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A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has science done for us in 2024? A research at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve has revealed that elephants can identify…
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Shift towards shorter-dated debt to attract Japanese banks and super long bond sales reduced due to lower insurer demand. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan is set to raise scheduled sales of Japanese government bonds (JGB) slightly to 172.3 trillion yen ($1.1 trillion) next fiscal year from the current year, the first increase in four…
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One of the most iconic moments of Ravichandran Ashwin‘s career came with the bat in hand, during the T20 World Cup 2022 game between India and Pakistan. Ashwin’s iconic leave off Mohammad Nawaz – when India needed two runs off one ball – that saw it go for a wide, remains one of…
File image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A taxicab hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday (December 25, 2024), police said, with three people — including a 9-year-old boy — transported to hospitals for their injuries. A New York Police Department spokesperson said the taxi driver may have suffered…
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The story so far: Australia’s House of Representatives recently passed the “Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill, 2024” which imposes obligation on certain social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 years of age from having an account. The Bill shall also make an amendment to the Age Discrimination Act,…
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As 2024 is coming to an end in a few days, plans are already in motion for 2025 to begin. Along with the new year and new calendar, a number of important changes (Rule Changes from January 1) will go into force countrywide, affecting households, professions, travellers, and money all throughout the nation. These modifications…
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Japan Airlines (JAL) is just the latest Japanese firm to be hit by a cyber attack. File | Photo Credit: AFP Japan Airlines on Thursday (December 26, 2024) reported a cyberattack which it said could impact domestic and international flights, but later announced it had identified and addressed the cause. “At least nine domestic flights…
Indore: A Hindu group made a food delivery agent in Indore remove his Santa Claus costume while he was out to deliver an order on Christmas. A video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows the Zomato delivery agent being interrogated by Sumit Hardia, district convenor of the ‘Hindu Jagran Manch’….
A damaged vehicle is seen at the site of reported Israeli bombardment on tents sheltering Palestinians. At least 10 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza early on Thursday, medics with the Gaza health authorities said. Five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on…
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Five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood, the medics reported. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images At least 10 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza early on Thursday (December 26, 2024), medics with the Gaza…
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