Month: August 2024

Watch: What’s next for Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s fall? | Explainer

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Watch: What’s next for Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s fall? | Explainer

What’s next for Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s fall? | Explainer | Video Credit: The Hindu Bangladesh has a new government, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Sheikh Hasina, the longest serving Prime Minister who had to resign and leave the country on August 5 amid mass protests, is currently in India, reportedly seeking asylum in…

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Thailand Prime Minister’s dismissal could stall BIMSTEC summit, PM Modi’s plans to visit Thailand and Singapore

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Thailand Prime Minister’s dismissal could stall BIMSTEC summit, PM Modi’s plans to visit Thailand and Singapore

Recently dismissed Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin | Photo Credit: Reuters The decision of Thailand’s Supreme Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from his post on Wednesday (August 14) cast a shadow over the BIMSTEC Summit to be held in Bangkok next month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to travel to Bangkok for…

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Mamata Banerjee Snaps At Congress, Rahul Gandhi In Doctor Rape-Murder

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Mamata Banerjee Snaps At Congress, Rahul Gandhi In Doctor Rape-Murder

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (File Photo). Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – already under fire from the BJP over the rape and murder of a doctor at a Kolkata hospital – hit back at allies Congress Wednesday evening, shortly after party MP Rahul Gandhi’s acerbic comment about the handling of the case by…

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Woman’s Complaint Against Uber For Drivers Refusing Rides With Pets Junked

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Woman’s Complaint Against Uber For Drivers Refusing Rides With Pets Junked

A consumer commission in Mumbai has dismissed a woman’s complaint against cab aggregator Uber Mumbai: A consumer commission in Mumbai has dismissed a woman’s complaint against cab aggregator Uber for its drivers refusing her rides when she was accompanied by her pet dog. There is no law or legal provision in India regarding the transportation…

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Hate At First Sight: India Hockey Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh Recalls Love Story With Wife Aneeshya

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Hate At First Sight: India Hockey Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh Recalls Love Story With Wife Aneeshya

First he hated her — for being better than him at school. But as it happens in Bollywood movies, “hate” was followed by love. That’s how the romance between P R Sreejesh and Aneeshya unfolded at the GVN Sports School in Kerala. Eventually, the long jumper reciprocated, and accepted the future national hockey…

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Is it Harris’ or Harris’s? There’s an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds

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Is it Harris’ or Harris’s? There’s an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds

Supporters at a campaign rally hosted by U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Waltz at University of Las Vegas Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Whatever possessed Vice-President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasn’t a desire…

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Parents, Unable To Repay Son’s Online Gambling Debts, Die By Suicide In Andhra Pradesh: Cops

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Parents, Unable To Repay Son’s Online Gambling Debts, Die By Suicide In Andhra Pradesh: Cops

Pressure from lenders has forced the couple to take the extreme step, cops said (Representational) Abdullapuram: A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday. U Maheshwar Reddy (45) and his wife ended their lives on Tuesday night in…

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Manu Bhaker Breaks Silence On Viral Video With Neeraj Chopra. Says, “During Events…”

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Manu Bhaker Breaks Silence On Viral Video With Neeraj Chopra. Says, “During Events…”

Manu Bhaker made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by becoming the first Indian since independence to win two medals in one edition of the game. In all India finished with six medals, with Manu winning two. She won a bronze in women’s individual 10m air pistol and also in the 10m air…

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2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing

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2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing

The accident occurred in Colombey-les-Belles (Representational) Colombey-les-Belles, France: Two Rafale fighter jets collided in midair before crashing to the ground in northeastern France on Wednesday, civil and military authorities said.  A search for one of the crews was under way. The two jets were from the Saint-Dizier air base, an air force spokesman in Paris…

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