Month: January 2025

India’s ranking drops to 85th in Henley Passport Index, Singapore tops global list

January 10, 2025 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s ranking has dropped by five points to 85 this year in a global passport index, topped by Singapore for the second consecutive year. The data draws from Henley Passport Index released by citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners on Wednesday (January 8, 2025). “With…

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“What Will Happen To Us?” Long Wait For Assam Rat Hole Miner’s Wife, Baby

January 10, 2025 admin

Guwahati: As rescuers race against time to save eight trapped workers from a flooded mine in Assam, a two-month-old baby waits for his father to return home safely. Lijan Magar, 27, spoke to his wife Junu Pradhan just before he went inside the ‘rat hole’ on what seemed like another day for him and several…

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Gas explosion in coal mine in Pakistan leaves 12 miners trapped

January 10, 2025 admin

At least 12 miners were trapped in Pakistan after an explosion caused a coal mine collapse. File | Photo Credit: AFP At least 12 miners were trapped in Pakistan on Thursday (January 9, 2025) after an explosion caused a coal mine collapse in the southwestern province of Balochistan. The mishap occurred in the Sanjdi area…

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Himachal Man Shocked Over Faulty Electricity Bill

January 10, 2025 admin

Shimla: A man in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district was left in shock when he received an electricity bill of about Rs two billion. Lalit Dhiman, a businessman in Beherwin Jattan village, received a bill amount of Rs 2,10,42,08,405 for December 2024. Mr Dhiman had paid just Rs 2,500 a month earlier. He then went to…

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“Gautam Gambhir Abused My Family, Said Bad Things About Sourav Ganguly”: Manoj Tiwary

January 10, 2025 admin

Former India and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Manoj Tiwary has gone on a rant in criticism of current senior national team head coach Gautam Gambhir. Tiwary and Gambhir have been teammates in the past, not just in the Indian Premier League but also for the Delhi state team. As Gambhir faces criticism…

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US National Guard Called In, Survivors Survey Wreckage

January 10, 2025 admin

Los Angeles Wildfires LIVE Updates: Los Angeles Wildfires that have killed at least five people continue ravaging the city. United States’ second-largest city lay in ruins. California’s National Guard has been deployed to assist in managing the crisis. The biggest blaze had ripped through over 19,000 acres of the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood, while another fire in…

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Class 12 Student Detained Over Series Of Bomb Threats To Delhi Schools

January 10, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Weeks after a string of bomb hoaxes triggered panic at dozens of schools in Delhi, the city police have uncovered a meticulous plan by a minor to skip exams at his school. They have taken into custody the Class 12 student after finding out his role behind the bomb threats that put the…

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South Africa Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie Calls Afghanistan’s Champions Trophy Participation “Hypocritical, Immoral”

January 10, 2025 admin

South African sports minister Gayton McKenzie is the latest entity to raise his voice against the participation of Afghanistan in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy, comparing the Taliban regime’s treatment of women in their nation to the old Apartheid regime in the rainbow nation and added that the Afghans playing the…

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Andy Murray Braced For Novak Djokovic Ire In Coaching Debut At Australian Open

January 10, 2025 admin

Andy Murray says he is ready to be on the receiving end of Novak Djokovic’s ire in pressure moments at the Australian Open, with the “unique opportunity” to coach him worth it. The Serbian 24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic made the shock decision to hire Murray in November, just months after the Scot…

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To Pritish Da, The Poet Who Never Stopped Loving Calcutta

January 10, 2025 admin

This is a tribute by a fanboy who would memorise and recite many poems of Pritish Nandy (Da) since the 1970s. Dada, travel well on your ‘Lonesong Street’. “When you’ve crossed the bustling mainstreets of everever landYou reach a lonesome sandstrip called the nevernever strandThen you take the turning leftAnd you take the turning rightAnd…

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