Month: May 2024

Columbia University Cancels Main Graduation Ceremony Over Gaza Protests

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Columbia University Cancels Main Graduation Ceremony Over Gaza Protests

New York City police cleared a Columbia campus building last week Washington: Columbia, the prestigious New York university at the heart of US campus protests against the war in Gaza, announced Monday that it has cancelled the main ceremony for graduating students next week. The Ivy League institution said it would “forego the university-wide ceremony…

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Sensex closes flat, Nifty slips on profit-taking by investors

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Sensex closes flat, Nifty slips on profit-taking by investors

BSE SENSEX on May 6, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI GRAPHICS Benchmark Sensex closed almost flat in a range-bound trade on Monday as investors booked profits in index heavyweights amid high valuation concerns. The 30-share BSE Sensex edged up 17.39 points or 0.02% to settle at 73,895.54. The barometer hit a high of 74,359.69 and…

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Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja ‘Surprised’ As India Launch Jersey For T20 World Cup – Watch

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Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja ‘Surprised’ As India Launch Jersey For T20 World Cup – Watch

The official jersey of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 is here and the launch video featured a stylish entry at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. Sportswear brand Adidas took to social media to provide a sneak peek into the official jersey and the video featured Indian cricket team skipper…

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Not Hardik Pandya Or Shubman Gill: India Batter, Ignored For T20 World Cup, Was Being Groomed As Next Captain

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Not Hardik Pandya Or Shubman Gill: India Batter, Ignored For T20 World Cup, Was Being Groomed As Next Captain

Indian cricket team in action© AFP Former BCCI chief selector MSK Prasad revealed that Shreyas Iyer was being groomed to become a future Indian cricket team skipper. The batter, who was considered to be a big talent for the national side, missed out on a BCCI central contract after not playing domestic cricket despite not…

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NIA Probe Against Arvind Kejriwal? ‘Khalistani Funding,’ Says Lt Governor

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NIA Probe Against Arvind Kejriwal? ‘Khalistani Funding,’ Says Lt Governor

New Delhi: In an explosive turn of events Monday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has called for an anti-terror probe into allegations Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal received political funding from the banned Sikhs For Justice group founded by wanted terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun. Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party hit back swiftly via senior leader Saurabh Bhardwaj,…

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EU ready for ‘tough decisions to protect economy’, von der Leyen tells China

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EU ready for ‘tough decisions to protect economy’, von der Leyen tells China

French President Emmanuel Macron, China’s President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a trilateral meeting at the Elysee Palace, Paris, as part of the Chinese president’s two-day state visit to France on May 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on May 6…

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Taking Legal Advice On How Money Looted By Congress Can Be Returned: PM

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Taking Legal Advice On How Money Looted By Congress Can Be Returned: PM

Corruption and land and liquor mafia reign supreme in the YSRCP rule, PM said. Rajamahendravaram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was taking legal advice on how to return the money of poor people ‘looted’ in corruption. Referring to the seizure of “mounds of cash” by the Enforcement Directorate from the domestic help…

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Of Redemption And Dreams Coming True: Stories Of India’s Olympics-Bound Relay Teams

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Of Redemption And Dreams Coming True: Stories Of India’s Olympics-Bound Relay Teams

Redemption, fulfilment of a father’s dream, a big step in a nascent career and justification of choices made early in life — Olympic qualification meant different things to the different members of the 4x400m Indian men’s and women’s relay teams who booked their Paris berths on Monday. Let’s take a look on the eight runners…

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TOEFL scores to be now valid for all Australian visa purposes: Educational Testing Service

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TOEFL scores to be now valid for all Australian visa purposes: Educational Testing Service

TOEFL is accepted by more than 12,500 institutions in more than 160 countries. (Representational Image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images Scores for English language test TOEFL will now be considered valid for all Australian visa purposes, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) announced on May 6. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was…

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