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Chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.© X/@humpy_koneru Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called Grandmaster Koneru Humpy “a sporting icon” after she met him following her recent triumph in the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship in New York. With her family in tow, Humpy met the PM and described…
This handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA shows France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (C-R), Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L) meeting with Syria’s new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) and Asaad Shaybani, Foreign Minister for the interim Syrian government (R) in Damascus on January 3, 2025. Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot…
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Much of Yemen is controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have been firing missiles and drones at Israel — as well as at ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden — in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians | Photo Credit: AFP Israel’s military reported that it shot down a missile and…
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Palestinians gather around a car hit in an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in the central Gaza Strip on January 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 30 people, including children, were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight and into Friday morning, hospital staff said, as sirens also sounded across Israel and…
File image. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced he has blocked the controversial $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing a strategic need to protect domestic industry. “This acquisition would place one of America’s largest steel producers under foreign control and create risk for our national…
South Africa’s Ryan Rickelton and Temba Bavuma on Day 1 of the second Test vs Pakistan.© AFP Ryan Rickelton and Temba Bavuma hit centuries and batted South Africa into a strong position on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan at Newlands on Friday. South Africa were 316 for four at…
Virat Kohli was dismissed for 17 runs in first innings of SCG Test© AFP Questions around Virat Kohli‘s Test career are bound to intensify, with the poster boy of Indian cricket continuing on an embarrassing path with the bat. For the 6th time since the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under, Virat…
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Lucknow: A special NIA court here sentenced 28 convicts to life imprisonment on Friday in connection with the Kasganj violence case. Special judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi also imposed a fine of Rs 80,000 on each convict. On January 2, the special NIA court here convicted 28 people in connection with the murder of Chandan Gupta,…
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Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli once again disappointed his fans as he was dismissed for just 17 on Day 1 of the fifth Test match against Australia in Sydney on Friday. However, things could have been worse as Kohli survived a massive scare on the very first ball of his innings….
Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Protesters from the Kuki tribes clashed with central security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district this evening, days after the protesters tried to stop the security forces from dismantling bunkers on the hills. The protesters had been looking to stop transport as part of their economic blockade enforced to demand the withdrawal of central…
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