World News Today highlights on June 5, 2026 : Putin lauds India's software sector: ‘A leading player in the IT industry’

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Published5 Jun 2026, 12:37:03 AM IST

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5 Jun 2026, 11:46:03 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Putin lauds India's software sector: ‘A leading player in the IT industry’

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026, Putin described India as a key partner and one of the world's leading players in information technology.

5 Jun 2026, 11:03:35 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine war: Putin dismisses Zelensky's offer to meet, calls his letter ‘boorish’ after May 22 drone attack

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin rejected Zelensky's meeting proposal to discuss long-standing conflict, deeming it futile. Zelensky criticised Putin's prolonged rule and age in the letter. Putin described Zelensky's public letter proposing a direct meeting as ‘boorish’.

5 Jun 2026, 10:30:30 PM IST

World News Live Updates: ISS air leak scare: NASA reverses evacuation alert after two hours — Who is aboard the Space Station right now?

The precautionary measure lasted for nearly two hours before NASA lifted the order and allowed the astronauts to return to normal operations while engineers from NASA and Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, continued evaluating the situation.

5 Jun 2026, 09:38:24 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO is spending $518 million to contain the deadly virus

The announcement comes as health officials warn that the outbreak has become the fourth-largest Ebola epidemic on record, with hundreds of confirmed cases and dozens of deaths reported.

5 Jun 2026, 05:02:22 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif calls Donald Trump ‘man of peace’ for India ceasefire intervention

On regional diplomacy, Shehbaz claimed that Pakistan was playing a role in facilitating contacts between the US and Iran and thanked Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for his contribution to ongoing peace efforts.

5 Jun 2026, 01:55:50 PM IST

World News Live Updates: Indian immigrants built 96 unicorns in America, now worth more than Germany's stock market

India leads all nations with 96 unicorn founders in the US, per NFAP research. Immigrants collectively built 59% of America's billion-dollar companies, worth $5 trillion.

5 Jun 2026, 10:57:35 AM IST

World News Live Updates: AI data centers to consume 3X combined annual electricity use of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria by 2030: UN

A recent UN study warned of side effects of AI boom, projecting that data center power use will double and water use will rise by 9.3 trillion liters by 2030.

5 Jun 2026, 10:20:52 AM IST

World News Live Updates: Trump called House vote to end Iran war unpatriotic. He also says conflict is already over- What that actually means?

The House voted 215-208 to invoke the War Powers Act against Trump's Iran strikes. The catch: Trump insists the war concluded in April. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

5 Jun 2026, 07:15:07 AM IST

World News Live Updates: Putin says US pressure on Modi to cut Russia ties is 'detrimental' as $100 bn trade target looms

Putin backed India's independent foreign policy and projected $100 bn bilateral trade, saying US pressure on Modi to cut Russia ties has produced no results.

5 Jun 2026, 02:43:57 AM IST

World News Live Updates: Ukraine's Zelensky in open letter to Russian President Putin calls for direct talks to end war

In the letter published on June 4, the Ukrainian leader accused Putin of launching a “war without a real cause” and urged him to agree to face-to-face talks in a neutral country to seek a lasting settlement.

5 Jun 2026, 02:20:30 AM IST

World News Live Updates: Putin praises PM Modi's economic record, says US bid to curb Russian oil purchases has failed

Putin described India as one of the world's leading economies and credited its rapid expansion to government policies under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

5 Jun 2026, 12:37:03 AM IST

World News Live Updates: Starmer accuses Elon Musk of ‘trying to whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder case

The remarks came after Musk posted a series of messages on X criticizing British police and suggesting they were biased against white people in their response to the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton.

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