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Representational image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The rupee dropped 11 paise to 85.75 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday (January 2, 2025), weighed down by the significant uptrend in the dollar index and US 10-year bond yields. Forex traders said the dollar gained against most currencies during the year 2024 and…
New York, US: Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at New York City’s Times Square on New Year’s Day on Wednesday, calling for an “intifada revolution”. Attendees waved Palestinian flags and carried placards that said “Zionism is cancer,” “No war on Iran,” and “End all US aid to Israel.” Incidentally, the protest happened just hours after…
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Workers carry a body after a gunman opened fire and killed several people in a restaurant in Cetinje, Montenegro, on January 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 10 people, including two children, were killed on Wednesday (January 1, 2025) by a gunman who launched a shooting spree in a restaurant near the southern…
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Minister Gulabrao Patil. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Security was heightened and a 24-hour curfew imposed in Paldhi village in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district on Wednesday, following a clash between two groups in the area after an altercation between the driver of a Minister’s car and a group of locals, police officials said. At…
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India captain Rohit Sharma’s place in the playing XI for the Sydney Test remains a concern.© AFP India captain Rohit Sharma has come under the scanner amid his poor outing with the bat in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia so far. Rohit has registered 10 single digit scores in 15 Test innings in 2024. He…
The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the newspaper report [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Chinese government hackers breached the U.S. Treasury office that administers economic sanctions, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, identifying targets of a cyberattack Treasury disclosed earlier this week. Citing unnamed U.S. officials, the Washington Post…
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Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 1, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS | Photo Credit: ALCIDES ANTUNES Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the…
Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale offered tributes at the obelisk dedicated to the memory of the fallen in the 1818 Koregaon Bhima battle on January 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A large crowd, including political personalities, gathered at Koregaon Bhima in Maharashtraâs Pune district on Wednesday (January 1, 2025) to mark the 207th…
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When Julius Caesar’s Senate fixed January 1 as the ‘first day of the year’, the idea wasn’t only to ‘start afresh’. It was also when those in civil office were to set in motion their responsibilities. In that tradition, coming down from 45 BC, let the existing coalition government headed by Narendra Modi set out…
Asserting that “debates” in the dressing room should not come out in public domain, India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday said he has had some “honest” conversations with his players as only performance can help them stay in the set-up. Amid reports of unrest in the dressing room, Gambhir sought to douse…
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