Month: January 2025

Mizo group urges Centre to reinstate FMR, revoke border pass on India-Myanmar border

January 15, 2025 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. An Aizawl-based Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi group has urged the Centre to reinstate the Free Movement Regime (FMR), which facilitates a visa-free movement across the India-Myanmar border. The Zo Re-unification Organisation (ZORO), which represents ethnic Zo or Mizo tribes of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh, also demanded the revocation of the order mandating…

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IND W vs IRE | Smriti Mandhana smashes fastest ODI hundred by an Indian woman cricketer

January 15, 2025 admin

With her 10th ODI hundred against Ireland on January 15, 2025, Mandhana also moved to joint third on the all-time list of most centuries in women’s ODIs, alongside England’s Tammy Beaumont. File photo | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Skipper Smriti Mandhana smashed the fastest one-day international century by an Indian in women’s cricket, reaching the…

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Ukraine reports emergency power cuts amid ‘massive’ Russian air strike

January 15, 2025 admin

A woman is lit by a passing car as she stands in a dark street during partial power cuts following a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy facilities. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine introduced emergency power cuts in six regions amid what authorities described as a “massive” Russian missile strike, the national grid operator said…

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Author Neil Gaiman Denies Charges

January 15, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Author Neil Gaiman has issued a strong denial of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct following an article published by New York Magazine. The article mentioned accusations from several women, including claims of sexual assault, coercion, and misconduct. “I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever,” Gaiman responded in a lengthy…

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SpaceX launches two lunar landers toward moon for U.S., Japanese companies

January 15, 2025 admin

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday (January 15, 2025) for U.S. and Japanese…

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Rahul Gandhi Slams Mohan Bhagwat

January 15, 2025 admin

In a no-holds-barred attack on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remark that India got “true independence” after the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was consecrated, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the comment amounted to “treason” and that Mr Bhagwat would be arrested and tried if he was in any other country. Mr Gandhi was…

Nation

Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills 8 in Tanzania: WHO

January 15, 2025 admin

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people, including contaminated bedding or clothing. File | Photo Credit: AP “A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected 9 people, killing 8 of them,” the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, weeks…

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IND W vs IRE W: India beat Ireland by 304 runs in third women’s ODI

January 15, 2025 admin

India’s women cricket player Smriti Mandhana in action. File. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI India completed a whitewash of Ireland with a massive 304-run win in the third and final women’s ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday (January 15, 2025). Openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal scored a century each to power India to their highest-ever…

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Venezuelan opposition leader González lands in Guatemala days after Maduro sworn in for 3rd term

January 15, 2025 admin

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia | Photo Credit: AFP Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González landed in Guatemala Tuesday (January 14, 2025), four days after the inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to a third term. Guatemala Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Ramiro Martínez told The Associated Press that Mr. González arrived in Guatemala and Guatemala…

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Muhammad Yunus demands return of stolen billions in Bangladesh

January 15, 2025 admin

Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus stated that funds stolen from Bangladesh belong to its people and will continue working with international partners for justice. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) demanded the return of stolen assets, decrying the scale of corruption under the ousted government of…

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