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Yunus touched down in Dhaka and could be sworn in as Bangladesh’s new leader as soon as Thursday. (File) Dhaka: Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus returned to Bangladesh Thursday to lead a caretaker government after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. Yunus touched down in Dhaka on a flight from…
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The arrested probe agency official was found accepting a bribe from a jeweller (representational). New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for accepting bribes of Rs 20 lakh in the national capital. The arrested ED official has been identified as Sandeep Singh Yadav….
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The Chief Election Commissioner said that people must stay peaceful and united while voting (file). Srinagar: A delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Thursday to review poll preparedness ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the Union Territory. Election Commissioners…
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The 19th edition of the global Wikimania event took place in Poland [File] | Photo Credit: 24klatkifilmy.pl for the Wikimedia Foundation, CC by SA 4.0 Bangalore-based software engineer and Wikipedia volunteer, Siddharth VP, was awarded the Wikimedian of the Year award in the ‘Technical Contributor of the Year’ category, to honour his ‘Articles for Creation’ submission…
People take shelter outside building following an earthquake in Miyazaki, western Japan on August 8, 2024. Photo: Kyodo News via AP A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s southern coast on August 8, triggering a tsunami advisory. Residents were urged to stay away from the coastline, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious…
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Swift’s Vienna concerts were cancelled after the government flagged a planned attack. (Representational) Vienna: A 19-year-old Austrian terrorism suspect had taken concrete steps in planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert, with chemical substances found during a search of his residence, Austria’s general director for public security said. The teenager, with North Macedonian roots,…
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The story so far: On August 6, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and left Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, the ailing ex-Prime Minister of the South Asian country of 170 million was released on President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s orders. The 79-year-old chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been under house arrest since…
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American wrestler Sarah Ann Hildebrandt has opened up on Indian grappler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Women’s 50kg event at Paris Olympics 2024. Vinesh was disqualified for being 100 grams overweight, and was replaced by Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the bronze medal match. Hildebrandt defeated Guzman Lopez in the final to…
Surat diamond firm announced a 10-day ‘vacation’ for employees, citing recession (Representational) Surat, Gujarat: A Surat-based major diamond manufacturing firm has declared a 10-day ‘vacation’ for its 50,000 employees from August 17 to 27 citing diminished demand for polished diamonds in international markets due to recession. As per Kiran Gems company website, it is the…
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Parliament Live Updates: The monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled to conclude on August 12. The Centre introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha today to amend the Waqf Act, 1995. The bill seeks to “effectively address issues” related to the powers of the State Waqf Boards, registration and survey of waqf…
