National Herald

07/06/2026

The World Health Organization has reported nearly 500 confirmed Ebola cases in the ongoing Central Africa outbreak, raising fresh concerns about the scale and speed of the epidemic. The majority of cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with infections also reported in neighbouring Uganda.

According to the WHO, the outbreak has resulted in 471 confirmed cases and 84 deaths across the two countries. Health officials say the numbers have risen sharply in recent days, prompting fears that the crisis could expand further without aggressive intervention.

The WHO and Africa CDC have launched a $518-million response plan aimed at strengthening surveillance, testing and infection control measures as authorities work to contain the spread of the deadly virus.

07/06/2026

Municipal Corporation approves proposal to relocate all meat and fish shops operating within the city to designated sites on its outskirts within the next 6 months

Municipal body approves relocation plan, says move aimed at preserving city's cultural character and improving sanitation

07/06/2026

At least 12 people were injured, including two critically, after a shooting near the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio. Authorities said an active search is underway for the suspects involved in the incident.

Police believe at least two individuals exchanged gunfire near the annual community festival, triggering panic as crowds scrambled for safety. Officers who were already deployed at the event responded immediately to the scene.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine expressed concern over the violence, stressing that community festivals should remain safe spaces for families. Investigators are continuing to search for those responsible as the injured receive treatment.

07/06/2026

Widely seen as Mamata Banerjee's political heir just a month ago, now finds himself at the centre of a growing debate within his own party, the TMC. Decoding the reasons behind the backlash

Widely seen as Mamata Banerjee's political heir, Abhishek now finds himself at the centre of a growing debate within TMC

07/06/2026

Excerpts from 's first encyclical 'Magnifica humanitas' on safeguarding humanity in the time of AI

Pope Leo XIV, a man of faith and a man of science, on safeguarding humanity in the time of AI

07/06/2026

The deaths of eight Asiatic lion cubs in Gujarat’s Gir forest were caused by heat-related stress and weakened immunity rather than any infectious disease outbreak, according to State Forest Minister Arjun Modhwadia. The clarification comes after concerns that the cubs may have been affected by Babesia, a tick-borne parasitic infection.

Authorities launched extensive monitoring and testing following the deaths in Gir Somnath and Amreli districts. Investigations have since ruled out Babesia and other viral diseases, with officials attributing the fatalities to extreme heat and low immunity among the affected cubs.

As a precaution, 17 lions showing signs of illness were quarantined and treated, with 12 already released back into the wild. Forest officials also carried out large-scale deworming and tick-control measures for around 600 lions across the region.

07/06/2026

Aakar Patel examines a recent demand by Muslim leaders, including Maulana Arshad Madani, for the cow to be declared a national animal and cow slaughter to be uniformly regulated across the country. The debate raises larger questions about constitutional secularism, federalism and the contradiction between calls for uniform laws and the vastly different cattle slaughter laws that currently exist across Indian states.

Read the full story by Aakar Patel on the website.

[Cow Slaughter, constitution, secularism, Politics]

07/06/2026

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has announced that the movement against alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will expand across the country and continue until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.

Speaking a day after the party’s protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Dipke said the campaign had received strong support from students and young people, encouraging organisers to prepare for a larger nationwide mobilisation.

Claiming that around 6,000 to 7,000 people participated in the Delhi demonstration, Dipke said the agitation would now be taken to different parts of the country as the movement seeks greater accountability in the education and recruitment system.

07/06/2026

The same Western governments that condemn ’s nuclear ambitions have funded and concealed ’s clandestine nuclear arsenal, writes Ashok Swain ()

Ashok Swain on the uneven application of NPT standards to Iran and Israel and on the hypocrisy of the West

07/06/2026

It is very sensitive news for devotees of Lord Ram across the world that crores of rupees from donations made to the Ram Temple have been found missing:

SP chief cites reports of missing crores from temple donations; trust, government yet to respond