Monsoon leaves west coast, South Peninsula surcharged with moisture

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts sees very heavy rain along the west coast, adjoining interior peninsula and North-East India as the monsoon fires away during the course of this week. | Photo Credit: www.meteologix.com/in A rain-driving low-pressure area, remnant from erstwhile depression, persisted on Monday over Marathwada along with a few juvenile cohorts over…

Austria’s ex-chancellor wins appeal against perjury conviction

Austria’s former chancellor Sebastian Kurz has won his appeal against a conviction for giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee. The court’s ruling overturns last year’s judgement and eight-month suspended prison sentence for the former political star. Once hailed a wunderkind of Europe’s conservatives, the 38-year-old resigned as chancellor in 2021 and quit politics amid…

Democracy in East Africa is retreating. Here is how it can be saved | Politics

Last week, Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire was finally set free five days after she was detained by the Tanzanian police for unclear reasons. She was unceremoniously dumped at the Mutukula border crossing between the two countries. Details of Atuhaire’s condition remain unclear, but a statement from the organisation she works with as well as Kenyan activist Boniface…

Israeli strikes kill more than 50 as school and housing hit | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Attacks on civilian infrastructure rising amid Israel’s ‘intensified’ offensive on battered enclave. Israeli attacks on northern Gaza are reported to have killed more than 50 people since dawn. The death toll from the overnight attacks was being tallied on Monday morning. Among the targets hit was a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City and…