Month: April 2024

Separatist Amritpal Singh To Fight Lok Sabha Polls, Claims His Lawyer

April 25, 2024 admin

Amritpal Singh had earlier not shown any interest in joining politics, asserted his father. (File) Chandigarh: Separatist Amritpal Singh, who is currently lodged in a jail in Assam under the National Security Act, will fight the Lok Sabha polls from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib seat as an Independent candidate, his counsel claimed on Wednesday. However, his…

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The Hindu Morning Digest – April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Janjgir-Champa district, Chhattisgarh, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. As PM Modi targets Congress, phase 2 campaign ends on a sour note Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial speech on the Congress party’s plans to “redistribute wealth” was the highlight of the high-voltage campaign for…

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Malala Yousafzai Vows Support For Gaza After Backlash

April 25, 2024 admin

Malala Yousafzai on Thursday condemned Israel and reaffirmed her support for Palestinians in Gaza. Lahore: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Thursday condemned Israel and reaffirmed her support for Palestinians in Gaza, after a backlash in her native Pakistan over a Broadway musical she co-produced with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Yousafzai, who was…

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Team including Indian scientists designs potent antidote to cobra, krait venom toxins

April 25, 2024 admin

For some people, snakes are exotic yet dangerous creatures of the wild; eerie but elusive, and not something to worry about in day-to-day life. For others, especially some farmers in India and Africa, they are a constant and terrifying threat to life. Venom from snake bites leads to more than 100,000 deaths every year, with…

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Sonia Gandhi “Cried For Terrorists” Over Batla House Encounter: JP Nadda

April 24, 2024 admin

BJP Chief JP Nadda was addressing a rally in Bihar’s Madhubani on Wednesday. Madhubani: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Wednesday fired a fresh salvo at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi stating that she had shed tears for terrorists killed in Batla House encounter in 2008. While campaigning in Bihar’s Madhubani ahead of the…

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Antony Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new U.S. foreign aid bill

April 24, 2024 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform -–…

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At UN, Russia Blocks US Move On Nuclear Weapons In Space

April 24, 2024 admin

Putin said earlier this year that Russia was against the deployment of nuclear weapons in space. United Nations: Russia vetoed on Wednesday a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space, a move that the United States says suggests Moscow might be “hiding something.” “It’s…

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Delhi Ice Cream Vendor Stabbed To Death Near India Gate, Accused On Run

April 24, 2024 admin

The police said that the deceased has been identified as Prabhakar (25). (Representational) New Delhi: An ice cream vendor has been stabbed to death near India Gate in the national capital, police said. The police said that the deceased has been identified as Prabhakar (25). According to Delhi Police, information was received about an attack…

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Poll Body To Establish Over 1800 Special Polling Booths In Karnataka

April 24, 2024 admin

Karnataka poll official said that special booths are being established to increase voter turnout. Bengaluru: The Election Commission (EC) in Karnataka has decided to establish 1,832 special polling booths to encourage different sections such as tribals, women, and persons with disabilities to participate and vote in the Lok Sabha elections. The Department of Scheduled Tribes…

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Pro-Palestine Protests Spread To More US Colleges

April 24, 2024 admin

More than 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at New York University Monday night. Washington: Increasingly confrontational pro-Palestinian rallies by students protesting the death count from the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted across US college campuses Wednesday, triggering tense faceoffs with police in Texas and California. At New York’s Columbia University — the epicenter of…

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