Month: January 2025

Canada’s Trudeau urges U.S. consumers to consider the harm of Trump’s tariff threats

January 13, 2025 admin

Canadian officials say that if Donald Trump follows through with his threat of punishing tariffs, Canada would consider slapping retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice, toilets and some steel product. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday (January 12, 2025) suggested that President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about Canada becoming…

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Now find pad vending machines in autorickshaws

January 13, 2025 admin

Did you get your period when you are outside and need a sanitary pad? There is a chance that your autorickshaw driver would have stocked the vehicle with a few sanitary pads. Recently, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy launched an initiative called ‘Kshema’ started by Sakriya Charitable Trust which has been working in the area of…

Nation

BSE expects record-breaking IPO run to continue unabated in 2025, CEO says

January 13, 2025 admin

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s record-breaking capital-raising spree will continue in 2025 given the strong pipeline of firms looking to go public, the head of the country’s oldest exchange told Reuters. “There are 90-plus companies that have already filed their draft prospectus with the regulator, looking to raise an estimated…

Business

Biden, Netanyahu discuss latest in effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

January 13, 2025 admin

Issues in the talks have included which hostages would be released in the first part of a phased ceasefire deal, which Palestinian prisoners would be released and the extent of any Israeli troop withdrawal from population centers in Gaza. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke…

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Devotees Take Holy Dip On Paush Purnima

January 13, 2025 admin

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): Prayagraj witnessed a large gathering of devotees at Triveni Sangam as Maha Kumbh commenced with the ‘Shahi Snan’ on the auspicious occasion of Paush Purnima on Monday. A large number of devotees are arriving at the bank of Triveni Sangam – a sacred confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and ‘mystical’ Saraswati. Devotees…

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Companies look to localise data storage, telecom tech

January 13, 2025 admin

Indian tech firms capitalise on policy changes to localize hardware and software, with CloudPhotonix and DigiBoxx leading the charge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu From data centres to telecom equipment, Indian firms are capitalising on key policy developments to indigenise the Indian tech stack, from both a hardware and software point of view. The…

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Companies look to localise data storage, telecom tech

January 13, 2025 admin

Business

BC Association for 42% local body reservationsÂ

January 13, 2025 admin

National BC Welfare Association president R. Krishnaiah on Sunday demanded that the State government implement the Kamareddy BC Declaration that it had promised in the run-up to the State Assembly elections in December 2023. The Declaration promises, among various measures for the development of the umbrella community, an âincrease in BC reservations in local bodies…

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An unlikely mystery: studies shed new light on how genes are made

January 13, 2025 admin

The alikeness of identical twins can be startling. They are alike because all their genes are alike. Genes are those segments of the genome where, if changes occur, the characteristics of an organism change. Non-identical twins vary in 50% of their genes and are much less alike. Thus, genes define our individuality in many ways….

Science

Myanmar junta air strike kills 15 civilians: ethnic rebel group

January 12, 2025 admin

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area said on Sunday. The junta has been accused of carrying out multiple attacks on civilian targets as it struggles…

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