As the World Health Organisation's emergency committee convenes Thursday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis, some scientists say the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response.

Ballare: 18-year-old boy Masood who had sustained critical injuries after a brutal assault by a group of people, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital on Thursday afternoon.

 The Dharmadhikari of the Dharmasthala Temple, Dr. D. Veerendra Heggde took oath in the Kannada language as the Rajya Sabha member in New Delhi on Thursday. 

The NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is leading with 540 of the 748 votes of the MPs, while Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha has received 208 votes after the first round of counting, Returning Officer P C Mody said on Thursday.

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday recorded the statement of Congress president Sonia Gandhi for two hours in the National Herald money laundering case and ended the session for the day on her request as she is recovering from Covid, officials said.

The Supreme Court has stayed criminal proceedings against 30 members of the 21 Para Special Force, including a Major, in connection with the alleged botched Army operation in Oting-Tiru area of Nagaland's Mon district in 2021 that claimed lives of 13 civilians.

Leader of the opposition, Siddaramaiah expressed his condolences over the death of prominent thinker, writer, critic, and people’s activist G. Rajashekhar. 

 Karnataka, Telangana and Haryana have been ranked as the top three states among major states in Niti Aayog's third innovation index.