Top news of the day: At least 12 dead in Lucknow building fire; Starmer resigns as U.K. PM; and more

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Rescue personnel conduct rescue operations after a fire broke out at a commercial building in Aliganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on June 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI At least 12 people died in a fire that broke out at a three-storey commercial building housing a coaching centre in the Aliganj area in Lucknow on Monday (June 22, 2025). Multiple fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and rescue operations are underway. Unverified videos circulating on social media showed a youth falling from the first floor of the building amid flames near a railing. Locals were seen moving him away from the area. United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that he will step down, acknowledging that Labour’s Parliamentary Party does not see him as the best candidate to lead them into the next general election. The party will set out a timetable for the transition, possibly through a contest, so that a new Premier is in place before September. The BJP government in West Bengal sought to blend welfare continuity with political and administrative reset in its maiden budget presented on Monday (June 22, 2026), as it pledged to fill one lakh government vacancies and increase dearness allowance by 20% points, while stressing the need for fiscal discipline. Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for a severe financial crisis that followed barely two years later, died on Monday (June 22, 2026) aged 100, NBC News reported. Greenspan, who exerted a powerful influence on the U.S. economy during his tenure at the helm of the Fed from August 1987 to January 2006, died at his home from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Monday (June 22, 2026) claimed that Opposition parties, especially the Samajwadi Party (SP), have become anxious after her party began fielding Brahmin leaders as candidates for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Ms. Mayawati added that the interests of the upper castes, including Brahmins, are safe only under a government run by the BSP. Profitability at State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) is set to improve as falling crude oil prices lift fuel marketing margins, although rising debt levels and uncertainty over fuel taxes could limit the sector’s longer-term earnings outlook, according to a JP Morgan report. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday urged banks to treat Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as long-term partners. Terming them the “nursery of entrepreneurship”, the RBI chief said MSMEs were key to the ‘Viksit Bharat’ vision. A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including a 13-year-old boy and his father, and wounded another two, a regional official said Monday (June 22, 2026). Russia has pounded civilian areas of Ukraine with drones and missiles since it launched its all-out invasion of its neighbour more than four years ago, and a United Nations tally says more than 16,000 civilians have died in the war. Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge. A total of 100 people have recovered in the outbreak concentrated in the Ituri Province since it was declared on May 15, Congo’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday (June 21, 2026). At least 365 patients are in hospitals or in isolation, it said. Uruguay is off to a start many did not expect. After draws against Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde, and with a match against Spain still to come, the two-time World Cup winner is at risk of missing the knockout stage. Among the many fans watching was someone the team looked to for goals for more than 15 years – Luis Suárez. Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Monday (June 22, 2026) told the House that Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar should be appreciated for his efforts to learn Tamil and pronounce Tamil words during his address to the Assembly. Reacting to DMDK leader Premal

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