Month: September 2024

“Partial Peace” With Armenia Not An Option, Says Azerbaijan At UN

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United Nations: A “partial peace” with Armenia is not a possibility, Azerbaijan’s foreign minister said Saturday at the UN General Assembly’s annual gathering, after Yerevan offered a more optimistic message. The two former Soviet republics had seen decades of war and tension over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway ethnic Armenian region in Azerbaijan. After a series of…

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IPL Auction: BCCI’s Blow To Overseas Stars, Mitchell Starc Rs 24.75 Crore Situation No More Possible

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced significant changes to the way Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions are conducted, especially with regards to overseas players. In the IPL 2024 auction, Starc shattered all records, becoming the most expensive player in the history of the T20 league, after being roped…

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Tigress that killed 11 persons over three years caged in Maharashtra

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A tigress that killed 11 persons over the last three years has been successfully caged under the Chichpalli forest range in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, an official said. “The tigress, T-83, that roamed under the buffer and protected areas under Mul tehsil, was tranquilised by a sharpshooter at compartment no. 717 in the Janala area on…

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101 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

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A man carrying a sack of flour wades through flood waters after the Bagmati River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu on September 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday (September 29, 2024) after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed…

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Gurugram Cops File Case Against WhatsApp Directors For Not Providing Info

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WhatsApp authorities have not responded to the FIR by Gurugram police yet. (Representational) New Delhi: Gurugram police have registered an FIR against WhatsApp’s directors and nodal officers after the messaging app refused to provide information about three accounts linked to an investigation. The case invokes sections relating to disobeying an order issued by a public…

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Thane Police Seize Whale Vomit Worth ₹6.2 Crore, Arrest 3 Smugglers

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Acting on information, a search operation was launched after which the whale vomit was seized. Thane, Maharashtra: The Kalyan unit of Thane crime branch in Maharashtra arrested three people and seized 5.6 kg of ambergris (whale vomit) worth Rs 6.20 crore, police said on Saturday. The arrested accused were identified as Anil Bhosale, Ankush Shankar…

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Explained: How Revamped RTM Rule Will Be Implemented In IPL 2025 Auction

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council announced the retention rules for the 2025 season, giving teams the opportunity to retain as many as 6 players, either directly or via Right-To-Match cards. But, the board also made it mandatory for the franchises to retain at least one uncapped player, if they are willing…

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PM Narendra Modi To Virtually Launch Projects Worth Rs 11,200 Crore In Maharashtra Today

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PM Modi was to unveil these projects on September 26 but his visit to Pune was canceled due to rain Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for various projects worth more than Rs 11,200 crore in Maharashtra via video conference on Sunday, according to a statement from…

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Residents protest Musi riverfront demolition, demand compensation

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CPI(M) activists protesting against the Musi River Development Project at Praja Bhavan in Hyderabad on Saturday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G The people residing along the Musi river area of Hyderabad staged a protest in Bahadurpura and at Telangana Bhavan to voice their concerns against the ongoing demolition drive linked to the Musi riverfront beautification project….

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Activists Throw Soup On Van Gogh Paintings Hours After Fellow Protesters Jailed

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On Friday, three activists from Just Stop Oil threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at London’s National Gallery. This incident occurred just hours after two other members of the protest group were sentenced to prison for a similar act in 2022. The gallery in a statement said “a soup-like substance” had…

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