Month: January 2025

California wildfire: Aerial views of Los Angeles ravaged by fires | Watch video

January 10, 2025 admin

Aerial views of Los Angeles ravaged by fires | Video Credit: The Hindu The massive wildfires in California engulfed whole neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, the second-largest city in USA. At least ten people have been killed, and thousands displaced. Officials have placed the origin of the wind-whipped blaze behind a home on Piedra Morada Drive,…

World

ICC chairman Jay Shah To Be Felicitated By BCCI At Its Special General Meeting

January 10, 2025 admin

File image of Jay Shah© ICC Newly-elected International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah will be felicitated by the BCCI’s state units on the sidelines of the Special General Meeting, scheduled in Mumbai on Sunday. Shah, a former BCCI secretary, became the youngest ICC chairman after he was elected unopposed in August last…

Sports

Former India Pacer Varun Aaron Retires From ‘Representative Cricket’

January 10, 2025 admin

File image of Varun Aaron© X (Twitter) Injury-prone India pacer Varun Aaron on Friday announced retirement from “representative cricket” after his home state Jharkhand’s campaign ended in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. The 35-year-old, who made his international debut in 2011, played nine ODIs and as many Tests for India. He had retired…

Sports

H Lakshmanan, a trusted pillar of the TVS legacy, passes away at 92

January 10, 2025 admin

H Lakshmanan (92), former Executive Director of Sundaram-Clayton | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement H Lakshmanan (92), former Executive Director of Sundaram-Clayton and a towering figure in the TVS family for nearly seven decades, passed away on Friday due to age-related ailments. He is survived by his wife, a son, and two daughters. Beginning his career…

Business

Jimmy Carter laid to rest after dual funeral services in Washington and Georgia

January 10, 2025 admin

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday (January 9, 2025) for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate hometown funeral near where he was born a century ago….

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Vodafone exits Indus Towers; sells shares worth ₹2,800 crore; clears ₹890 crore dues

January 10, 2025 admin

Vodafone held 3% stake through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries Omega Telecom Holdings Private Limited and Usha Martin Telematics Limited. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “British telecom firm Vodafone has sold its entire stake in Indus Towers for ₹2,800 crore,” the telecom infrastructure firm said on Friday (January 10, 2025.) “Vodafone has sold 7.92 crore or…

Business

Interpol issues first Silver Notice, it enables tracing illicit wealth laundered across borders

January 10, 2025 admin

Adding a new tool to its armoury of colour-coded notices, the Interpol has issued its first Silver Notice to locate assets laundered across borders as part of a pilot project in which India is also a participant, the global body said Friday (January 10, 2025). In its response to a PTI query on the notice,…

World

Andrew Tate Wants To Run For UK Prime Minister. All About His ‘BRUV’ Party

January 10, 2025 admin

Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate has set his sights on the Prime Minister’s office in the UK. His political vehicle? A newly formed party called the ‘BRUV’, short for ‘Britain Restoring Underlying Values’. The party’s launch, marred by controversy, policy backlash, and even a temporary suspension of its official X account for unspecified issues,…

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Who Is Saurabh Bhardwaj, AAPs Pick For Greater Kailash Assembly Seat

January 10, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded Saurabh Bhardwaj from the Greater Kailash (GK) seat in the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled for February 2025. Mr Bharadwaj, a three-time MLA, is the minister for health, urban development, water and industries in Delhi. Five facts about Saurabh Bharadwaj: 1) Saurabh Bhardwaj was born and raised…

Nation

AAP, BJP Spar Over Purvanchali Voters

January 10, 2025 admin

New Delhi: With an eye on Purvanchali votebank in Delhi, the ruling AAP and the Opposition BJP on Friday crossed swords over the honour and welfare of migrants from Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh as both parties claimed to be their true well-wisher. While the BJP women wing held a protest outside AAP leader Arvind…

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