Month: July 2024

Rajapaksas’ party decides against backing Ranil in presidential election

July 30, 2024 admin

The Rajapaksas’ political party met on Monday to discuss strategy ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential polls. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP or People’s Front) — led by the once-powerful Rajapaksa clan which was deposed from power in 2022 — has said it will not back President Ranil Wickremesinghe in…

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Anti-Maduro protests spread as Venezuelan opposition says he stole vote

July 30, 2024 admin

Demonstrators hold a banner reading “Let’s go with the truth and without violence” as they gather to protest election results that awarded Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Opponents and supporters of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro planned to rally on Tuesday as…

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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian sworn in with chants of ‘Death to America, Israel’

July 30, 2024 admin

Newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, takes his oath, as Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi listens during a ceremony at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, on 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on July 30, after winning an election earlier this month by promising to improve ties with…

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13-Year-Old Boy Found Dead At Maharashtra Hostel, Cops Suspect Suicide

July 30, 2024 admin

Further probe was on, police said (Representational) Latur, Maharashtra: A 13-year-old boy has been found hanging in the washroom of the hostel of Swami Vivekanand Vidyalaya in Maharashtra’s Latur, police said on Tuesday, adding that it was suspected to be a suicide. An abetment of suicide case was registered against two hostel employees at MIDC…

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William Calley, Vietnam-era U.S. war criminal, dead at 80

July 30, 2024 admin

File picture of Lt. William L. Calley, Jr., during his court martial at Fort Benning, Georgia, on April 23, 1971. | Photo Credit: AP William Calley, a former U.S. Army lieutenant convicted of war crimes in a Vietnam-era tragedy called the My Lai massacre, has died at age 80, a U.S. newspaper reported on July…

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This Company To Hire 500 Interns Under Scheme Announced In Budget

July 30, 2024 admin

EaseMyTrip was founded in 2008 by Nishant Pitti, Rikant Pitti, and Prashant Pitti. (Representational) New Delhi: EaseMyTrip, an Indian online travel company headquartered in New Delhi, will hire 500 interns under a Central Government scheme announced in the Union Budget. Nishant Pitti, CEO & Co-Founder of EaseMyTrip, made this announcement on the social media platform…

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Microsoft, Indian Startup Develop Solution To Halve Water Use In Industries

July 30, 2024 admin

A FluxGen spokesperson said the project can be scaled nationally to solve India’s water issues. Microsoft and Indian startup FluxGen have come up with a software solution to reduce water usage and detect leaks and wastage as several regions in India grapple with their worst water crises in recorded history. In their pilot projects, the…

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U.S. boosts alliance with the Philippines with $500 million funding and pact amid concern over China

July 30, 2024 admin

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., centre, greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after their meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Washington’s top diplomat and defence chief announced $500 million in new military funding on July…

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Woman Hit By Bullet As She Was Washing Clothes At Hyderabad Home: Cops

July 30, 2024 admin

Based on the complaint, a case was registered at Narsingi Police station. (Representational) Hyderabad: A 34-year-old woman was injured in her leg after a bullet hit her in Gandipet near here on Tuesday, police said. She suspected that the bullet might have been fired from a firing range which is near to her house, police…

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Odisha Government Suspends Senior IPS Officer For “Misusing Power”

July 30, 2024 admin

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday suspended senior IPS officer Pandit Rajesh Uttamrao for allegedly misusing his position, an official statement said. Uttamrao, a 2007-batch IPS officer, was serving as DIG, Fire Services & Home Guards, Odisha. “A complaint has been received, alleging that Pandit has disgraced the dignity of his position by misusing his…

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