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The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a sight to behold, with its obsidian shell and the striking Sun-yellow star patterns adorning it. These tortoises are hardy herbivores and are popular as exotic house pets â but they shouldnât be. Itâs illegal to own one in India but also unethical since they are vulnerable in…
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People walks through the halls of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Roaming the opulent Damascus home of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, Abu Omar felt a sense of giddy defiance being in the residence of the man he said had long oppressed him….
Demonstrators rally outside the parliament to protest against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Tens of thousands of people joined an 11th straight day of protests in Georgia on Sunday (December 8, 2024) after the governing party moved to…
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Representative image | Photo Credit: MUSTAFAH KK Officials from the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) raided a medical shop in Hanamkonda district and uncovered illegal stocking of physicianâs samples. During the operation, the DCA seized goods valued at â¹1 lakh. Physicianâs samples, produced by pharmaceutical companies for doctors to distribute to their patients as free…
Four persons were killed and three injured after their car rammed into a tree at Brahmanapalli village in Piduguralla mandal of Palnadu district in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased persons were identified as Venkatesh, Suresh, Vanitha and Gogulu. Superintendent of Police Kanchala Srinivas visited the spot. The injured persons were admitted to hospital….
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Ministers Bhupatiraju Srinivas Varma, Kolusu Parthasarathy and Kollu Ravindra at the inauguration of the Alluri Sitaramaraju statue at Rajupeta village in Vuyyuru mandal of Krishna district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel and Narasapuram MP Bhupathi Raju Srinivas Varma said that everyone should fight for…
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Suresh Nair explaining the Wall of Peace to US art researcher Natalie Callahan. Art aficionados from around the globe are paying frequent visits to Cherpulassery’s famed Wall of Peace. The latest visitor who stood in awe in front the modern mural art on the 700-ft-long compound wall of Government Vocational Higher Secondary School at Cherpulassery…
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Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) a flag in Deir al-Zor, after U.S.-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, the government’s main foothold in the vast desert, according to Syrian sources, in Syria December 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 26 combattants were killed on Sunday (December 8,…
People gather to take a picture with Nadim Gemayel, Christian politician and son of the assassinated president-elect Bashir Gemayel, as they celebrate after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Beirut, Lebanon December 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is forcing…
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden said on Sunday (December 8, 2024) that the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is a “fundamental act of…