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Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents’ pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of “rotten-tail kids”. The phrase has become a social media buzzword this year, drawing parallels to the catchword…
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Shake It Off was a fitting choice for Rhode Island, given Taylor Swift’s ties to the state. Taylor Swift may have been absent from the Democratic National Convention (DNC), but her presence was still felt through her music. On the second night of the convention, her chart-topping hit Shake It Off took centre stage during…
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Dull demand: Chinese wheat importers have not shown interest ever since supplies from this year’s harvest hit the market. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s wheat buying spree is likely to slow in the second half of 2024 as higher domestic output and declining flour consumption reduce import demand in the world’s biggest consumer of the grain….
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Star Spanish paddler Alvaro Robles will lead PBG Bengaluru Smashers in the IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 as team captain, starting with the opening match against Chennai Lions at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Robles, 33, will spearhead a talented sextet, which includes Indian ace Manika Batra, USA sensation…
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Preparations for a bigger and better edition of the Tennis Premier League are well and truly on, with the league having picked a new venue for its sixth chapter. TPL, one of the most successful sporting leagues in the country, is coming back to Mumbai at the Cricket Club of India, and is…
File photo of Dinesh Karthik© AFP The ICC Champions Trophy could be a few months away but Team India’s ODI schedule of the season suggests that Rohit Sharma‘s men just have 3 50-over matches to play before the showpiece event begins. A series defeat against Sri Lanka in the last ODI assignment, hence,…
Former cricketer and chief selector Faruque Ahmed has replaced Nazmul Hasan Papon as the new president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after the incumbent resigned in the wake of the political unrest in the country. The BCB held an emergency meeting on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 during which the 58-year-old Ahmed was elected. Papon,…
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CBI officials investigate the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case. Kolkata: The CBI today submitted its status report to the Supreme Court on the progress of the investigation into the rape and murder of a woman doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, and as per sources the agency…
People attend a protest outside the Indonesian Parliament against the revisions to the country’s election law, which analysts believe goes through a rushed process of legislation and is designed to block a popular candidate from running as the capital’s governor in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indonesia’s parliament has postponed…
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Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP-SCP) Chief Sharad Pawar. | Photo Credit: ANI NCP (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar has sided with the candidates agitating in Pune demanding postponement of the MPSC prelims exam, scheduled for August 25, warning that he would join the protest if the government doesn’t clarify its stand. Many job-seekers, preparing for…
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