Month: August 2024

India May Record Above-Normal Rainfall In August, September: Weather Office

August 1, 2024 admin

Prediction of above-normal rain means there’s a high possibility of landslides and floods. (File) New Delhi: India is predicted to record above-normal rainfall in August and September, with a good chance of favourable La Nina conditions developing by the end of August, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. Prediction of above-normal rain means…

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3 Including Girl, 6, Drown After Basement Of House Flooded In Jaipur

August 1, 2024 admin

Rainwater accumulated on roads and residential areas in many parts of Jaipur. Jaipur: A six-year-old girl was among three people who drowned after rainwater gushed into the basement of their house in Vishwakarma area here early Thursday morning, officials said. Three people, including a woman, riding on a motorcycle on a bridge were swept away…

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Mamata Mohanta Joins BJP Day After Quitting BJD, Resigning As Rajya Sabha MP

August 1, 2024 admin

BJP national general secretary Arun Singh welcomed Mamata Mohanta New Delhi: Former BJD leader Mamata Mohanta joined the BJP here on Thursday, a day after resigning as Rajya Sabha member and quitting the Naveen Patnaik-led party. Mamata Mohanta joined the BJP at the party’s headquarters here in the presence of senior party leaders, including national…

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Bangladesh police release student leaders after unrest

August 1, 2024 admin

A still from the students’ protest. File | Photo Credit: AP The Bangladesh police freed six student leaders on August 1 whose campaign against civil service job quotas sparked deadly nationwide unrest, as the government looked to calm tensions and forestall fresh demonstrations. Students Against Discrimination staged nationwide rallies last month that ended in a…

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Calls for revenge echo at Haniyeh’s funeral; Tehran vows ‘punishment’

August 1, 2024 admin

Iranians follow a truck, center, carrying the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday | Photo Credit: AP Iran held a funeral ceremony on August 1 with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in…

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PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi Issues Order To His Office Not To Make Statements On India’s Participation In Champions Trophy

August 1, 2024 admin

File photo of Mohsin Naqvi.© AFP Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has advised his office and fellow colleagues to not issue any statements related to India’s decision on sending its team for the ICC Champions Trophy early next year. According to information gathered by PTI, the PCB chief has adopted a…

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Meitei, Hmar Representatives Meet In Manipur’s Jiribam, Agree To Bring Normalcy

August 1, 2024 admin

Representatives of Meitei community and Hmar tribe held a peace meeting in Jiribam Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Representatives of the Meitei community and the Hmar tribe held a peace meeting in Manipur’s Jiribam today, and agreed to work for normalcy nearly two months after ethnic violence reached the district bordering Assam. The district commissioner, and senior officers…

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Mohammed Deif, Hamas’s shadow commander

August 1, 2024 admin

Mohammed Deif, right, was the head of Hamas’s Qassam Brigades since 2002 and has enjoyed a cult status among supporters of the militant group. | Photo Credit: Reuters On October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants were carrying out a deadly attack in Israel, Mohammed Deif called the attack ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. “Today, the people claim…

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Waqar Younis Likely To Become PCB’s Chief Cricket Officer

August 1, 2024 admin

File photo of Waqar Younis.© AFP Fast-bowling great Waqar Younis is likely to become the new Chief Cricket Officer (CCO) of the Pakistan Cricket Board, having joined the PCB as an advisor to the chairman of cricket affairs temporarily. A source aware of the developments said that the former captain had joined the…

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