Month: August 2024

Bangladesh ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia freed after arch-rival toppled

August 6, 2024 admin

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s uncompromising former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been released from years of house arrest after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier and fled as protesters stormed her palace. The ferocious rivalry between the two women — born in…

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Statistics are fine, but the essence of sport is courage

August 6, 2024 admin

The passing of Aunshuman Gaekwad has brought into focus again a salient feature of sport — the importance of guts and sheer courage. Batters in his time — the record-breaking Sunil Vargas being a prime example — faced some of the fastest bowlers in the history of the game. They did this without helmets, safety…

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Families Of People Killed In Bangladesh Protests Place 11-Point Demands

August 6, 2024 admin

The demands also include direct government scholarships to students in private universities. (File) Dhaka: Families of the persons killed in Bangladesh’s student protests on Tuesday placed 11-point demands, including rehabilitation by providing jobs, before the interim government which is set to be formed to replace the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime. The death count…

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Nearly 250 Students From 20 Ashram Schools Fall Ill After Dinner In Maharashtra

August 6, 2024 admin

A probe has been ordered. (Representational) Palghar: Nearly 250 students from 20 ashram schools in Dahanu taluka of Maharashtra’s Palghar district fell ill due to food poisoning and were rushed to nearby health facilities for treatment, a senior official said on Tuesday. These students at ashram schools (residential facilities for tribal pupils) complained of health…

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SL vs IND ODIs | Golden opportunity for Sri Lanka to end a 27-year drought

August 6, 2024 admin

Spin specialist: The onus would be on Shreyas to decode and neutralise the spin threat. | Photo Credit: PTI Not many would have given Sri Lanka a chance against a near full-strength Indian side before the start of the one-day series. The home team came into the 50-over format following a 3-0 whitewash in the…

Sports

Vinesh Phogat Holds Back Tears After Clinching Historic Wrestling Final Berth In Paris Olympics 2024. Watch

August 6, 2024 admin

She grappled on the streets with an “unjust system” without a care in the world and on Tuesday Vinesh Phogat brought a lot of that panache to the mat as well, taking down one big name after another to become India’s first woman wrestler to enter the finals of the Olympic Games. The…

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Hamas Names New Chief After Ismail Haniyeh’s Killing

August 6, 2024 admin

Gaza: Hamas named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader on Tuesday, after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh’s was killed in Tehran last week, sending regional tensions soaring. “The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces the selection of leader Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau of the movement,” a statement from…

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Government blinks on capital gains tax on real estate

August 6, 2024 admin

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on August 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Facing a backlash over changes to the long-term capital gains tax regime announced in the Budget, including critiques from MPs within the NDA coalition, the government has relented to grant some relief for property transactions. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

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Chinese Academic Convicted Of Acting As Foreign Agent In US

August 6, 2024 admin

US Department of Justice has cracked down on what it calls “transnational repression” by US adversaries New York: A Chinese academic was convicted on Tuesday of illegally acting as a foreign agent in the United States by collecting information about New York-based activists supporting democracy in China and sharing his findings with Beijing. A jury…

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan On Preamble Being ‘Removed’ From Textbooks

August 6, 2024 admin

NCERT has given due importance and respect to various aspects of the Constitution, the minister said. New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday firmly refuted allegations that the Preamble of the Indian Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks. In a tweet, Mr Pradhan stated that these claims have no basis and emphasized…

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