at strengthening democracy would begin on 1 August with former members of the national assembly elected in 2015, which was then led by Figuera. Nobel laureate María Corina Machado will not lead negotiations over new elections, contrary to expectations The interim government of Venezuela has announced it will begin formal talks with the opposition aimed at “strengthening democracy” in the country. Machado announced that the parties in the opposition coalition would meet on Wednesday to “define a.
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World·2026-07-15T07:58:36+00:00
US attacks Iran as IRGC claims strikes on US military sites in Gulf
US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the US military in the Middle East, said the seven-hour operation concluded at 10pm EDT on Tuesday (02:00 GMT Wednesday), with fighter aircraft, drones and naval vessels striking “dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian. The United States has launched another wave of attacks on Iran , striking what it said were military targets along the country’s southern coast and near the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran claimed fresh attacks on US military facilities across the region as a fragile ceasefire comes under growing strain.
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Region·2026-07-15T12:07:43+00:00
DRC Ebola cases surpass 2,000 as more health workers begin strike
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo outbreak has reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, as healthcare workers in the epicentre of the outbreak start a strike over unpaid wages and inadequate working conditions. The current Ebola outbreak started on May 15 and has been caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there is no vaccine or treatment. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) says this current outbreak is the third largest and fastest growing Ebola outbreak on record.
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Sports·2026-07-15T01:03:07+00:00
Seven Britons among those killed in Spain wildfires
Twelve of the 13 victims were foreign nationals, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday after completing post-mortem examinations, according to local media and Agence France Presse (AFP). ‘This landscape is completely charred’: Inside the town at the centre of Spanish wildfires In a statement, officials said seven of the victims were from the United Kingdom, three from Belgium, one from France and another from the United States, as cited by AFP and local media. The wildfires left patches of charred land across Almería province British man Malcolm Timbrell, 70, who lives in the village of Bédar.
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Sports·2026-07-15T05:02:28+00:00
I still feel pain of '98 but this can be different for England - Shearer
Our players just have to make sure they land on the right side of the result this time, and ensure they are not talking like me about what could or should have been, 28 years from now. I am backing England to make it - I think we will have enough to beat Argentina, because we will cause them more problems than they will cause us - but there is no way I am expecting it to be straightforward. They are not as good as they were when they won it four years ago, but what they have been great at is always finding some way to get a result when they have needed it.
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Sports·2026-07-15T06:11:33+00:00
ENG vs IND: Different batting roles excite me, says Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar struck an unbroken 102-run stand with Axar | Photo Credit: Reuters India all-rounder Washington Sundar said he is happy to bat anywhere in the order, calling the opportunity to perform different roles “exciting”. It is exciting to be in different situations and different phases of the game.” Washington said head coach Gautam Gambhir, who prefers to pack the team with all-rounders, has played a key role in improving his confidence as a batter, while.
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