The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea's recent front-line live-fire drills "suicidal hysteria" as she threatened unspecified military steps on Monday if further provoked.

The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea performed firing exercises in its tense land and sea borders with North Korea in the past two weeks. The exercises were the first of their kind since South Korea suspended a 2018 agreement with the North aimed easing frontline military tensions in June.

The Nato summit, being hosted by US President Joe Biden here this week, is likely to show a strong demonstration of America and its allies' support for Ukraine and make significant new announcements to increase military, political and financial support for the European country, in addition to holding a meeting with the EU and Indo-Pacific partners to deepen their cooperation, according to administration officials.

The Nato summit will be the first to include Sweden as a member of the alliance. Sweden officially joined the alliance in March.

Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world's hottest recorded year.

Every month since June 2023 - 13 months in a row - has ranked as the planet's hottest since records began, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin.

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to include local language and dialects in the primary education curriculum in order to ensure inclusive and quality education.

The move is seen as a big leap towards implementing National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in tribal areas.

British PM conceded defeat to the Labour Party and Keir Starmer, who is now set to become Britain's next prime minister after his party won the parliamentary election after 14 years against the Conservative Party.

In his first statement after the election results, Rishi Sunak told media persons, "The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory. Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides."

US President Joe Biden has once again found himself at the centre of media frenzy after a series of verbal missteps during the Independence Day celebrations. In a notable gaffe, Biden declared himself “proud to be the first black woman to serve with a black president”, confusing himself with Kamala Harris, the current Vice President.

This blunder comes just a week after Biden’s debate with Donald Trump, which left many questioning his political viability. During an interview with Philadelphia’s Wurd radio station, Biden intended to highlight Harris’s historic role but ended up muddling his own tenure as Vice President under Barack Obama.

Shares of HDFC Bank slipped 3.82 per cent at Rs 1660 per share on the BSE in Friday’s intraday trade. In the last two trading sessions the counter has slid by 6.1 per cent. This came after the company reported sluggish growth on Thursday in its early estimates for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023-24 (Q1FY24).

HDFC Bank's gross advances stood at Rs 24.87 trillion as on June 30, compared to Rs 25.08 trillion on March 31 — down 0.8 per cent sequentially. Advances grew 14.9 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), excluding the impact of the merger of erstwhile HDFC Ltd.

Ahead of the Union Budget presentation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, pressing for enhanced financial support to the debt-burdened state.

Sources said Naidu, during the meeting in North Block, highlighted various ongoing projects in Andhra Pradesh that require urgent central assistance.

Nephro Care India made a blockbuster debut on the NSE SME on Friday, with its shares getting listed at Rs 171, a 90 per cent premium over its issue price of Rs 90.

Post listing, Nephro Care shares moved higher to Rs 179.55, and locked in 5 per cent upper circuit, quoting 99.50 per cent higher over the issue price on the NSE SME.

In a major setback to the opposition BRS in Telangana, six party MLCs joined the ruling Congress late on Thursday night in the presence of state Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi continues to suffer from desertions, with several leaders, including six MLAs, leaving the party after its defeat in the Assembly polls last year.

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