Month: January 2025

Elon Musk’s Starship Breaks Up In Space After Launch, Forces Flights To Divert

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Elon Musk’s Starship Breaks Up In Space After Launch, Forces Flights To Divert

Washington, United States: A SpaceX Starship prototype failed in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk’s flagship rocket program. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload…

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Chinese hackers accessed Janet Yellen’s computer in U.S. Treasury breach: report

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Chinese hackers accessed Janet Yellen’s computer in U.S. Treasury breach: report

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer was hacked and unclassified files were accessed as part of a broader breach of the Treasury Department by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday (January 16, 2025), citing two people familiar with the matter. The computers of…

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Why BJP Is Distributing Constitution Copies To Maha Kumbh Sanitation Staff

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Why BJP Is Distributing Constitution Copies To Maha Kumbh Sanitation Staff

Prayagraj, UP: The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit leaders distributed copies of the Constitution among the sanitation workers at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Thursday. They said the religious congregation at Prayagraj is a great celebration of unity, something that the Constitution guarantees. The BJP, which has launched “Samvidhan Gaurav Abhiyan” — a nationwide…

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South Korea’s Yoon Recalled For Questioning As Detention Deadline Looms

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South Korea’s Yoon Recalled For Questioning As Detention Deadline Looms

Seoul: South Korean investigators have called in arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning again, the Yonhap News Agency reported, as authorities face a Friday deadline to obtain a warrant to extend his detention or release the embattled leader. In order to hold Yoon in custody for longer, investigators are expected on Friday to ask…

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Cabinet sub-committee gives approval to declare four forest areas as eco-sensitive zones

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Cabinet sub-committee gives approval to declare four forest areas as eco-sensitive zones

The Cabinet sub-committee in a meeting held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre gave its approval for the declaration of eco-sensitive zones for four forest areas. They are Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary in Chikkamagaluru district, Bankapura Wolf Sanctuary in Koppal, Uttaragudda Wildlife Sanctuary in Chitradurga, and Arsikere Bear Sanctuary in Hassan district….

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Next Cabinet meet likely to take up caste census report

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Cabinet sub-committee gives approval to declare four forest areas as eco-sensitive zones

The Karnataka Socio-Economic and Educational Survey report (caste census report) is likely to be discussed in the next State Cabinet meeting. A discussion on the report was deferred on Thursday and it would be taken up in the next meeting, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil after the Cabinet meeting. Twin towers The…

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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu postpones Cabinet vote on Gaza Strip ceasefire deal

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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu postpones Cabinet vote on Gaza Strip ceasefire deal

Israel delayed a Cabinet vote on Thursday (January 16, 2025) on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed a last-minute dispute with Hamas for holding up the…

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Canada Ex-Central Banker Mark Carney Launches PM Bid

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Canada Ex-Central Banker Mark Carney Launches PM Bid

Ottawa: Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada’s central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, immediately becoming a frontrunner in the race. The 59-year-old Harvard- and Oxford-educated economist kicked off his campaign at a hockey rink in Edmonton, Alberta where he grew up. “I’m…

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Andhra Pradesh official bags Prime Minister’s award for excellence

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Andhra Pradesh official bags Prime Minister’s award for excellence

Nishant Kumar, Director, Excise and Prohibition. Nishant Kumar, Director of Excise and Prohibition, Manglagiri, and former District Collector of Parvathipuram, has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for 2023. This accolade recognises his exemplary leadership in implementing the PRISM 10 (Project to Reduce Infant Mortality Rate Below 10) initiative…

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