Month: August 2024

Donald Trump Amplifies False Claims Against Kamala Harris’ Veep Pick Tim Walz

August 29, 2024 admin

Tim Walz has also faced a torrent of misinformation about his legislative record on trans rights (file). Washington: A barrage of attacks on Tim Walz fueled by misinformation over his support for LGBTQ communities has failed to dent the US vice presidential candidate’s surging poll ratings, suggesting that voters are wearying of some “culture war”…

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3 Separate Encounters In Jammu And Kashmir As Forces Corner Terrorists

August 29, 2024 admin

File photo New Delhi: Three separate encounters between security forces and terrorists have broken out in Jammu and Kashmir after troops launched a search operation in response to their suspected movement, official sources said. While two anti-terrorist operations are underway near the Line of Control in Kupwara district, a third encounter is reported in the…

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Online Passport Portal Shut For 5 Days, All Appointments To Be Rescheduled

August 29, 2024 admin

The online portal for passport applications will be shut for the next five days for a maintenance exercise, the government has said. No new appointments can be scheduled during this period and appointments booked earlier will be rescheduled. “Passport Seva portal will be down for technical maintenance from 29th August 2024, Thursday 20:00 hrs IST…

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Australian TV Slammed After Pic Of “Sexy Santa” Dancers At Staff Meeting Goes Viral

August 29, 2024 admin

During the meeting, female staff reacted with shock. A local Australian news channel has come under fire after a video of a dancing group of “sexy Santas” emerged from what has been described as a routine staff meeting. According to the New York Post, the meeting of Seven Network’s parent company Seven West Media in…

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“Very Bad Situation”: Star India Spinner Rescued By NDRF Amid Gujarat Rains

August 29, 2024 admin

A number of cities in Gujarat faced flood-like situations following heavy showers in the past few days. The situation was quite bad in Vadodara where although the rain did take a pause, low-lying areas were flooded after the Vishwamitri River breached its banks. Indian women’s cricket team spinner Radha Yadav took to social media…

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Woman Hit By Train While Crossing Railway Tracks On Platform, Saved By Cop

August 29, 2024 admin

The dramatic rescue was recorded on the CCTV installed at the platform. New Delhi: An alert Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at Maharashtra’s Jalgaon railway station saved a woman, who was hit by a train while trying to cross the railway tracks on Wednesday. The dramatic rescue was recorded on the CCTV installed at the…

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Rs 50 Crore Earmarked For Rohit Sharma By LSG In IPL? Sanjiv Goenka Says, “Whether Mumbai Indians…”

August 29, 2024 admin

File photo of Sanjiv Goenka and Rohit Sharma© Twitter The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction will be a mega one. Generally, when mega-auction happens in the IPL, the core of a team changes completely. This time, there is lot of intrigue surrounding the exact number for player who will be allowed retain…

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A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet’s editor says

August 29, 2024 admin

A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor said Wednesday (August 28, 2024). The sentences for Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei…

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N Sriram Balaji And Yuki Bhambri Move To US Open Second Round With Respective Partners

August 29, 2024 admin

File photo of Yuki Bhambri© X (Twitter) India’s doubles players made a stupendous start at the US Open with Davis Cupper N Sriram Balaji and Yuki Bhambri progressing to the men’s doubles second round with their respective partners. Balaji, who has been doing well of late, and his Argentine partner Guido Andreozzi overcame…

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Leaders of Pacific Islands endorse joint policing plan

August 29, 2024 admin

Australia’s Prime Minister Antony Albanese. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan at a summit in Tonga on Wednesday (August 28, 2024), a contentious move seen as trying to limit China’s security role in the region. The plan seeks to create up to four regional police training centres and…

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