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Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), which signed a peace accord with the Bangladesh government in 1997 to end decades of insurgency, has made a set of demands in wake to recent communal clashes in three hill districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), located in close proximity to Tripura. The PCJSS, the apex body…
Eamonn Murphy, Director, Regional Support Teams for Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions. Photo: unaids.org Without India doing a large part of the heavy lifting, it is unlikely that the world will meet the Sustainable Development Goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, said Eamon Murphy, UNAIDS director…
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People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai on October 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Equity market indices on Thursday plunged more than 2% – their worst decline in nearly two months – owing to a weak global sentiment amid escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia and concerns about reduced trading volumes…
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The northeast monsoon is expected to arrive by the third week of October. Greater Chennai Corporation is taking proactive measures to prepare for the upcoming monsoon season. In a post on X, the civic body announced that they have purchased 36 boats to ensure readiness in case of heavy rainfall, distributing them across Zone 3,…
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In-form opener Abhimanyu Easwaran sent a timely reminder to the national selectors with his third successive hundred while holding the Rest of India innings together after Mumbai posted a mammoth first-innings score of 537 in the Irani Cup here on Thursday. Easwaran compiled an unbeaten 151 off 212 balls, and laced his innings…
Former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar has blamed PCB for the escalating tension between senior players Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi, insisting that the board must provide its captain with ample support and time to assert his leadership. Babar resigned as Pakistan captain for the second time on Wednesday, having previously stepped down…
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The key objective of enacting the amended Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) of 2010 was to consolidate the law to “regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to…
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Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier (left) and Bhaichung Bhutia.© NDTV Bhutia stated that the partnership with Southampton could lead to Indian talents being a part of the Southampton ecosystem, but added a key factor. Southampton have previously developed talents like Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott and Alan Shearer. “There must be an outstanding talent….
Apart from chasing their first-ever Women’s T20 World Cup, India will also be striving to make a rare double of winning two silverwares in the shortest format in both genders, an achievement which would be very unique in the cricketing world. Right-handed batter Jemimah Rodrigues said the desire and passion to win the…
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court there is no need to criminalise marital rape as there are other “suitably designed punitive measures”. The Centre said it is not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to criminalise marital rape. The Centre said the issue of marital rape is a more social issue…
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