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Salwan Momika. File photo: Via Reuters An Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Quran, and five people were arrested over the shooting on Thursday (January 30, 2025). The five were arrested in connection with the…
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: AP A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday (January 30, 2025), as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future. The biggest of the quakes hit at 10:11 a.m. (0211 GMT)…
Lucknow: The three-member judicial commission set up by the Uttar Pradesh government to find the reasons behind the Maha Kumbh stampede has a month to wrap up its probe but will try to expedite it, panel head Harsh Kumar said on Thursday. Harsh Kumar, a retired judge, also told PTI that the commission members would…
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Part of the wreckage is seen as rescue boats search the waters of the Potomac River after a plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river outside Washington, DC, January 30, 2025. A regional jet from Kansas crashed into Washington’s Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National…
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At Nissan’s plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, one production line will maintain two shifts, while the other line will consolidate to one shift, the company said. File | Photo Credit: AP Nissan is slashing production at its U.S. plants and offering buyouts to factory workers there as part of the Japanese automaker’s urgent efforts to return to…
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New Delhi: Sixteen bills, including the Finance Bill 2025, amendments to the Waqf and Banking Regulations Act, and the merging of the Indian Railways and Indian Railways Board Acts, will be tabled in Parliament’s Budget session, which begins Friday with the Economic Survey 2024/25. Among the 13 others likely this session are amendments to the…
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Mohammed Kaif played against Virat Kohli during his last Ranji appearance in 2012.© PTI Star batter Virat Kohli is playing his first Ranji Trophy match in over 12 years with Delhi currently taking on Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Many fans had arrived at the venue in the early hours, hoping to…
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President Donald Trump blocked a $50 million foreign aid programme intended for condoms in Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. During her first official briefing, Leavitt argued that Trump’s decision to pause foreign aid had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” But the claim quickly came under fire, with experts,…
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Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday (January 30, 2025) after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by militants earlier in the day in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the exchange into question and underscored the fragility of a ceasefire that began this month. The prisoners released include 30 serving…
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Collage of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arriving at Parliament House to present the Union Budget from 2019 to 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 will present a record eighth consecutive Union Budget that is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth and ease the burden…