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Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors on Tuesday staged a protest outside the CBI’s Salt Lake office here, accusing the agency of unnecessary delay in investigating the RG Kar case and collusion with the Kolkata Police to protect the criminals. As part of their protest, the junior doctors symbolically locked the gate of the CBI office at…
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Pedestrians walk past the remains of a burning barricade in Maputo on December 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Violence that engulfed Mozambique after the country’s highest court confirmed ruling Frelimo party presidential candidate Daniel Chapo as the winner of disputed Oct. 9 elections killed at least 21 people, including two police officers, authorities said Tuesday. Mozambique…
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As we age, we lose bits of our genome in tissues such as the skeletal muscle and the brain. These losses, called deletion mutations, gradually erode the function of a cell component called the mitochondrion. Muscle cells lacking a sufficient number of functional mitochondria to support their contractile function die and this causes a loss…
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Washington: Iran on Tuesday denounced what it termed Israel’s “brazen admission” of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, accusing the country of having carried out a “heinous crime” and defending its missile-strike response. “This brazen admission marks the first time the Israeli regime has openly confessed to its responsibility…
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Damascus: Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. But at a church in Damascus’s historic centre, surrounded by some 500 faithful who were singing psalms on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, she could breathe a…
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Tehran: Iranian authorities have officially lifted the ban on WhatsApp and the Google Play Store, signalling a significant shift in the country’s internet restrictions, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. The decision, which comes after a meeting with top government officials, marks a new phase in the easing of internet blockades that have restricted…
Tehran: Syria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people’s will and the country’s sovereignty. In a post on X, Shibani said: “Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people and the country’s sovereignty and security. We warn them…
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In November, a Cabinet Minister reportedly stated at a press conference that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should focus on growth and not be concerned with food price inflation. Though the Minister clarified that he was speaking in his personal capacity, it is not in the spirit of things that once the central bank…
Indian batter Smriti Mandhana. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Swashbuckling Indian batter Smriti Mandhana closed in on the top spot while occupying the second slot in both the ICC T20I and ODI batting rankings released on Tuesday. While Mandhana moved a spot in the T20I rankings, the Indian vice-captain retained her second place in the…
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Pope Francis adjusts his zucchetto as he celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on December 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday (December 24, 2024), inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims…