Month: January 2025

“Just Because Woman Below Average Intelligence…”: Court Questions Abortion Request

January 8, 2025 admin

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned whether a woman with intellectual disability has no right to become a mother. A division bench of Justices R V Ghuge and Rajesh Patil was hearing a petition filed by a 27-year-old woman’s father, seeking permission for medical termination of her 21-week pregnancy on the ground that…

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Spin Troubles To Dressing Room Leaks: What Indian Cricket Must Lose In 2025

January 8, 2025 admin

Was 2024 a satisfactory year for Indian men’s cricket? That’s a tough one to answer. After all, it was a year in which the team became T20I world champions after 17 years and also dominated the shortest format (24 wins in 26 games). But it was also a year of historic lows in both Test…

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Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg to serve as the country’s interim leader

January 8, 2025 admin

Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the President’s office said Wednesday (January 8, 2025). Mr. Schallenberg, 55, will take…

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Malaysia Open Badminton: HS Prannoy, Malvika Bansod Enter Pre-Quarters

January 8, 2025 admin

India’s number two shuttler HS Prannoy and rising shuttler Malvika Bansod advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open after winning their respective men’s and women’s singles opening round matches on Wednesday. There was more delight for the Indian camp with the pairs of Tanisha Crasto/Dhruv Kapila and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath sailing into the…

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Khaleda Zia Flown To UK For Treatment, How Her Absence May Impact Bangladesh

January 8, 2025 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia flew to London on a special royal air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar on Tuesday for medical treatment. The three-time former Premier, who is the head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is reportedly suffering from ailments including liver cirrhosis, cardiac disease and kidney problems….

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Why NISAR Is Like No Mission Before

January 8, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The US-India NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR mission will observe the Earth down to the centimetre, monitoring its land and ice surfaces, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientist Paul Rosen said. The agreement was inked on 2014 to track changes in wetlands to ice sheets to infrastructure damaged by natural disasters through the…

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“Don’t Kill The Golden Goose”: BCCI Sent ‘No Captaincy For Jasprit Bumrah’ Message

January 8, 2025 admin

Mohammed Kaif believes that Jasprit Bumrah should not become the next Indian cricket team captain after Rohit Sharma and added that a batter would be better suited for the role. The former India star suggested the names of Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul as the ideal candidates who can “maintain the balance with the…

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European Union will not tolerate attacks on its borders; says France after Donald Trump’s Greenland comments

January 8, 2025 admin

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union (EU) will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) responding to comments by the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland. Mr. Trump declined on Monday (January 6, 2025) to rule out…

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Jasprit Bumrah continues to remain No. 1 in ICC Test rankings

January 8, 2025 admin

India’s Jasprit Bumrah with Australia’s captain Pat Cummins following the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, on January 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah continued to reign supreme at the top of the bowlers’ chart with a career-best rating of 908…

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Man Found Alive 17 Years After “Murder”, 4 Convicts Served Jail Term

January 8, 2025 admin

New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, a man, who was reported dead 17 years ago, has been found alive in Jhansi. Four men – the missing man’s paternal uncle and brothers – have even served jail terms for the alleged murder. While the uncle is now dead, three brothers are out on bail. The mysterious…

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