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The year 2024 saw farmer and farm labourer groups from Punjab resuming their protests highlighting the agrarian distress and asking the Union government to enact a law for guaranteed buying of their crops at the minimum support price (MSP). Under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), protesters have…
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Actor Mohanlal said here on Saturday that the recent dark clouds that emerged over the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) had vanished. “We are seeing the light now as the black patch is no more there,” he said at a family meet of the association held here after it had faced a major setback…
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Mourners gather to pay their respects as the hearse containing the casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter passes through Byron, Georgia, on January 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began Saturday (January 4, 2024) in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. President’s life began more than 100 years ago….
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The year 1985 was a difficult one in the chequered history of Bangladesh. It was a decade since the father of the nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was assassinated, and almost a decade and a half had passed since the deadly Cyclone ‘Bhola’ that devastated the country before it got independence from Pakistan. But despite the…
Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced the Anna Award, Mahakavi Bharathiyar Award, Thanthai Periyar Award, Annal Ambedkar Award, Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Award for 2024 and Ayyan Thiruvalluvar Award for 2025. Chief Minister M.K Stalin will present the awards on January 15. According to the press release, M. Padikkaramu has been selected for Ayyan Thiruvalluvar award;…
Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and BJP womenâs wing leaders submits a petition to Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Former Telangana Governor and senior BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan, along with the partyâs womenâs wing executives, on Saturday met Governor R.N. Ravi at Raj Bhavan and submitted a petition…
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Head of Peoples Party (OEVP) and Chancellor Karl Nehammer. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday (January 4, 2024) he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time. The announcement came after the People’s Party and the Social Democrats continued coalition talks a…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, during the special operational demo organised in Visakhapatnam on January 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on January 4, 2025 (Saturday) stressed the need to transform Visakhapatnam into…
Don lives on: The Bradman Museum is a treasure trove for cricket fans. | Photo Credit: K.C. Vijaya Kumar The journey to Bowral is a leap back in time. The train swerves past rolling hills, scythes through jungle, slithers into tunnels, weaves across undulating plans with cattle grazing and horses stomping, tiny stations blur on the…
The Koyambedu Wholesale Market in Chennai, one of Asia’s largest wholesale flower and vegetable markets, hums with activity on a busy weekday morning. Truckloads of goods pour in as workers unload bags of vibrant flowers in bright blue plastic covers. Elsewhere, as evening falls, people head home after work. Along the way, many stop at…