Month: December 2024

“If I Get An Opportunity…”: Star On Potential RCB Captaincy. It’s Not Virat Kohli

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“If I Get An Opportunity…”: Star On Potential RCB Captaincy. It’s Not Virat Kohli

Rajat Patidar‘s international career did not take off as he would have liked, but the Madhya Pradesh batter is confident of “re-creating” the opportunity through domestic matches and don the India jersey again. Patidar’s six innings against England earlier this year produced just 63 runs, but the right-hander has shown impressive touch in…

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India’s Tata faces pressure in Starbucks joint venture as consumers cut back

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India’s Tata faces pressure in Starbucks joint venture as consumers cut back

An employee takes a customer’s order at a Starbucks’ outlet at a market in New Delhi, India, May 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s Tata Consumer Products will push back plans for some new Starbucks store openings until later in its existing schedule as fewer customers are walking into its cafes in the world’s…

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In Techie Atul Subhash Suicide Case, Wife Nikita Singhania’s Uncle Sushil Singhania Gets Pre-Arrest Bail

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In Techie Atul Subhash Suicide Case, Wife Nikita Singhania’s Uncle Sushil Singhania Gets Pre-Arrest Bail

Nikita Singhania was arrested from Gurugram, Haryana (File) Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Sushil Singhania, uncle of Nikita Singhania, in the suicide case of Artificial Intelligence engineer Atul Subhash. The order was passed by Justice Ashutosh Srivastava who was hearing an anticipatory bail filed by Atul’s wife Nikita Singhania…

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GRAP-4 Restrictions Reimposed In Delhi As Air Quality Dips To ‘Severe+’

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GRAP-4 Restrictions Reimposed In Delhi As Air Quality Dips To ‘Severe+’

There’s ban on movement of BS IV Diesel and BS III Petrol cars in Delhi-NCR. New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further during the day, breaching the 400 mark, and dipping into the ‘Severe+’ category, forcing the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the Centre’s anti-pollution panel, to impose GRAP 4 restrictions in the national…

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No timeline for introduction of regulatory guidelines for virtual digital assets industry: MoS Finance

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No timeline for introduction of regulatory guidelines for virtual digital assets industry: MoS Finance

Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary speaks in Lok Sabha. | Photo Credit: ANI There is no timeline for introduction of comprehensive regulatory guidelines for the Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) industry, Parliament was informed on Monday (December 16, 2024). Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) are by definition borderless and require international collaborations to prevent…

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U.N. to Jolani: Syria must have a ‘credible’ transition

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U.N. to Jolani: Syria must have a ‘credible’ transition

Geir Pederson, the United Nations’ special envoy to Syria, center, listens to a woman who was looking for her missing relative in the Saydnaya prison, during his visit to the infamous Saydnaya military prison, in Saydnaya north of Damascus, Syria, on December 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations told the leader of…

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Ding Liren, Accused Of Deliberately Losing To D Gukesh, Opens Up On World Chess Championship Defeat

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Ding Liren, Accused Of Deliberately Losing To D Gukesh, Opens Up On World Chess Championship Defeat

File photo of Ding Liren and D Gukesh© FIDE Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren has opened up on his loss to India’s D Gukesh at the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore last week. Ding, who was the defending champion, made a costly error in the decisive Game 14, allowing Gukesh to become the…

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Sports

Putin says Russia has initiative across entire Ukraine front

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Putin says Russia has initiative across entire Ukraine front

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (December 16, 2024) his troops had the upper hand across the entire front line in Ukraine and were accelerating their advance. “Russian troops are firmly holding the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact,” Mr. Putin told his…

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Like all wars, Russia-Ukraine war will end in negotiation: Moldova Foreign Minister

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Like all wars, Russia-Ukraine war will end in negotiation: Moldova Foreign Minister

 Foreign Minister of Moldova Mihail Popsoi. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Wars usually end on negotiating tables and the war in Ukraine will also end through negotiations, said the Foreign Minister of Moldova Mihail Popsoi on Monday (December 16, 2024). Speaking to The Hindu exclusively, Mr. Popsoi called out Russia for stationing troops in the…

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German Chancellor Loses Confidence Vote, Triggering Early Elections

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German Chancellor Loses Confidence Vote, Triggering Early Elections

Berlin, Germany: Germany’s centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe’s biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23. The Bundestag vote, which Scholz had expected to lose, allows President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve the legislature and formally order an election. The crucial vote…

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