Month: August 2024

13-Year-Old Boy Kills Self After Being Scolded By Father In UP: Cops

August 10, 2024 admin

Police arrived at the scene on receiving information about the incident. (Representational) Saharanpur: A 13-year-old boy took his own life on Saturday after being scolded by his father in the Deoband area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain said Umar, a Class-5 student, was the son of Shamsher,…

Nation

Turkey Unblocks Access To Instagram After 9 Days

August 10, 2024 admin

The platform had been blocked since the morning of August 2 (Representational) Istanbul: Turkey began unblocking Instagram Saturday evening after depriving access to millions of users for nine days. “Following our negotiations with representatives of Instagram, we will unblock access starting from 9:30 pm (1830 GMT) after they agreed to respond to our demands,” transport…

World

India has a lot more scope to pursue progressive capitalism: Joseph Stiglitz

August 10, 2024 admin

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues in his new book The Road to Freedom: Economics And The Good Society that unregulated ‘free’ markets actually reduce economic opportunities for the majority and help individuals siphon wealth from the many to the few. In a video interview, he elaborates on his vision for an alternative approach. You…

Business

USA Win 4x400m Relay Gold In Paris Olympics 2024, Botswana Runners-Up

August 10, 2024 admin

Rai Benjamin in action as USA win 4x400m relay gold at Paris Olympics 2024.© AFP Rai Benjamin anchored the United States to victory in the Paris Olympics 2024 men’s 4x400m relay in Paris on Saturday. Benjamin, the winner of the 400m hurdles gold, helped the US quartet also featuring Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood and Bryce Deadmon…

Sports

Abhinav Bindra Hhonored With Olympic Order At IOC Session In Paris

August 10, 2024 admin

India’s first individual Olympic Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris. The Olympic Order is the highest honour bestowed by the IOC, recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Olympic Movement. Reflecting on this honour,…

Sports

Tim Walz: The mainstream Democrat

August 10, 2024 admin

Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, may not in his wildest dreams have imagined that one day he would be picked as a running mate alongside a U.S. presidential candidate, yet that was indeed how the plot twist on the Democratic side played out at this tail end of the 2024 election season. Mr. Walz, a…

World

North Korea moving thousands of flood victims to capital: KCNA

August 10, 2024 admin

On a visit to flood-hit Uiju on Friday, Mr. Kim said the government planned to accommodate around 15,400 flood victims from the northern region at facilities in the capital until their destroyed homes are rebuilt. Photo KCNA via Reuters North Korea will move more than 15,000 flood victims to the capital, state media said Saturday,…

World

“Support Us In Our Bad Times Too”: India Hockey Captain Harmanpreet Singh On NDTV After Olympic Heroics

August 10, 2024 admin

Hockey’s emotional connection with India and its sports lovers is such that it would not be off the mark to call it the ‘most beloved sport’ in the country. For years, India’s dominance in hockey at the global level saw millions getting hooked on it. Then, there came a lean period, a dark…

Sports

Australia tests advanced SM-6 naval air defence missile for first time

August 10, 2024 admin

The Australian government said on Saturday it had for the first time test-fired a Raytheon SM-6 missile from a Navy ship, a major step in acquiring and integrating the air-defence weapon into its inventory. The HMAS Sydney conducted the test near the U.S. state of Hawaii as part of the Pacific Dragon 2024 exercise, Australia’s…

World

Bangladesh is slowly limping back towards normalcy, local observers say

August 10, 2024 admin

People take photos in front of anti-government graffiti on a vandalised mural depicting Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of his daughter Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Even as uncertainty prevails in Bangladesh with an interim government coming to…

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