Month: December 2024

PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone Of Ken-Betwa River Link Project

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PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone Of Ken-Betwa River Link Project

Khajuraho (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa River Link Project at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. On this occasion, he also inaugurated the Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project in Khandwa district of the state virtually. Union Water Resources Minister C R Patil and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav…

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Azerbaijan Airline crash: An Embraer plane crashed in Kazakhstan, leaving 12 survivors out of 72 onboard

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Azerbaijan Airline crash: An Embraer plane crashed in Kazakhstan, leaving 12 survivors out of 72 onboard

Representational image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday (December 25, 2024) with 67 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 12 people had survived. Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was…

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Arjun Tendulkar Achieves Key Career Milestone During Vijay Hazare Trophy

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Arjun Tendulkar Achieves Key Career Milestone During Vijay Hazare Trophy

Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Indian cricket team batter Sachin Tendulkar, completed 50 wickets in white-ball cricket during the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. Arjun, who plays for Goa, went wicketless in the second game against Haryana but he was able to claim the milestone during the encounter against Odisha. The left-arm pacer, who…

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Pope Francis Kicks Off Christmas With A Sombre Mass Under Shadow Of War

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Pope Francis Kicks Off Christmas With A Sombre Mass Under Shadow Of War

Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the Vatican. At Saint Peter’s Basilica, Francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge Christians to think “of the wars,…

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Political dynasts ruling countries in 2024

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Political dynasts ruling countries in 2024

Story so far: Across Asia, Africa and even America, political dynasts have been elected to power this year. Starting from Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina in January to Paetongtarn Shinawatra in August, voters increasingly chose ex-Presidents’ kin to lead their country. Of these, seven leaders are from Asia itself – leading Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines and…

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Two decades after tsunami, Sri Lankan boy found in mud embraces his identity

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Two decades after tsunami, Sri Lankan boy found in mud embraces his identity

Jayarasa Abilash in front of a memorial to tsunami victims outside his residence in Kurukkal Madam, Sri Lanka, on December 17. | Photo Credit: AP Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as…

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Girl, 15, Run Over By Train In Uttar Pradesh, Cops Suspect Suicide

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Girl, 15, Run Over By Train In Uttar Pradesh, Cops Suspect Suicide

The Vande Bharat Express train was on its way from Ayodhya to Lucknow. (Representational image) Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh: A 15-year-old girl died after being hit by a train on the Lucknow-Ayodhya railway track near Patulki village here, police said on Wednesday. Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide, Station House Officer of…

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Govt committed to improve quality spending, cut fiscal deficit to 4.5% in FY26: Finance Ministry report

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Govt committed to improve quality spending, cut fiscal deficit to 4.5% in FY26: Finance Ministry report

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is schedule to present the Budget for 2025-26 in Parliament on February 1, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal The government will continue its focus on improving quality spending, strengthening the social security net and bring down the fiscal deficit to 4.5% of the GDP in FY26, a Finance Ministry…

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Blake Lively To Gisele Pelicot, The Illusion That Is Women’s Safety

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Blake Lively To Gisele Pelicot, The Illusion That Is Women’s Safety

What is the common thread joining the Bangalore car crash claiming five lives, Blake Lively’s sexual harassment complaint against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, and France’s Giséle Pelicot rape trial? The tenuousness of the thread of safety we hang by. It can snap in a snap. It doesn’t matter how solid your…

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Canada College ‘Admission’ To Illegal US Border Crossing

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Canada College ‘Admission’ To Illegal US Border Crossing

New Delhi: Links between two Maharashtra-based ‘institutions’ and an unspecified number of Canadian colleges – to illegally ferry Indian citizens across the United States-Canada border – have become the focus of an Enforcement Directorate inquiry, sources told NDTV Wednesday. The investigation is linked to the deaths of a family of four Indians – from Dingucha…

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