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Chhath Puja 2024: Chhath is dedicated to the worship of Sun, the ultimate source of energy and life. Chhath Puja 2024 Date & Timings: The four-day Chhath Puja, celebrated across India and abroad, kickstarts on Tuesday (November 5) and will continue till Friday (November 8), with special rituals performed on each day. The festival is…
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Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP , In the upcoming US presidential election, the issue of abortion rights is emerging as a significant factor that is influencing Indian American women’s voting preferences. This demographic group, which is a part of…
Washington: The United States stands on edge as polls suggest one of the closest presidential races in history between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Major polling outlets show the candidates virtually deadlocked. In battleground states on election eve, polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight reported a 47.8 percent tie in Pennsylvania, near-identical numbers in…
Every so often, researchers discover a connection between what were believed to be completely unrelated phenomena. A team from the University of Georgia in the U.S. published one such report in the journal PLoS Genetics on September 16. They discovered that exposing mammalian and fungal cells to the heavy metal nickel resulted in sterol deficiency….
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The 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 3,000 people in Lebanon. File photo | Photo Credit: – The 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 3,000 people in Lebanon, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday, more than double the number of people killed since their last major…
Israel said Monday that it has terminated the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main aid provider in Gaza, in what appeared to be a step to implement legislation passed last month that would sever ties with the agency and prevent it from operating in Israel. Israel says the…
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Washington: So what exactly happens if neither Kamala Harris or Donald Trump achieves the Electoral College majority required to win the US election? While not highly likely, such an outcome remains possible, tormenting Americans already perched painfully on the edge of their seats ahead of the November 5 election. Under the US system, it is…
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Mohammed Shami’s return to competitive cricket has been further pushed back after the veteran pacer was not named in the Bengal squad for the next two rounds of the Ranji Trophy. File photo | Photo Credit: PAUL CHILDS Mohammed Shami’s return to competitive cricket has been further pushed back after the veteran pacer was not…
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress candidate for the byelection to the Lok Sabha from the Wayanad constituency, waves to her supporters during a roadshow in Wayanad. | Photo Credit: ANI Stepping up her attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress leader and United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha byelection,…
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Farmers and villagers of Kappatralla and nearby villages in Devanakonda mandal of the district boyotted the proposed meeting by the revenue, mining, forest and other departments to educate the people on the uranium exploration in the forest area at Kappatralla. The protesting villagers staged a dharna at the Edulla Devarabanda junction in Devanakonda mandal on…
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