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Seoul, South Korea: South Korean authorities said on Monday they will change the concrete barriers used for navigation at airports around the country after the Jeju Air crash that left 179 people dead. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Muan, South Korea, on December 29 carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed…
Image for representative use© AFP “The Greatest Rivalry – India vs Pakistan”, a documentary series on the cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan, is set to premiere on Netflix on February 7, the streaming platform announced on Monday. According to a press release, the series aims to explore “the drama, passion and high-stakes…
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A picture shows a view of the United Arab Emirates embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut. File. | Photo Credit: AFP A high-level Emirati delegation is in Lebanon to make arrangements for the reopening of the UAE’s embassy in Beirut after more than three years, state news agency WAM reported on Monday (January 13, 2025)….
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Team South Africa in action© AFP South Africa on Monday included Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje in the Temba Bavuma-led squad for next month’s Champions Trophy after the pacers recovered sufficiently from their respective injuries. Nortje sustained an injury on his big toe last month which ruled him out of the series against…
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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand alert as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocks their way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Philippines on Monday (January 13, 2025) called on Beijing to desist from “escalatory actions” at a South China…
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Spotlight will be firmly on the consistent Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as they lead the host nation’s largest-ever contingent at the star-studded India Open Super 750, beginning in New Delhi on Tuesday. The former world No. 1 men’s doubles pair, the 2022 Indian Open champions, has made a good start to the…
Another big revelation has emerged from last week’s Board Of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) meeting, attended by Test and ODI skipper Rohit Sharma, as well as head coach Gautam Gambhir. It is already known that the topic of Rohit’s successor in the leadership role is intensely being discussed, with Jasprit Bumrah…
New Delhi: The Army Day Parade this year will see the participation of an all-girl marching contingent from the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and the showcasing of four thematic tableaux, including one based on the force’s Mission Olympics Wing. An all-women Agniveer contingent from the Corps of Military Police (CMP), Centre and School at Bengaluru,…
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New Delhi: About 60 per cent of terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir last year were of Pakistani origin, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said today as he briefed media on the situation at the Line of Control (LoC). He also said about 80 per cent of terrorists who remain in J&K are Pakistanis. “The…
With the Delhi election weeks away, the ruling AAP and Opposition BJP are going all out to woo voters in urban slums — a key chunk of the capital’s electorate. Doubling down on its earlier charge that Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena okayed the ‘land use’ change of a plot in north Delhi’s Shakur Basti, endangering…
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