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Image for representative use© AFP Paris will explore ways to keep on display popular landmarks adorning the French capital for the Olympics even after the Games are over, including the rings on the Eiffel Tower and the hot air balloon tethered to the Olympic cauldron, its mayor said Monday. Anne Hidalgo told the…
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Britain’s Tom Daley was dethroned as Olympic champion on Monday but took an emotional silver medal with partner Noah Williams in the men’s synchronised 10m platform behind China’s Lian Junjie and Yang Hao. It was a fifth medal in five Olympics for 30-year-old Daley, who won gold with Matty Lee in the same…
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New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to remove the restrictions imposed on the media within Parliament premises. “Sir, I would request you to allow the media, who have been restricted to a cage, to move out,” Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha. Media persons have…
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Brokers react as Sensex ends above 79k, Nifty 50 surpasses 24,000 for the first time, in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit intra-day record high levels before closing almost flat on July 29 due to profit-taking in FMCG and IT shares by cautious investors ahead of…
Milind More was the deputy chief of the Thane unit of the Shiv Sena. (File) Palghar: The 45-year-old son of a Thane Shiv Sena (UBT) leader died of a heart attack during an argument with an autorickshaw driver in Vasai in Palghar district, after which police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to…
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An employee dilutes poultry serum samples for an ELISA test for the detection of antibodies to the avian influenza virus at the Reference Laboratory of the World Organization for Animal Health in Campinas, Brazil. File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: REUTERS The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Monday, July 29, 2024,…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, meets Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the prime minister’s office after the four ministers participated in their Quad meeting in Tokyo, on July 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China on July…
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane. File (image used for representation purpose only) | Photo Credit: Reuters A female Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant, who was caught smuggling foreign currency at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Punjab Province, has been sent on judicial remand. Customs officials, who produced the suspect before a…
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As the dust settles on the proposals that the Finance Minister made in the Budget earlier this month, some aspects have become clearer while questions remain on others. We will dwell on topics such as: Why did the Minister choose to be less aggressive on the fiscal deficit front than she could have? Why were…
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Arjun Babuta in action during Paris Olympics 2024© X (Twitter) Indian shooter Arjun Babuta buckled under pressure and finished fourth in the men’s 10m air rifle competition after coming close to winning a medal in his maiden Olympics on Monday. Babuta shot a total of 208.4. A 9.5 in response to Croatia’s Miran…