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Vatican City: Pope Francis will mark Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a special ceremony launching Jubilee 2025, a year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome. The 88-year-old, who has been suffering from a cold in recent days, will at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) open the “Holy Door” of…
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South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, second from right, who became the country’s acting leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, salutes during a cabinet meeting at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 24, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s main opposition party said on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) it…
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A view of the Rooppur nuclear powerplant in Bangladesh. File photo Russian nuclear major Rosatom on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) said the Bangladesh anti-graft commission’s remarks are “an attempt to discredit” the Rooppur nuclear power project. In a statement issued to the media, Rosatom reiterated that the $2.65 billion Rooppur project is transparent and that…
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London, United Kingdom: UK families of some 240,000 people who died from Covid-19 have hung festive lights on a London wall, a symbol of love, anger and pain ahead of another Christmas overshadowed by loss. As the fifth anniversary of the global pandemic approaches, emotions still run raw across the UK amid lingering accusations that…
The import alert affects 11 actively distributed products that will no longer be accepted into the U.S. until the warning letter is lifted. File. Representational image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Global pharma major Viatris has been issued a warning letter and an alert barring import of a clutch of products from its oral finished dose…
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The absence of Manu Bhaker’s name from the 30-athlete shortlist for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards has triggered a big controversy. Manu, who was the most successful athlete from the Paris Olympics this year, winning two bronze medals in shooting, was reportedly snubbed despite submitting her application in time. Manu’s father…
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India still remains a few steps away from becoming a ‘sporting nation’. While the country remains the financial center for a sport like cricket, other sports have found it difficult to find space. One such sport is skating, and there’s arguably no one better to understand the sport than Gujarat’s Anoli Shah, one…
Representational image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Biocon Ltd and its European partner, Zentiva, have received a decentralised procedure approval in the European Union for their complex formulation, Liraglutide used in the treatment of diabetes and weight management. The approval is for the generic versions of Victoza to treat Type-2 Diabetes and Saxenda used in…
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Drugs smuggler Sunil Yadav, wanted in multiple cases in Rajasthan, has been killed in a shootout at California’s Stockton city. Sunil Yadav was a notorious smuggler known to get drugs into India through the Pakistan route. A few years back, his name had emerged in connection with a seized drugs consignment worth Rs 300 crore….
Veteran cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara reflected on India’s bowling weakness at the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series and said that they have to take 20 wickets, reported Star Sports. The series is currently tied at 1-1 after India secured a draw in the third Test in Brisbane. The Boxing Day Test will kick off…
